[hinckley buzzard]

Strange outlook. Why is it the state’s responsibility to “plan for” relocating people etc? Are the people not capable of making their own choices and living their own lives? Or do they need a nanny state to take care of them?

[mewzilla]

From what I’ve been seeing and reading, mist if the folks who live in that zone are retirees, lower/low income who cannot afford to relocate on their own. HI should have addressed this by permitting the heck out if the area, requiring volcano insurance, etc, but didn’t as far as I can tell. Some folks have family and friends to help, but not all. And I really doubt, worst case, 50,000 people will.

So what the heck would HI do in the event of a large scale evac for God knows how long, and afterwards with any permanently displaced.

FWIW, I think HI was treating the east rift zone like ad hoc low income housing and now it might come back to bit the state on the a$$.

[mewzilla]

http://www.city-data.com/city/Leilani-Estates-Hawaii.html

If accurate, holy moly. Like I said, the state should’ve permitted the heck out of the area so that anyone living there would be required to carry insurance. If that made the area unaffordable for most, too dang bad.