And I think the lava has a lot of sharp edges. Not great to sit on or fall down on accidentally. Probably not great on auto tires either. BUT, if you still own it, maybe it can be made unique and kind of cool.

Reminds me of people building in New Orleans where large portions of it are at or below sea level, surrounded on three sides by water and located in a hurricane zone. Duh-oh.

Not much of a lawn to care for.... just some lava rock to spray dirt off of...

Definitely.

I think it might be cool to live on a place covered with solidified lava. Or at least have a vacation retreat there

If u won a big lottery would u build a gulch with it?

Do you still own the “land” you bought even though its now under a few feet of cooled off lava?
Still have the view and the weather and I bet yyou don’t get ever run by lava a second time (it flows somewhere else). Maybe rebuilt on top of the lava or bore through it for support columns

Sold my '72 Javelin to my little brother, who ended up totaling the car.

What a shame!

Hmm... Obooboo was born in Hawaii--or was he?
Just sayin'

Exactly.

That is why they are on the side of a volcano, they wanted the life, but couldn't afford it on the socialist havens they all voted for the last 20 years. So, an apt punishment, "for your sins go live on a volcano". The lady in the story said she couldn't afford the other islands so she bought her lot for 35K 10 years ago...bad investment I guess.

Exactly. And now we have the Cascadia Subduction Zone to add to the fun. When that goes, there wont be enough money in the whole government to pay for "rebuilding.".

Well, if something went wrong did anyone cry to the media and want it fixed? Is it declared a disaster when some lava or ash comes out? Usually I would say no, as you hear about the item and then that's it.

I lived for about a year in Sicily, on a rocky ocean beach (old lava) with a view of Mt. Etna, an active volcano. It erupted once while I was there (happens fairly frequently) and the big thrill was to go up to where it was erupting and walk on the semi solid molten lava with shoes that were capable of the heat. The people were used to it and it was no big deal to them, even when villages were periodically destroyed. I suppose one gets used to it. I, however, was pretty scared, but nevertheless went up to the mouth of the volcano periodically. But I was in my twenties, and immortal then.

Building on the side of a live volcano? Not any nuttier than building on eroding cliffs in California's Pacific coast. It's the breath-taking view, followed by the breath-taking disaster of your home tumbling into the Pacific or bursting into flames. It could happen tomorrow or in 600 years. Toss those dice. Oops, sorry, you lose.

The thing is, the media is making the people seem to think it is. Sure it is a big deal for people who live there, when a fissure opens up in their backyard, but one has to ask "Why do you live there if you are not prepared to deal with it"? You do not see the continuous whining "oh my God" reporting on these events anywhere else (Indonesia has stuff like this all the time, plus the odd tsunami) yet you will get one or two articles and then gone. Same deal, they live on a volcano and deal with the results. Hawaii just wants to be special, and the media has their own agenda. I am waiting for them to find a way to blame it all on Trump.

It makes me wonder how people so stupid have the money to live in an expensive place like Hawaii???

There is no 'safe' place on this planet. Everything has a price or a trade off. If you like living in a lush tropical climate there are storms that may destroy you, sometimes nearby volcanos and when you decide that you can live within a certain distance and still be safe and then the planet does something you didn't expect you must deal with it. There are so many things humans are not in control of. Get used to it. Sometimes the best laid plans are laid bare by probability and outcome. There is a remote chance the earth could be hit by an asteroid. I don't plan on leaving soon and if I wait too long and it happens I won't be calling anyone to complain. I will be trying to figure out what the best thing to do at that moment is.

Right! Anyone on an active volcanic island should understand that there is a very real but very small possibility of some Krakatoa type event.

People never wonder how your get big lumps of dirt out in the middle of the ocean. “To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.” Thomas Paine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjGHw...

is what is going on now not major?
rhe folks over there think it is.

Another one! Fissure #17 spewing lava with explosive power,
https://youtu.be/Hv7JhWeQOOY

There is also a fissure #18 reported.
These fissues are getting near to a Geo thermal electric plant

Darn! I was thinking it would be a good way to pull away a tiny bit of the leftist propaganda funding.

No, did not mean to use taxpayers funds, with Trump's personal funds as a venture for profit that also MAGA.

At least do a study to determine if this would be a good use for taxpayers dollars as compared to any of the other uses for taxpayers dollars.