We have 2 active lava flows going on right now....1 really is not an
issue for us, but there is a new one that started a few months
back.......We have been able to see the RED glow at night from our
round pen.....It probably will not come towards our land, but it can
cut off our highway that connects us to Hilo (if the rate of flow
stays the same, it would take 4 years to cross the highway, its about
6 miles from the highway now...however if the lava changes from A'a
which is slow moving to the very fast pahoehoe, it could cross the
highway in a matter of days) ......we would not be able to get out
of here to work.....we would have to relocate on the other side of
the flow so we could get to our clients. If that happens, one
unfortunate thing is that our road, which is the historic old
railroad from the 1800's would be used as an evacuation route, it
would have major upgrades and eventually get paved.....I would be
saddened.....we would move. But the price of our land would go up
immensley........we would probably move to Florida, a very horse
friendly state.....
Anyway, we are always prepared, I have an extra inverter, an old
trailer that is UGLY, but can carry our horses and other belongings,
with the truck and trailer I could move what I needed....we also have
a Berky light water filter, it is a BIG countertop model, it will
filter any type of water for drinking...that will defintley come with
us......but we live in a state of being prepared, I guess thats what
of the side benefits of living off grid.....I could install my solar
panels on my trailer roof and live out of that if I had to!
If you've never seen what a lava flow can do, imagine everything in
its path is burned, then covered up with HARD rock. (sometimes up to
20' in depth) Nothing can grow for years.....and years.....
Of course I can live with this, but to live where there are
hurricanes every year would be hard for me...weird huh?
The Earth is a living organsism.
Skye
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