What more could you ask for? I think this is the best way to lead, put your self up front and have a plan, organizing all of the resources at your disposal, being realistic and asking for each resident to start preparing now. Awesome.
I like Mayor Billy Kenoi. Say what you will about him, he actually seems to get shit done....if and when he really wants to; Natural leader. However, the meetings have become undemocratic now where there is no open forum and this mayor is EXTREMELY delusional in believing that chain of craters road is even feasible as a road anymore, not to mention being a road for 8,000 Puna car commuters a day. Just thinking about this as an "option" is already a disaster. This is basically a one lane road at many spots with incredible dips and dives. If half the cars actually make it through even ONE COMMUTE in the direct sun along with the still cooling lava from the last flow over it, they will be lucky. It must be one of those kick-back deals for Kenoi to even entertain this idea to "pave" this thing, especially over the 8 miles of recent lava flow at a million dollars a mile (* & to just to throw some gravel over it basically). There will be no way to bring anything in and out via anything approaching a real truck like food and gas supply trucks (even a minvan is dicey in my view). When chain of craters becomes the only road, basically Puna will become the wild wild west; I hear a lot of people talking about getting guns now (those staying). I don't blame them. It's gonna be houli and hippie hunting season. Then the trade winds will come just about the time the lava hits the water (nov dec), so those who stay, remember to get your gas masks and oxygen tanks - this is going to go on for quite a while. Solution? Bomb big ditches in front of the flow while it is still up there on the hill and level, and pray it all goes down a crack and creates a lava tube down to the ocean. But people are crying that this is Hawaiian cultural sensitivity and "diversion" and Pele doesn't like it. Well, you know what's so ironic? Nearly every lava flow in Puna in recent memory, has taken out what? Hawaiian communities! And this one looks to be no different if you look at the projected lava flow down from the transfer station. Hmmmm. If Pele loves Hawaiians so much, why does she always displace her own people? Hawaiians are less than 15% of the population now, and they're getting smaller and smaller, thanks in no small part to Pele. Pele dislikes Hawaiians now and I think I know why. You no longer sacrifice virgins to appease her blood lust ! King Kamehameha II and the queen denounced the KAPU system and embraced Christianity over a hundred years ago. She don't like you anymore ! Wake up and smell reality.
Let's get a few things straight about all this diversion/offending pele and Hawaiian culture. First of all, Puna is a very spread out community with a lot of hippies and poor drug addicts. That's why the "official" view is to do nothing. You can bet your ass if the lava was headed for Hilo or Kona they would blast, dig, and divert the lava anyway they could without any consideration for cultural religious beliefs. It's ALL about the money! 2nd. Ancient Hawaiians altered every aspect of the land to make life better. They built huge fish ponds. They diverted rivers natural path to feed taro fields. The even moved rocks with a human chain across the islands to build roads for slaves to carry the lazy kings and queens around. Every modern road or development project is diverting peles rocks unnaturally. Trying to have it both ways delevitamizes this illogical argument. 3rd. Present day locals believe in Pele because it's a defiance and rebellion against European culture. It's a form of reverse racism to believe that Pele is cleaning up and getting rid of the Haoles. If Hawaii was not invaded, but somehow culturally and scientifically evolved on it's own, modern day Hawaiians probably would not care much about outdated superstitions gods. Lastly. Diverting the lava to save the few remaining beaches, parks, warm ponds, and natural areas people use is a much better argument than diversion to save homes. Homes can be rebuilt. Pohoiki beach and surf areas cannot. If Puna loses the last remaining beach parks, what will the people and especially the kids have left as a healthy outlet? Drug addiction will escalate and the already poor depressed neighborhoods will get worse.
Inspiring leadership in an astonishing situation.
What more could you ask for? I think this is the best way to lead, put your self up front and have a plan, organizing all of the resources at your disposal, being realistic and asking for each resident to start preparing now. Awesome.
Awesome!
I like Mayor Billy Kenoi. Say what you will about him, he actually seems to get shit done....if and when he really wants to; Natural leader. However, the meetings have become undemocratic now where there is no open forum and this mayor is EXTREMELY delusional in believing that chain of craters road is even feasible as a road anymore, not to mention being a road for 8,000 Puna car commuters a day. Just thinking about this as an "option" is already a disaster.
This is basically a one lane road at many spots with incredible dips and dives. If half the cars actually make it through even ONE COMMUTE in the direct sun along with the still cooling lava from the last flow over it, they will be lucky.
It must be one of those kick-back deals for Kenoi to even entertain this idea to "pave" this thing, especially over the 8 miles of recent lava flow at a million dollars a mile (* & to just to throw some gravel over it basically). There will be no way to bring anything in and out via anything approaching a real truck like food and gas supply trucks (even a minvan is dicey in my view).
When chain of craters becomes the only road, basically Puna will become the wild wild west; I hear a lot of people talking about getting guns now (those staying). I don't blame them. It's gonna be houli and hippie hunting season. Then the trade winds will come just about the time the lava hits the water (nov dec), so those who stay, remember to get your gas masks and oxygen tanks - this is going to go on for quite a while.
Solution? Bomb big ditches in front of the flow while it is still up there on the hill and level, and pray it all goes down a crack and creates a lava tube down to the ocean. But people are crying that this is Hawaiian cultural sensitivity and "diversion" and Pele doesn't like it. Well, you know what's so ironic? Nearly every lava flow in Puna in recent memory, has taken out what? Hawaiian communities! And this one looks to be no different if you look at the projected lava flow down from the transfer station. Hmmmm. If Pele loves Hawaiians so much, why does she always displace her own people? Hawaiians are less than 15% of the population now, and they're getting smaller and smaller, thanks in no small part to Pele. Pele dislikes Hawaiians now and I think I know why. You no longer sacrifice virgins to appease her blood lust ! King Kamehameha II and the queen denounced the KAPU system and embraced Christianity over a hundred years ago. She don't like you anymore ! Wake up and smell reality.
Mahalo BIVN and MAHALO Mayor Billy!!!
Let's get a few things straight about all this diversion/offending pele and Hawaiian culture.
First of all, Puna is a very spread out community with a lot of hippies and poor drug addicts. That's why the "official" view is to do nothing. You can bet your ass if the lava was headed for Hilo or Kona they would blast, dig, and divert the lava anyway they could without any consideration for cultural religious beliefs. It's ALL about the money!
2nd. Ancient Hawaiians altered every aspect of the land to make life better. They built huge fish ponds. They diverted rivers natural path to feed taro fields. The even moved rocks with a human chain across the islands to build roads for slaves to carry the lazy kings and queens around. Every modern road or development project is diverting peles rocks unnaturally. Trying to have it both ways delevitamizes this illogical argument.
3rd. Present day locals believe in Pele because it's a defiance and rebellion against European culture. It's a form of reverse racism to believe that Pele is cleaning up and getting rid of the Haoles. If Hawaii was not invaded, but somehow culturally and scientifically evolved on it's own, modern day Hawaiians probably would not care much about outdated superstitions gods.
Lastly. Diverting the lava to save the few remaining beaches, parks, warm ponds, and natural areas people use is a much better argument than diversion to save homes. Homes can be rebuilt. Pohoiki beach and surf areas cannot. If Puna loses the last remaining beach parks, what will the people and especially the kids have left as a healthy outlet? Drug addiction will escalate and the already poor depressed neighborhoods will get worse.
Mahalo Mayor Billy. But why so many haloes. Wat da
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