Per this link, 50,000 people live in the zone. Jeez louise...
http://m.hawaiinewsnow.com/hawaiinewsnow/db_330510/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=kt5hgCu8
That’s surreal. You have a typical suburban scene surrounded by lava. I can almost picture somebody mowing their lawn like normal while a volcano happens all around them. I went to the Volcano National Park when I was on the Big Island. Seemed at the time quite the tourist trap and I joked that the steam you could see rising was manufactured just to create the effect of a volcano. But I guess it was real. Even if I had to pay $35 to get in and then go to the nearby Volcano winery where I had a case shipped back to the United States only to find out it was the absolutely worst wine I ever drank in my entire life. I think I paid almost $400 total between the case and then having it shipped separately.