Why would one live in an area...

[Bullwinkle]

got me thinkin about Arenal and Costa Rica, got to love that Pacific rim of fire

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/e..._FIRE.html

[PaulW]

I've seen Arenal up close and that is one impressive volcano!

[kimo wires]

It's a given no one knows where Kilauea will open up.

However I believe the geologists @_USGS know just a little more than the average punatic.
So I studied the fault lines,and the predicted "Possible flow paths" and made my decision on where to buy based on scientific surveys and historical evidence.

This is the main consideration when buying in PUNA.

I weigh the other factors...Mauna Loa Will flow toward Hilo.

Hurricanes...Historically,Never happened yet.

Tsunamis...Everyone knows where the "Zone" is.

Earthquakes.... Oh well...I tried

No one's perfect





Hurricanes, Historically the BI has never ;taken a direct hit.
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One Thing I can always be sure of is that things will never go as expected.

[John S. Rabi]

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Originally posted by KathyH
I suppose until you've lost all your stuff to fire you don't think it can happen to you, not really. It is an intellectual resignation to anything being possible. When it has happened and you've lost all your photos and the artwork you've created (I was a craftsperson), it's not about money.

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You sure are right KK, I lost everything in a fire seven years ago, one day before I moved into my new condo. (To make it worst it happened the day before my insurance policy became effective!) Fortunately, I didn't move my cat in yet either. It's not just about money, but it's about money too.[]

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[EightFingers]

"... However I believe the geologists @_USGS know just a little more than the average punatic. ..."
Very true, but they will be the first ones to tell you how little they really know in the great scheme of things. I do have respect for them tho', some of the things they do I wouldn't!


You even say: "One Thing I can always be sure of is that things will never go as expected. " []

[Obie]

Hurricanes, Historically the BI has never ;taken a direct hit.

None in recent times but a few in the past including this un-named storm.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1958.php#TD

Here is the path of that storm.Looks like a direct hit on the Hamakua coast.

http://www.pdc.org/atlhi/html/atlhi-viewer.jsp

While this was not a major storm,the $500,000 in damage to the Big Island would translate to many millions today.

All in all I believe it's worth the risk to be able to live in such a beautiful place.

[Devany]

Kathy and John,

My heart goes out to both of you, having lost all in fires. My dad was Fire Chief of LA County when I was growing up and I remember many times he came home with a heavy heart after devastating fires. It was most difficult when children were involved and of course when there was a loss of life. It is not so much the losing of valuables or furniture that hurts so much, it is the things that cannot be replaced and simply the complete loss of the one thing that anchors you, your home. John, I am glad to hear your cat made it through OK! I think I would run back into a burning building to get my dog if she was in there.

Kathy, that is very sad about losing your book club member in the Loma Priada Quake. We had friends in the Berkeley Hills who had to rebuild their home, but no loss of life.

I used to upload my pictures all of the time athy, and you just reminded me I should do so again. We put them (and scanned documents)on a hard drive in the safe and I try to make back up DVD's every few months too. (who knows if the hard drive might crash some day?). But putting them online is a very good idea too as a second back up and that means scanning the three big tubs of old family photos I have become the keeper of after my mother and grandmother died. Ack... what a task.

I agree with you, if we were downtown and a major earthquake hit that did cause a Tsunami, I would probably get out of my car and run for the hills! You really only have to go There would be gridlock and with all of the one way streets, it is especially a good idea to have an exit strategy "just in case". We even have mapped out different ways to get in and out of here if bridges are down or the highway is blocked, but we never know for sure if all of them might be impassable.

Obie, you are right, that a major storm, not even one that is named as a hurricane could do a lot of damage, especially with storm surge in low lying areas. Retrofitting one's house with hurricane shutters is one way to protect the house. Also retrofitting the pier and beam system with additional cables and braces can help in both an earthquake and hurricane winds/storm surge.

One thing that was brought to my attention was that a shipping container will float, so people that have them can use them for storage of valuables in an emergency. You learn something every day! I don't own one of course, but those people have two of them!

Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

www.myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com
www.eastbaypotters.blogspot.com

[Devany]

LOL Hare [:p],

Yes, that is why 80% of our best friends live in Puna.

However, I am sure that there are some people like you though that I do have very little in common with. Not everyone that lives in an area is the same, at least let's hope not.

It's a big island, thank God(and I do not thank her often).

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Originally posted by the hare

Devany..it sorta makes sense to me now....you have very little in common with us living in Puna

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Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

www.myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com
www.eastbaypotters.blogspot.com

[kimo wires]

Right eightfingers. That's my signature.

I can't afford to throw caution to the wind.

Informed decisions and educated guesses.

that's all we have to go on.

One Thing I can always be sure of is that things will never go as expected.

[Laughing_girl]

Why do I live in Kapoho? Because the weather except for maybe Aug and early Sept is absolutely perfect. My first choice would be Puako which is now out of my budget and was by mid 1990's. We bid on a (vacant) lot in Puako at a tax auction in '93 that blew past my $250K bid about 30 seconds into the auction.