10-25-2014, 03:37 AM
My opinion such as it is is that there are few things as foolish as lamenting a grave being further buried by a natural process like a lava flow.
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10-25-2014, 06:19 AM
There was time for the families to move the grave to another location, overlooked by all the other events going on. The other thing would have been to go to the site and take the GPS location for the burial site at least knowing where the site is once the lava can be walked on. This photo is from two days ago, and the cemetery is directly in the path. Since the flow crossed the road this morning and the mornings estimate for rate is 250 yards per day, the front may be very close to the cemetery now.
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/multimedia/upload...le-886.jpg "Mahalo nui Pele, 'ae noho ia moku 'aina" - kakahiaka oli
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
10-25-2014, 07:57 AM
quote:250 yards an hour? What are you smokin?
10-25-2014, 08:28 AM
Perhaps getting the gps coordinates of the whole cemetery from google earth are good enough because commercial gps units are not accurate enough to pinpoint specific gravesites. I used to hide water bottles along my hikes in the lava flows so I wouldn't have to carry them the whole trip, or to find them in other trips, but I had to mark the hiding places with a pattern of rocks that I could recognize when I got within about 20 feet because the gps readings are not consistent to pinpoint a small spot. I could use my gps to find the area from many miles away, but I usually had to rely on the rock patterns to find the bottles. Marking the corners of a large lot is another matter because one can find an average center and work from there in rebuilding or selling and know to leave a buffer zone along the boundaries.
10-26-2014, 07:42 AM
Please forgive if this has been posted elsewhere;
just stumbled on it today and found it interesting/relevant. "Searching for Family Roots in Pahoa" Hawaii Public Radio audio clip and article. http://hpr2.org/post/searching-family-roots-pahoa
10-26-2014, 02:38 PM
It seems to me that we have to prepare ourselves for a lot of letting go. Change is upon us. The cemetery is pau.
We have absolutely no control. We literally ARE going with the flow, day by day. I pray this experience brings out the best in us, as we live it and watch it all unfold. Aloha and Mahalo to all, everywhere in the world who are watching and care.
10-31-2014, 03:28 AM
we heard from the caretaker of the cemetery who was allowed to return there with a CD worker yesterday. He told us the flow is inflating and is lifting the headstones up with it. There is a Kipuka where the pavilion was still standing, along with one large tree.
10-31-2014, 05:07 AM
headstones rising amidst molten rock, a ring of unseen forces keeping the lava at bay. that's some appropriately spooky imagery for the day.
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