ok pardner, but you go first . . .
FWIW, they thought better of the idea in that case. The problem is that upwards of 50,000 people live in the East Rift Zone. At least a couple of thousand have been evacuated, and there are hundreds in shelters. Seems to me like HI was not well prepared for this because the shelters are already experiencing some nasty problems and are just a stop gap solution for the permanently displaced. This is a charlie foxtrot. And HI could’ve avoided it with a sane permitting process and realistic planning. I still think the best solution is for Fed zillion to buy people out and add the area to the nearby national park.
I mean, it may be a few thousand degrees beneath that low bid steel plate covering the lava, but it's a dry heat ...