[Reno89519]

It has more impact than the one on the right. The entire southeast area of the island is affected, plus the parks are closed. Tourism is limited. And the ash and glass clouds do shift. Hilo is at risk of shutdown if the winds shift north. With winds to west, which has happened in past several weeks, the whole southern half of island is at risk, is unhealthy.

I know tourism is only industry on island for many people and they are desperate for people to come, but read the USGS and state warnings! Tourism says come (but omits the limits on what you can do), health and safety says no, be prepared to evacuate, to have bad air, to have closed airports, etc. A mess.

[mewzilla]

There’s a mess because the state let people build/live/farm in a hazard zone. Many don’t have insurance. Looks like the state didn’t have a contingency plan already in place to relocate permanently displaced people who couldn’t/wouldn’t see to their own arrangements. The only good news is that most of the homes lost around Kapoho Bay, about 80%, were vacation rentals and not primary residences.