THANK YOU! SOMEONE WITH SOME SENSE .. I WAS KONA SIDE FOR THE EARLY '90S ERUPTION(KALAPANA) REQUIRING THE MOVING OF A CHURCH! THE '14 FLOW ALMOST TOOK OUT PAHOA TOWN .. THEN THE '18 FLOWS COVERED OVER 11 SQ MILES WITH LAVA 30-100FT DEEP, MAN DID THE NEWBIES PACK UP N LEAVE! LEARN/RESPECT, LAND, CULTURE N PEOPLE!
Thanks for watching and input! I remember watching the news when they moved the church when I was living in Pennsylvania. I visited the Big Island with my wife in December 2014 and took photos of the smoke from the lava not to far from the Market Place, it stopped a few days later. Pahoa dodged a bullet that time. I was also on the Big Island 1 week before the Leilani Estates eruption happened. Got a lot of footage of the overflowing lava lake at Halema'uma'u. I left on 2 May 2023 a day before it all happened. Leilani Estates got hit in 1955 and 2018. The thing is people don't respect the laws of nature when it comes to volcanic activity or any other natural disaster. Who in their right mind wants to build a house on top of an active volcanic rift zone! There are people who are building homes in Kalapana as we speak on top of lava flows I recorded in 2010 and in the late 90's!
Yeah it's a terrible thing to see. I lived down past the lava area at end of the road ..(the pushed thru road cross that rock area) and more & more Idiots are building it up in the direction of Kaimu store. It's expanded and looking like NYC skyline or something ..just Hellish coming down the hill now u can see the houses...@@volcanoimage
I personally own and continue to build and plant a home on the lava in kalapana. Is anything really promised to be around in 50 years? I have a house in maryland we owned for 20 that now is deemed swamp and getting worse. It wont last another 20. Just saying we take risks all the time in life. This land is not for the lazy but the community is amazing. Everyone lives off grid and for the most part live aloha and help/share with the community. Enjoying kehena on sundayfunday. Uncle roberts on wed and saturday market. Literally purest air on earth being untouched and filtered for thousands of miles before we breath it. All 25 minutes from huge city life. Cant wait to return in less than 100 days!!!!
Lower Puna is definitely a beautiful place, I just would not live there unless you have a home that you can move easily :) I did this video to give people a heads up on moving to lower Puna and not to underestimate the area. 75% of the land between Kalapana and the SE tip of the Big Island of Hawai'i have been covered by lava since 1955. I have documented Kilauea for over 25 years and seen lava flows destroy many acres of forest over the course of a night. I have spent over 250+ nights out on the active lava fields between 1998 and 2010. The homes in Kalapana are built on lava flows between 15-35 years old. We all take risks in life, sometimes life is short. Just be aware of any east rift zone eruption between Pu'u O'o and Pu'u Kia'i. Any sustained eruption that takes place in this part of the rift zone will surely destroy Kalapana and if the eruption takes place on the NE side of the rift, Pahoa is in the crosshairs.
I know and love all the places you mentioned. Was a Punatic for 15+ years starting in the 80s , Leilani Estates, when Uncle Robert, Auntie G Girl Kealoha & Ohana played music in Kalapana and before Kaimu Beach-Kalapana town were covered by lava. Aloha Nui Loa. Special place and time.
We lost our house in Florida to hurricane helene in September. My wife's family is on island, and we just signed our offer on a house in Kalapana today!!! I grew up in Kansas. I've done tornadoes. Raised our family in Alaska, where she's from. Volcano and earthquake, let alone the cold..... We feel good about our choice in Kalapana.
@@jaymo8206Just look for the bald old hairy shouldered guy…..eating locally made chev on crackers with my wife (I have a Mr Yuk tattoo) on Sunday morning…..It’s me🤙
The probability of getting lava inundated on Puna/Hawaii is much smaller than getting burned out in California, tornadoed in the midWest, or hurricaned in Florida. There is no such thing as a risk-free landscape.
True but an eruption happens about every 50-70 years on the E Rift Zone. Zone 1 has the highest risk. Leilani Estates sits on over the rift zone and got hit in 1955 and 2018. There is risk no matter where you live. But living on top of an active rift zone invites trouble within a lifetime.
It happens. If you build you should expect that your home may someday be wiped out. We watched Kalapana get eaten and we owned a piece of land off Red Road between Kaimu and Kapoho. We were never able to afford to build,but if you can afford or can do your own building build a structure you can dismantle and move. btw: we sold last year and did pretty well. So for us it was an investment. The Hawaiians clean their houses, leave an offering for Pele and leave. They've lived down there for eons.
I own a piece of land in Nanawale Estates which actually is on top of a lava flow from 1840. I am in the process of selling it. Lower Puna is probably the the most beautiful place on the Big Island but the writing is on the wall when it comes to an eruption. You are correct, if people were to move to Lower Puna and build a house they should not make it a permanent structure but be able to move it on a moments notice. If an eruption were to take place just a mile or two uprift from Leilani Estates then Pahoa could easily be taken out due to areas of the steepest descent just north of the rift zone. I have spent over 25 years documenting Kilauea and 250+ nights out on the active lava fields from 1998-2014.
The main advice for long,term living on the Big Island is: Don't put all your eggs in one basket ! Buy two lots in two different subdivisions. Be prepared to arrange for moving your house if it looks like lava is headed your way. Remember that NOTHING is permanent, so learn to be flexible and roll with the punches. And lastly, don't deny yourself the pleasure of living in paradise. ALL of the Big Island is sweet...every little inch is a miracle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
True. If your house is movable should be good to go. There are folks who built permanent houses in the Kalapana area of the coastal plain. If you got money go for it. I remember lava flowing in those areas in the late 90's and the 2000's. It appears that there will be more eruptions in the near future within 1-5 years on the east rift with a possibility of a long sustained one as well.
I lived in the Puna District, Leilani Estates and several other areas in Puna. I left the islands in 2005[due to high cost of living, not volcanoes] but I had several friends impacted by the 2018 eruption in Leilani. One had his entire house and land destroyed by Pele. It's a part of living on the Big Island, but that area is in the #1 Rift Zone, which is still a beautiful areas to explore and discover.
Puna district is a beautiful place for sure but I would not recommend anyone to live there. Pele doesn't discriminate. If you are in its path the lava will run over anything. I remember looking at land plots with a realtor in Leilani estates back in 2006 and declined to buy because Leilani Estates is on active rift zone. I stated Leilani estates or the surrounding areas will get hit with an eruption within 50 years time. I did buy a land plot in Nanawale in 2006 but sold it this year.
I actually drove through Leilani Estates the day before the eruption happened unaware of what was going on underneath! We left on May 2 2018. People were saying at the airport that many small shallow earthquakes were taking place under Leilani Estates. When I went out there last year it seemed strange where there used to be many trees is now a barren lava field. In 2014 I remember seeing the lava encroaching the market square in Pahoa but stopped a few days later. Even insurance companies will not insure anyone in lava zone 1 and to a lesser extent lava zone 2.
It's so very sad kapho tide pools are completely gone, under 80 ft of Lava, I feel so fortunate to have spent 20 years snorkeling their...... It's mind blowing...... Peace9
I agree and respect your choice to live there however I believe some people underestimate lower Puna and I could tell by some conversations I had with folks who live there. This video is designed to let people know ahead of time the volcanic risks involved with living in lower Puna. When someone builds a permanent house on an active volcanic rift zone and has lava flowing toward their house it is difficult for me to feel sorry. The ultimate disrespect for nature is the assumption that nothing will happen to them. If people choose to live there fine it is a free country. Don't get me wrong lower Puna is gorgeous. If I were to live there I would rather build a home that could be moved easily. Pahoa had a wake up call in 2014 and the town is in the crosshairs from Pele's wrath. Part of Leilani Estates got obliterated in 2018. It is not if but when other areas of lower Puna will get covered by lava and this includes Pahoa. This video serves as a warning for the future and I don't sugarcoat it.
Lived in this area for over 11 years. Watched to take out all those towns a few years ago. Burned the grass out of my yard and I was at least a 10 minute drive away.
You are right Puna is beautiful. This video was made to highlight the risks so people can make an informed decision. The area in question has been covered by 75% of lava since 1955. The 1955 eruption should have been a warning not to live on the rift zone especially Leilani Estates which will have another eruption within a lifetime. I suggest if anyone moves there to have a home that can move literally.
Anytime! While lower Puna is very beautiful it always remains under the shadow of Kilauea's destruction that will happen in the future possibly within our lifetimes.
To be honest every year florida has 10x the damage from hurricanes and land is more expensive. The volcano threat is so overrated its only the vog that is ever present and a real probable threat. But all of kona is vulnerable to vog even Kailua to hapuna beach
The locals have nothing to do with what I said in the video. This video is merely to inform people of the volcanic dangers of living in lower Puna nothing more. I get a lot of hate on this video and I don't care, don't shoot the messenger. Stay blessed!
Aloha & mahalo! I planned on living in Nanawale to be near my daughter but sold my plot this year. Nanawale is on top of a lava flow from 1840 so it is slightly higher than the surrounding area.
It is because you are lucky. Tell that to the people who used to live in Leilani Estates. This video outlines the volcanic risk that is all. Just the messenger. Pahoa dodged a bullet in 2014. "This is dumb" comment absolutely makes zero sense to me.
Yes people have disappeared. Here is a case from 21 years ago ruclips.net/video/B3R_kHEGTCQ/видео.html People have disappeared by getting to close to the lava and fell in, a fact. Also other nefarious individuals may have have caused people to disappear in active lava tubes as well as this may be a possibility.
Yeah there is petty crime there. Never knew about a high sex offender rate there. This video is about the volcanic dangers of living in the lower Puna region. The human component just adds an additional risk of living there.
@@volcanoimage Typical Pahoan crimes include not only sex offenses (which no rational person considered "petty" would you consider it "petty" if your daughter/wife/grandmother got r@ped?) to murder, to "routine" things like being literally eaten by packs of feral dogs. Start following the news about this place. No, thanks.
@@alexcarter8807 As far as I am concerned s3x ofenders can use a do se of in stant lead poisoning if you know what I mean. Thiefs can live without their hand too! Kinda like this song by Charlie Daniels ruclips.net/video/CQ74BwEwOJY/видео.html
😮Years ago I was looking to buy cheap land on the big island. Then I realized many places were built on lava flows. I didn’t buy and sure some of it has been destroyed by lava flows. The whole Island is a big lava flow .
The Big Island sure is beautiful but the lower Puna area is a no go. I just sold my land in Nanawale. Land on the northern part of the Big Island is safe from volcanic activity but more expensive.
I used to live in Puna off the Pahoa-Kapoho Rd in 2006 across from Green Mountain near the red road. Just went back in Jan... It's all gone, it's too crowded now, too much traffic. Goodbye to paradise.
The traffic from Pahoa to Hwy 11 has gotten gradually worse over the course of 25 years. I remember back in '98 there was hardly any traffic from Hwy 11 to Pahoa now it is back to back traffic.
Don't get me wrong Pahoa and lower Puna in general is a beautiful place. Pahoa nearly got hit by lava in Dec 2014. I saw it with in a few hundred feet from the Market Place. Leilani Estates got hit in 2018 and in 1955. Nanawale got hit in 1840. If people are going to move there they need to know the uncomfortable truth and risks. Leilani Estates and Pahoa lie on an active volcanic rift zone which sees eruptions three to four times a century
There are other reasons to not live in the Puna district. Pahoa has the largest amount of registered sex offenders in the state in addition to the whole area being ground zero for crime.
True Pahoa does have its share of criminals. Criminal activity is mainly petty theft, drugs and sex offenders. Pahoa is known as a "wild west" type town, even looks like one! But Pahoa is in the crosshairs of destruction from a future eruption.
@@AdonisColon-ck3lq Don't get me wrong, Puna is the most beautiful place on the Big Island. This video is meant to give people a heads up on the risks of living in the Lower Puna area and not to underestimate it considering that 75% of the area between Kalapana and the SE tip has been covered by lava since 1955. I am only a messenger that is it. Pahoa had a close call in 2014
The Big Island is a beautiful place it is just certain areas are under threat of eruption. The Lower Puna area would be a no go as anyone's house would be under threat of lava like 1955, 1960, 2014 and 2018. Best to live in lava zones 4 or higher. This lava zone map 1 (highest threat of eruption) to 9 (lowest threat) about.hawaiilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/lava-zone-map.jpg Also would not recommend the Kona side of the island due to threats from Hualalai and Mauna Loa. Waimea and Hawi on the north part of the BI and Na'alehu on the the SW part of the Big Island whose geography protects from lava flows.
The coqui frogs were an invasive species but are now part of the lower Puna "experience" just like kudzu was an invasive species in the SE US and now it is part of its "experience" :)
Good God! Thank you for posting this. Such a reality check and a gut-punch for anyone dreaming of getting into the Hawaiin Market to live. The only affordable place left Hawaii forces people to dodge Lava, Vog (breathing Sulfur dioxide), Earthquakes AND Mold? Well, let's all sign up for that. That may be affordable, but it's not 'live-able.' Cue the end of that dream.
Yes the most affordable place to live in Hawai'i in the lower Puna Disctrict of the Big Island. I am trying to sell my land plot in Nanawale, I see the writing on the wall. I get some hate on this video but the truth hurts. Any area south of Pahoa should be a no go to live on a permanent basis. Just ask the folks who lived in Leilani Estates. Also Pahoa had a close call in 2014. I remember seeing the smoke from the lava just a few hundred feet away from the Pahoa Market Place. Luckily it stopped. Only a couple of buildings got burned from the 15 mile long lava flow. Toward the end of the video I drove by a house that shows a line of small vents that erupted in their backyard. The house got spared though!
I'm Hapa and have been trying to figure a way back to the islands, but every avenue - starting with (affordable) is no longer an option. On the Lava zones - the hard reality is that a home may be spared, but a vent opens nearby - a hot vent that is active and gases don't seem to be slowing anytime soon. Try turning to your Home Insurance Co. for new coverage AND living next to an active vent. That doesn't leave one comforatble, nor confident about going to the grocery store and returning to no home and you don't know where the Dog is. Right? Safety and security is #1, and if you have low confidence on that footing, then any low number Lava Zone is simply a non-starter. I am sooo thankful you posted this and appreciate any insight you're willing to share. Don't listen to the haters. This was a (need-to-know) video. Thank you @@volcanoimage
@@nylesgregory2120 The best and safest place on the Big Island is on the northern part of the island and the Hamakua coast. The likelihood of Mauna Kea erupting is almost next to nothing so at least the Hamakua coast is safe from Hilo to Hawi. We have a better chance at winning the 100 million dollar lottery while getting struck by lightning on a clear day than Mauna Kea erupting in our lifetimes. Kona and the west part of the island is always under threat from Hualalai and Mauna Loa. Hualalai is steep and its lava flows would be fast. It is on the hot seat for an eruption. The area in South Point is relatively safe from Mauna Loa's lava flows due to its terrain. It seems that a Kilauea lower east rift zone eruption happens every 60-70 years. Considering that 75% of Lower Puna (The area south of Pahoa to Kalapana and then to the SE part of the island) has been covered by lava since 1955. I have been documenting Kilauea's eruptions since I first visited in 1998. There are people who built houses on top of lava flows in Kalapana that I remembered were active just a few years before! I am pretty sure many of these people know the risks but really don't care. As of now there is one insurance company (I believe Barclays) that will insure a house in lava zone 1 but I don't know if they will continue to do so since Leilani Estates eruption of 2018. Lava zone 2 has some more options but is very expensive from what I have heard. Here is a video on Hawaii's lava zones ruclips.net/video/YajvBbGJWL0/видео.html and this is a video I did on Pahoa which dodged a bullet in 2014 ruclips.net/video/Gs8oaVCdw0I/видео.html Here is a lava zone map Lava zones 6-9 are your best bet. about.hawaiilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lava-Hazard-Zones-e1667310442112.jpeg Hope you make it back to the islands and find a safe area to live :)
Yes, much better to be whipped out by a tornado, hurricane or? You take your chances for the benefits. If you are are up in years there is no needed to worry about the distant future. Live in beautiful place with risk or an ugly, safe place.
@@cdpsc1111 Thanks for your input. Everyplace has some degree of risk of a natural disaster some more than others. Half of the folks that lived in Leilani Estates prior to 2018 thought the same thing that they had a piece of paradise, they don't have homes anymore. Leilani Estates got in in 1955 (eruptions near there each lifetime). Lower Puna is perhaps the most beautiful place on the island but 3/4 of it got covered by lava in just a human lifetime. I bought land in Nanawale back in 2005 and now in the process of selling. Back then I knew not to buy land in Leilani Estates nor anywhere along the coast. While Nanawale is relatively safe as it is on top of a lava flow from 1840 but it and Pahoa would be in the crosshairs of a lava flow if an eruption breaks out between Hwy 130 and one mile uprift from it. This video highlights the risk of living in lower Puna. I will be brutally honest I would not live nor build a house in lower Puna unless it can immediately moved by a vehicle. To me the risks outweigh the benefits. There are other safer places on the Big Island that are no longer under threat of an eruption or flowing lava. However if someone has a few years left, I say enjoy lower Puna.
@@sigisoltau6073 Almost all flat Earthers on RUclips just do it for money. They are nothing more than con men. Thank God the flat Earth fad is dying :)
@@volcanoimage True. They've got no basis in reality. Some though legit believe that the earth is flat, which is stupid. I've seen lots of stupid over the last three years. From flat earthers to one who thought that if enough kava built up during the Geldingaladur eruption in Iceland during 2021 that it would gain enough mass to become a black hole. Or the guy who didn't know how rockets worked in space and thought I watched to much Star Trek. He thought rockets need an atmosphere to push against to move forward. Guess he never learned that every action produces an equal and opposite reaction, or that rockets, once in space, can use a planet's gravity for gravity assist maneuvers to get to the next planet. That's how Voyager, Cassini and New Horizon spacecraft got to their target planets/dwarf planets.
Lower Puna is beautiful don't get me wrong. This video tells the risks of living in lower Puna nothing more. If you choose to live there more power to you. Don't underestimate the power of Pele.
I love Hawai'i too. People took their chances in Leilani Estates in 2018 too. This video is designed to let people know of the risks of living in the lower Puna area and the volcanic risks associated.
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THANK YOU! SOMEONE WITH SOME SENSE .. I WAS KONA SIDE FOR THE EARLY '90S ERUPTION(KALAPANA) REQUIRING THE MOVING OF A CHURCH! THE '14 FLOW ALMOST TOOK OUT PAHOA TOWN .. THEN THE '18 FLOWS COVERED OVER 11 SQ MILES WITH LAVA 30-100FT DEEP, MAN DID THE NEWBIES PACK UP N LEAVE! LEARN/RESPECT, LAND, CULTURE N PEOPLE!
Thanks for watching and input! I remember watching the news when they moved the church when I was living in Pennsylvania. I visited the Big Island with my wife in December 2014 and took photos of the smoke from the lava not to far from the Market Place, it stopped a few days later. Pahoa dodged a bullet that time. I was also on the Big Island 1 week before the Leilani Estates eruption happened. Got a lot of footage of the overflowing lava lake at Halema'uma'u. I left on 2 May 2023 a day before it all happened. Leilani Estates got hit in 1955 and 2018. The thing is people don't respect the laws of nature when it comes to volcanic activity or any other natural disaster. Who in their right mind wants to build a house on top of an active volcanic rift zone! There are people who are building homes in Kalapana as we speak on top of lava flows I recorded in 2010 and in the late 90's!
NEED TO KEEP YOU OFF THE ISLAND!! LOL! BEEN HERE 35YRS THIS TIME ... USAF OAHU '68-'72@@volcanoimage
@@thepunadude LOL! I was at Hickam from '99-'03 Loved it. Missed it too!
Yeah it's a terrible thing to see. I lived down past the lava area at end of the road ..(the pushed thru road cross that rock area) and more & more Idiots are building it up in the direction of Kaimu store. It's expanded and looking like NYC skyline or something ..just Hellish coming down the hill now u can see the houses...@@volcanoimage
I personally own and continue to build and plant a home on the lava in kalapana. Is anything really promised to be around in 50 years? I have a house in maryland we owned for 20 that now is deemed swamp and getting worse. It wont last another 20. Just saying we take risks all the time in life. This land is not for the lazy but the community is amazing. Everyone lives off grid and for the most part live aloha and help/share with the community. Enjoying kehena on sundayfunday. Uncle roberts on wed and saturday market. Literally purest air on earth being untouched and filtered for thousands of miles before we breath it. All 25 minutes from huge city life.
Cant wait to return in less than 100 days!!!!
Lower Puna is definitely a beautiful place, I just would not live there unless you have a home that you can move easily :) I did this video to give people a heads up on moving to lower Puna and not to underestimate the area. 75% of the land between Kalapana and the SE tip of the Big Island of Hawai'i have been covered by lava since 1955. I have documented Kilauea for over 25 years and seen lava flows destroy many acres of forest over the course of a night. I have spent over 250+ nights out on the active lava fields between 1998 and 2010. The homes in Kalapana are built on lava flows between 15-35 years old. We all take risks in life, sometimes life is short. Just be aware of any east rift zone eruption between Pu'u O'o and Pu'u Kia'i. Any sustained eruption that takes place in this part of the rift zone will surely destroy Kalapana and if the eruption takes place on the NE side of the rift, Pahoa is in the crosshairs.
I know and love all the places you mentioned. Was a Punatic for 15+ years starting in the 80s , Leilani Estates, when Uncle Robert, Auntie G Girl Kealoha & Ohana played music in Kalapana and before Kaimu Beach-Kalapana town were covered by lava. Aloha Nui Loa. Special place and time.
We lost our house in Florida to hurricane helene in September. My wife's family is on island, and we just signed our offer on a house in Kalapana today!!!
I grew up in Kansas. I've done tornadoes. Raised our family in Alaska, where she's from. Volcano and earthquake, let alone the cold..... We feel good about our choice in Kalapana.
@@jaymo8206Just look for the bald old hairy shouldered guy…..eating locally made chev on crackers with my wife (I have a Mr Yuk tattoo) on Sunday morning…..It’s me🤙
The probability of getting lava inundated on Puna/Hawaii is much smaller than getting burned out in California, tornadoed in the midWest, or hurricaned in Florida. There is no such thing as a risk-free landscape.
True but an eruption happens about every 50-70 years on the E Rift Zone. Zone 1 has the highest risk. Leilani Estates sits on over the rift zone and got hit in 1955 and 2018. There is risk no matter where you live. But living on top of an active rift zone invites trouble within a lifetime.
Lavas different, there's no rebuilding on your land.
@@HiloBoiz808 You can rebuild on top of the lava after it cools.
Especially now with an unbalanced planetary climate system.
@@Bizhead3 A what?
It happens. If you build you should expect that your home may someday be wiped out. We watched Kalapana get eaten and we owned a piece of land off Red Road between Kaimu and Kapoho.
We were never able to afford to build,but if you can afford or can do your own building build a structure you can dismantle and move. btw: we sold last year and did pretty well. So for us it was
an investment. The Hawaiians clean their houses, leave an offering for Pele and leave. They've lived down there for eons.
I own a piece of land in Nanawale Estates which actually is on top of a lava flow from 1840. I am in the process of selling it. Lower Puna is probably the the most beautiful place on the Big Island but the writing is on the wall when it comes to an eruption. You are correct, if people were to move to Lower Puna and build a house they should not make it a permanent structure but be able to move it on a moments notice. If an eruption were to take place just a mile or two uprift from Leilani Estates then Pahoa could easily be taken out due to areas of the steepest descent just north of the rift zone. I have spent over 25 years documenting Kilauea and 250+ nights out on the active lava fields from 1998-2014.
The main advice for long,term living on the Big Island is: Don't put all your eggs in one basket ! Buy two lots in two different subdivisions. Be prepared to arrange for moving your house if it looks like lava is headed your way. Remember that NOTHING is permanent, so learn to be flexible and roll with the punches. And lastly, don't deny yourself the pleasure of living in paradise. ALL of the Big Island is sweet...every little inch is a miracle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
True. If your house is movable should be good to go. There are folks who built permanent houses in the Kalapana area of the coastal plain. If you got money go for it. I remember lava flowing in those areas in the late 90's and the 2000's. It appears that there will be more eruptions in the near future within 1-5 years on the east rift with a possibility of a long sustained one as well.
I lived in the Puna District, Leilani Estates and several other areas in Puna. I left the islands in 2005[due to high cost of living, not volcanoes] but I had several friends impacted by the 2018 eruption in Leilani. One had his entire house and land destroyed by Pele. It's a part of living on the Big Island, but that area is in the #1 Rift Zone, which is still a beautiful areas to explore and discover.
Puna district is a beautiful place for sure but I would not recommend anyone to live there. Pele doesn't discriminate. If you are in its path the lava will run over anything. I remember looking at land plots with a realtor in Leilani estates back in 2006 and declined to buy because Leilani Estates is on active rift zone. I stated Leilani estates or the surrounding areas will get hit with an eruption within 50 years time. I did buy a land plot in Nanawale in 2006 but sold it this year.
Stayed at a B&B over in Leilani Estates in 2015. Just about three years later it all was buried in lava.
I actually drove through Leilani Estates the day before the eruption happened unaware of what was going on underneath! We left on May 2 2018. People were saying at the airport that many small shallow earthquakes were taking place under Leilani Estates. When I went out there last year it seemed strange where there used to be many trees is now a barren lava field. In 2014 I remember seeing the lava encroaching the market square in Pahoa but stopped a few days later. Even insurance companies will not insure anyone in lava zone 1 and to a lesser extent lava zone 2.
It's so very sad kapho tide pools are completely gone, under 80 ft of Lava, I feel so fortunate to have spent 20 years snorkeling their...... It's mind blowing...... Peace9
Off the grid 22 years in Puna. Stay away don't come here not safe for you.
I agree and respect your choice to live there however I believe some people underestimate lower Puna and I could tell by some conversations I had with folks who live there. This video is designed to let people know ahead of time the volcanic risks involved with living in lower Puna. When someone builds a permanent house on an active volcanic rift zone and has lava flowing toward their house it is difficult for me to feel sorry. The ultimate disrespect for nature is the assumption that nothing will happen to them. If people choose to live there fine it is a free country. Don't get me wrong lower Puna is gorgeous. If I were to live there I would rather build a home that could be moved easily. Pahoa had a wake up call in 2014 and the town is in the crosshairs from Pele's wrath. Part of Leilani Estates got obliterated in 2018. It is not if but when other areas of lower Puna will get covered by lava and this includes Pahoa. This video serves as a warning for the future and I don't sugarcoat it.
You right brah. Warn them before it too late. Them make a big mistake come hea.
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How much of an influence is the activity of Puna Geothermal Ventures on the natural flow of the lava?
@@volcanoimagea huge amount of people in the world live on active volcanoes
Lived in this area for over 11 years. Watched to take out all those towns a few years ago. Burned the grass out of my yard and I was at least a 10 minute drive away.
That area is really nice. I live in Kona but I love Puna as well. If you don’t pay too much it’s worth the risk.
You are right Puna is beautiful. This video was made to highlight the risks so people can make an informed decision. The area in question has been covered by 75% of lava since 1955. The 1955 eruption should have been a warning not to live on the rift zone especially Leilani Estates which will have another eruption within a lifetime. I suggest if anyone moves there to have a home that can move literally.
Thank you for posting this.
Anytime! While lower Puna is very beautiful it always remains under the shadow of Kilauea's destruction that will happen in the future possibly within our lifetimes.
Surfing sucks. Do not do it. Stay away from surf breaks.
It's not just the lava, it's the vog, which is bad for you. That said a possible eruption in the next 100 years is not necessarily a bad risk.
100 years is within a lifetime! The vog mostly blows toward the west.
To be honest every year florida has 10x the damage from hurricanes and land is more expensive. The volcano threat is so overrated its only the vog that is ever present and a real probable threat. But all of kona is vulnerable to vog even Kailua to hapuna beach
With lava run towards the sea. With tidal waves, run towards the mountain.
With lava don't underestimate it which is the ultimate disrepect!
Respect the culture and the aina!!!
Respect the natural laws!
I rather live here than anywhere on the stupid mainland. Talk to locals
The locals have nothing to do with what I said in the video. This video is merely to inform people of the volcanic dangers of living in lower Puna nothing more. I get a lot of hate on this video and I don't care, don't shoot the messenger. Stay blessed!
Aloha. I live in Zone 1, Nanawale Estates. 1.2 miles from the 2018 flow and 2.2 miles from Fissure 8. Good video. Mahalo🤙🏼🌴🌋
Aloha & mahalo! I planned on living in Nanawale to be near my daughter but sold my plot this year. Nanawale is on top of a lava flow from 1840 so it is slightly higher than the surrounding area.
Actually, there are a couple of areas that one shouldn't move to for this very reason
Yes other minor reasons too
I’m moving there.
Pahoa is not even that bad 💀
It did have a close call back in 2014 where lava reached the outskirts of the town.
This is dumb. Lived here in Pahoa since 90s, its awesome and well worth the "risk"
It is because you are lucky. Tell that to the people who used to live in Leilani Estates. This video outlines the volcanic risk that is all. Just the messenger. Pahoa dodged a bullet in 2014. "This is dumb" comment absolutely makes zero sense to me.
Your more likely to get abuducted in that area then anything. People disappear all the time
Yes people have disappeared. Here is a case from 21 years ago ruclips.net/video/B3R_kHEGTCQ/видео.html People have disappeared by getting to close to the lava and fell in, a fact. Also other nefarious individuals may have have caused people to disappear in active lava tubes as well as this may be a possibility.
1 in 15 people in Pahoa is a sex offender. It does NOT have a "relatively low crime rate" haha.
Yeah there is petty crime there. Never knew about a high sex offender rate there. This video is about the volcanic dangers of living in the lower Puna region. The human component just adds an additional risk of living there.
@@volcanoimage Typical Pahoan crimes include not only sex offenses (which no rational person considered "petty" would you consider it "petty" if your daughter/wife/grandmother got r@ped?) to murder, to "routine" things like being literally eaten by packs of feral dogs. Start following the news about this place. No, thanks.
@@alexcarter8807 As far as I am concerned s3x ofenders can use a do se of in stant lead poisoning if you know what I mean. Thiefs can live without their hand too! Kinda like this song by Charlie Daniels ruclips.net/video/CQ74BwEwOJY/видео.html
😮Years ago I was looking to buy cheap land on the big island. Then I realized many places were built on lava flows. I didn’t buy and sure some of it has been destroyed by lava flows. The whole Island is a big lava flow .
The Big Island sure is beautiful but the lower Puna area is a no go. I just sold my land in Nanawale. Land on the northern part of the Big Island is safe from volcanic activity but more expensive.
I used to live in Puna off the Pahoa-Kapoho Rd in 2006 across from Green Mountain near the red road. Just went back in Jan...
It's all gone, it's too crowded now, too much traffic. Goodbye to paradise.
The traffic from Pahoa to Hwy 11 has gotten gradually worse over the course of 25 years. I remember back in '98 there was hardly any traffic from Hwy 11 to Pahoa now it is back to back traffic.
Pahoa is Beautiful Place .Visit first .Theres a lot of People moving here !
Don't get me wrong Pahoa and lower Puna in general is a beautiful place. Pahoa nearly got hit by lava in Dec 2014. I saw it with in a few hundred feet from the Market Place. Leilani Estates got hit in 2018 and in 1955. Nanawale got hit in 1840. If people are going to move there they need to know the uncomfortable truth and risks. Leilani Estates and Pahoa lie on an active volcanic rift zone which sees eruptions three to four times a century
Hippies, all Hippies!
There are other reasons to not live in the Puna district. Pahoa has the largest amount of registered sex offenders in the state in addition to the whole area being ground zero for crime.
True Pahoa does have its share of criminals. Criminal activity is mainly petty theft, drugs and sex offenders. Pahoa is known as a "wild west" type town, even looks like one! But Pahoa is in the crosshairs of destruction from a future eruption.
Please come to Puna
Been to lower Puna countless times. Beautiful place but would not want to live anywhere south of Pahoa.
Puma is beautiful! If people choose to live in fear that's on them! Not everyone loves like that! Lova an light to you!
@@AdonisColon-ck3lq Don't get me wrong, Puna is the most beautiful place on the Big Island. This video is meant to give people a heads up on the risks of living in the Lower Puna area and not to underestimate it considering that 75% of the area between Kalapana and the SE tip has been covered by lava since 1955. I am only a messenger that is it. Pahoa had a close call in 2014
This is what happened when you disrespect Tutu Pele …….
Yes building a house or living on an active volcanic rift is an all around bad idea no matter where you are in the world.
The should build a mental institution in pahoa town
Good to know I am looking to move to BI in next 2-3 years
The Big Island is a beautiful place it is just certain areas are under threat of eruption. The Lower Puna area would be a no go as anyone's house would be under threat of lava like 1955, 1960, 2014 and 2018. Best to live in lava zones 4 or higher.
This lava zone map 1 (highest threat of eruption) to 9 (lowest threat) about.hawaiilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/lava-zone-map.jpg Also would not recommend the Kona side of the island due to threats from Hualalai and Mauna Loa. Waimea and Hawi on the north part of the BI and Na'alehu on the the SW part of the Big Island whose geography protects from lava flows.
fires
Not to mention the Coqui frog.
The coqui frogs were an invasive species but are now part of the lower Puna "experience" just like kudzu was an invasive species in the SE US and now it is part of its "experience" :)
they are so loud I wore ear plugs to sleep haha
Good God! Thank you for posting this. Such a reality check and a gut-punch for anyone dreaming of getting into the Hawaiin Market to live. The only affordable place left Hawaii forces people to dodge Lava, Vog (breathing Sulfur dioxide), Earthquakes AND Mold? Well, let's all sign up for that. That may be affordable, but it's not 'live-able.' Cue the end of that dream.
Yes the most affordable place to live in Hawai'i in the lower Puna Disctrict of the Big Island. I am trying to sell my land plot in Nanawale, I see the writing on the wall. I get some hate on this video but the truth hurts. Any area south of Pahoa should be a no go to live on a permanent basis. Just ask the folks who lived in Leilani Estates. Also Pahoa had a close call in 2014. I remember seeing the smoke from the lava just a few hundred feet away from the Pahoa Market Place. Luckily it stopped. Only a couple of buildings got burned from the 15 mile long lava flow. Toward the end of the video I drove by a house that shows a line of small vents that erupted in their backyard. The house got spared though!
I'm Hapa and have been trying to figure a way back to the islands, but every avenue - starting with (affordable) is no longer an option. On the Lava zones - the hard reality is that a home may be spared, but a vent opens nearby - a hot vent that is active and gases don't seem to be slowing anytime soon. Try turning to your Home Insurance Co. for new coverage AND living next to an active vent. That doesn't leave one comforatble, nor confident about going to the grocery store and returning to no home and you don't know where the Dog is. Right? Safety and security is #1, and if you have low confidence on that footing, then any low number Lava Zone is simply a non-starter. I am sooo thankful you posted this and appreciate any insight you're willing to share. Don't listen to the haters. This was a (need-to-know) video. Thank you @@volcanoimage
@@nylesgregory2120 The best and safest place on the Big Island is on the northern part of the island and the Hamakua coast. The likelihood of Mauna Kea erupting is almost next to nothing so at least the Hamakua coast is safe from Hilo to Hawi. We have a better chance at winning the 100 million dollar lottery while getting struck by lightning on a clear day than Mauna Kea erupting in our lifetimes. Kona and the west part of the island is always under threat from Hualalai and Mauna Loa. Hualalai is steep and its lava flows would be fast. It is on the hot seat for an eruption. The area in South Point is relatively safe from Mauna Loa's lava flows due to its terrain. It seems that a Kilauea lower east rift zone eruption happens every 60-70 years. Considering that 75% of Lower Puna (The area south of Pahoa to Kalapana and then to the SE part of the island) has been covered by lava since 1955. I have been documenting Kilauea's eruptions since I first visited in 1998. There are people who built houses on top of lava flows in Kalapana that I remembered were active just a few years before! I am pretty sure many of these people know the risks but really don't care. As of now there is one insurance company (I believe Barclays) that will insure a house in lava zone 1 but I don't know if they will continue to do so since Leilani Estates eruption of 2018. Lava zone 2 has some more options but is very expensive from what I have heard. Here is a video on Hawaii's lava zones ruclips.net/video/YajvBbGJWL0/видео.html and this is a video I did on Pahoa which dodged a bullet in 2014 ruclips.net/video/Gs8oaVCdw0I/видео.html Here is a lava zone map Lava zones 6-9 are your best bet. about.hawaiilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lava-Hazard-Zones-e1667310442112.jpeg Hope you make it back to the islands and find a safe area to live :)
Yes, much better to be whipped out by a tornado, hurricane or? You take your chances for the benefits. If you are are up in years there is no needed to worry about the distant future. Live in beautiful place with risk or an ugly, safe place.
@@cdpsc1111 Thanks for your input. Everyplace has some degree of risk of a natural disaster some more than others. Half of the folks that lived in Leilani Estates prior to 2018 thought the same thing that they had a piece of paradise, they don't have homes anymore. Leilani Estates got in in 1955 (eruptions near there each lifetime). Lower Puna is perhaps the most beautiful place on the island but 3/4 of it got covered by lava in just a human lifetime. I bought land in Nanawale back in 2005 and now in the process of selling. Back then I knew not to buy land in Leilani Estates nor anywhere along the coast. While Nanawale is relatively safe as it is on top of a lava flow from 1840 but it and Pahoa would be in the crosshairs of a lava flow if an eruption breaks out between Hwy 130 and one mile uprift from it. This video highlights the risk of living in lower Puna. I will be brutally honest I would not live nor build a house in lower Puna unless it can immediately moved by a vehicle. To me the risks outweigh the benefits. There are other safer places on the Big Island that are no longer under threat of an eruption or flowing lava. However if someone has a few years left, I say enjoy lower Puna.
You’ve already told me I want to live in the most expensive part on a previous video 😂
The most expensive part is the generally the safest :) I would not recommend anyone to move to the lower Puna region.
We spent 2 weeks in a rental house on Hanalei Bay. Literally 50 feet from the beach.
At least Hanalei Bay is safe :)
Not the Big Island
Going off the title i assume it was inhabited by Flat Earthers, that would scare anyone off
Flat Earthers are nothing more than internet pranksters and that is how I treat them LOL!
I thought flat earthers, anti-vaxxers and karens.
@@sigisoltau6073 and jehovah witnesses
@@sigisoltau6073 Almost all flat Earthers on RUclips just do it for money. They are nothing more than con men. Thank God the flat Earth fad is dying :)
@@volcanoimage True. They've got no basis in reality. Some though legit believe that the earth is flat, which is stupid.
I've seen lots of stupid over the last three years. From flat earthers to one who thought that if enough kava built up during the Geldingaladur eruption in Iceland during 2021 that it would gain enough mass to become a black hole. Or the guy who didn't know how rockets worked in space and thought I watched to much Star Trek. He thought rockets need an atmosphere to push against to move forward. Guess he never learned that every action produces an equal and opposite reaction, or that rockets, once in space, can use a planet's gravity for gravity assist maneuvers to get to the next planet. That's how Voyager, Cassini and New Horizon spacecraft got to their target planets/dwarf planets.
I live in lower PUNA take your fear and go live somewhere else. Love where I live.
Lower Puna is beautiful don't get me wrong. This video tells the risks of living in lower Puna nothing more. If you choose to live there more power to you. Don't underestimate the power of Pele.
The world will perish in flames.
True in 5 billion years when the sun gets larger!
@volcanoimage :(
Bad bad bad, don’t come…….
Pele is mad!
Listen to this. Do not move to Puna. Please. Don't even play tourist. Go away. We have cannibals here.
LOL! You serious!
drugs...
I love hawaii. I will take my chances
I love Hawai'i too. People took their chances in Leilani Estates in 2018 too. This video is designed to let people know of the risks of living in the lower Puna area and the volcanic risks associated.