06-26-2009, 11:28 AM
Eightfingers, I can attest that in 1990, during the lava inundation of Kalapana, much help comfort and aloha was present. People helping people was the norm, and I believe a bond was formed that lasts today.
As far as LZ1 preparedness; Folks have lived on the rift for hundreds of years. In ancient times homes and villages were built modestly and easily moved out of the way.
Dozens of homes were moved to safety from kalapana. Most of the two hundred or so homes that were destroyed were allowed to burn because they were insured and that was the only option the insurance companies would pay out for. People without insurance simply took the ancient example and moved their homes.
A good practice anywhere in Puna is to build modularly, or at least post and beam.
It's amazing to me how someone would build a large Rancher on a slab on the rift of an active volcano, and then seriously suggest "diversion" when their investment is threatened. Lava diversion will never happen here; for cultural and liability reasons. It's much easier to move a sensibly constructed house than it is to steer Lava on this pourous rift.
punatoons
As far as LZ1 preparedness; Folks have lived on the rift for hundreds of years. In ancient times homes and villages were built modestly and easily moved out of the way.
Dozens of homes were moved to safety from kalapana. Most of the two hundred or so homes that were destroyed were allowed to burn because they were insured and that was the only option the insurance companies would pay out for. People without insurance simply took the ancient example and moved their homes.
A good practice anywhere in Puna is to build modularly, or at least post and beam.
It's amazing to me how someone would build a large Rancher on a slab on the rift of an active volcano, and then seriously suggest "diversion" when their investment is threatened. Lava diversion will never happen here; for cultural and liability reasons. It's much easier to move a sensibly constructed house than it is to steer Lava on this pourous rift.
punatoons