08-06-2008, 12:27 PM
I'm glad the post started a good discussion on the past, present, and future!
Pilgrim, wow, that sounds like quite a place you lived.
I too have lived in mainland places that were far from services. It didn't bother me when I was younger and never thought twice about emergencies.
One thing I've never seen apart from Puna is the configuration of one road out of an area with such a huge number of lots. I've lived up ridge roads that were bottlenecks and a bit scary if there were ever a forest fire. But there weren't that many parcels.
One thing to remember (all you oldtimers will) is that in the 60's the Chain of Craters road connected through Kalapana. Not an ideal route as it took you up through the VNP, but better than nothing. Still, they should have created another route connecting to Hilo. Perhaps Shipman blocked the coastal route; I don't remember reading anything about an attempt to make another road, but I could have missed it.
btw, the book is great for the whole state ... how Kihei became what it was, the mass relocation of villages on Kaua'i to make way for high end development, Oahu's issues, and not to miss an entire chapter on Da Syndicate and the role of organized crime. (I mean organized crime other than our elected officials.) [
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Pilgrim, wow, that sounds like quite a place you lived.
I too have lived in mainland places that were far from services. It didn't bother me when I was younger and never thought twice about emergencies.
One thing I've never seen apart from Puna is the configuration of one road out of an area with such a huge number of lots. I've lived up ridge roads that were bottlenecks and a bit scary if there were ever a forest fire. But there weren't that many parcels.
One thing to remember (all you oldtimers will) is that in the 60's the Chain of Craters road connected through Kalapana. Not an ideal route as it took you up through the VNP, but better than nothing. Still, they should have created another route connecting to Hilo. Perhaps Shipman blocked the coastal route; I don't remember reading anything about an attempt to make another road, but I could have missed it.
btw, the book is great for the whole state ... how Kihei became what it was, the mass relocation of villages on Kaua'i to make way for high end development, Oahu's issues, and not to miss an entire chapter on Da Syndicate and the role of organized crime. (I mean organized crime other than our elected officials.) [
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