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[Moderator 2]

hydroelectric turbines in the downspouts .
The 74 lifted 4x4 Dodge Ram pickup was a good tale too.

I couldn’t find the power generating downspouts, but:

at spigots our 1970s Dodge 4x4 dually carries the 500 gallon tanks 
…
3 - 10k capacity stainless steel Diesel tanks under ground


So what happened with her?  Was she browbeaten into submission or just stopped posting?

Her last two posts were about taxes and insurance, so my best assumption is she just stopped posting.


If anyone can resurrect the Hero of Pahoa song video or these threads it would be appreciated

I looked, but the 2014 Lava thread isn’t accessible from my control panel.  There were many great posts and observations as is so often the case when facing disruption and the unknown.  Thanks for the link to  the video of Alfred Lee and his berm. I think part of the intro to The Big Lebowski is appropriate here:

“Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there.”

[Obie]

I did find this.


12-16-2018, 06:04 PM

\\"obie - we have moved from mid Hawaiian acres bumpy kulu rds to rd 8 .getting too old now.
previous posts are antiquated "

Posted in September:

"In our down spouts we have small hydro units that also create stored power for those days weeks when sun does not shine plus the very rare occasions we run the gen set. We do not miss grid power what so evah in our home."

And this gem:

"On top of the 50ft tower is a 1000 gallon - stainless steel water tank - and the 4 inch pipe is for head and gravity feed water."

[terracore]

As I recall, Mrs. Mimosa self-described as being late 80's so I gave her a pass if confusion moved some decimal points on how many gallons their water mega tanks held. Or do I feel a misplaced sense of attachment or maybe even longing after seeing her mowing the lawn topless? Either way, she is missed.

[ironyak]

Mod2 - I looked, but the 2014 Lava thread isn’t accessible from my control panel.
Thanks for looking - figured it didn't make the cut during the Punaweb upgrade. Oh well, had to be there I guess.

MyManao - If we’re talking vintage.. kalakoa’s 'we’re all gonna die' ranks right up there as one of the best for me..
Yeah, kalakoa really made an art form of boiling down an issue to a succinct quip. However, watching him get wound up and verbose about his constant need to Drive to Hilo also had its many moments. I hope where ever he ended up he found happiness in the plenitude of roads and development surrounding him for miles and miles...

Guess I'll go outside in the verdant jungle and ample bird song and contemplate our deprivations here in Puna.

[Moderator 2]

The 2018 lava flow started on May 3rd, but on this date in Mrs. Mimosa Punaweb history, May 9, 2018, you might wonder what was a woman in her late 80’s up to?  Staying safe in her Hawaiian Acres home, well above the active lava fissures in Leilani? Nope.  She drove down below the outbreaks, probably in her 1970’s Dodge pickup, and while she stopped here and there she took the time to clean up some litter.

137 stey open .
We go down to Hawaiian Shores den go ova to Papaya Farms Rd to Jossannas Organics fruit stand - den 4 corners n down to warm pond - not to soak but have picnic with ohana and use the lua an den unko Roberts .We also pic up opala left by inconsiderate cig smokers who use the aina as their personal ash tray .Where eva we go we pick up others opala.
See you all at da Awa bar laterz.
Mrs.Mimosa and Ohana

[kalianna]

And since weʻve ventured into the 2018 eruption, one canʻt neglect to mention Glindaʻs many posts. To think that there was a time I didnʻt know what a tiltmeter was, nor a microrad. Iʻm forever grateful for that. And stow it, Tom. It ainʻt about you.

And then there was 1v1ʻs famous, you need to have big boobs to get into the eruption zone post. I never forgave him for that one.

[TomK]

And since weʻve ventured into the 2018 eruption, one canʻt neglect to mention Glindaʻs many posts. To think that there was a time I didnʻt know what a tiltmeter was, nor a microrad.  Iʻm forever grateful for that.  And stow it, Tom.  It ainʻt about you.

It's a shame Glinda isn't posting anymore, isn't it? And no, I won't stow it. You're not the boss of me.

[terracore]

The "2014 Lava Flow Emergency Forum" got locked when it was over. I don't know who had access to it, but I wasn't one of them, but that also means the web crawlers couldn't access it either, so it wasn't well preserved.

The internet wayback machine did manage to grab some of it before that happened. Here's a link with some functioning posts: https://web.archive.org/web/201410222350...ORUM_ID=16

There's later grabs where it got snapshots of the forum, but not any of the individual posts. I didn't spend more than about 2 minutes finding the above link, but if somebody has more patience they can most likely find some snapshots that have more content.

It's possible, actually probable, that the locked forum got grabbed when the forum software was upgraded from Snitz to MyBB and re-activation lies deep in an admin panel. If I remember, by default the MyBB migration module will copy all the sub-forums over but if they were in a locked or hidden status they have to be reactivated to be visible.

[Punaperson]

I am one of those people that while I check into punaweb site often ( most days ), my only 'registered' site that records my visitations is my desktop computer: it has a keyboard where I don't have the 'fat finger' experience that happens to us older people on my phone or kindle fire. I know the only constant is change, but I would like to add my 2 cents worth of perspective.

There is no better place to have current information about lava flows - neighborhood, county and just generally amazing people there to help in rapidly changing situations.

The same goes for fire situations, with the current drought making it all the more important.

While some threads have devolved into arguments that have little to do with Puna, most of its forums ask and answer questions that can only/be best answered by people who have lived here for a while, have experience with the geography, micro climate changes that happen with altitude and rainfall, and all the other situations that happen when trying to build a new life in a unique place on the planet. The things I have learned from others first hand life experiences have been invaluable, every thing from preventing rat lung disease, dealing with mold inside my house during the year we had over 200" of rain, controlling coqui next to my bedroom window, etc.

While repeating that 'the only constant is change', it does seem from what I read that there is a higher level of stress combined with a lower level our collective sense of
humor . I know that continuing the threads of community is of utmost importance in these times.

[kalakoa]

his constant need to Drive to Hilo

Not to threadjack or anything, but the Walmart is still 30 minutes away (albeit with an alternate route and no congestion). Home Depot is an hour away. The basics (grocery, hardware, bakery, pub, diner, gas, deli, bank, post office) are all a short walk away. A short walk the other way gets me woods and a lake.

Development is a non-issue here simply because we're not underserved and facing massive population growth. That was the one thing I could never understand: roads and retail are saturated, but "no can" build more.

That said, I've always been impressed by the resilience of those who make Puna their home. The deal-breaker for me was the lack of medical care.