Lava is unstoppable
Lava is unstoppable
In the 1960 volcanic eruption … earth barriers 30 feet high were constructed by bulldozers. The lava not only went around the berms (videos on Internet) but over them as well. Ocean water also was dropped on the lava but to no avail.
In the 1940s Mauna Loa eruption, bombs were dropped by the military to divert the lava from advancing to Hilo, also to no avail. Fortunately, the lava stopped on its own several miles above Hilo.
In the 1980s, lava from Mauna Loa also stopped 3 miles above Hilo. In the late 1800s, lava from Mauna Loa stopped short of the church at the bottom of Mohouli Street by the river bed, and on Ponahawai Street by the river bed adjacent to the Komohana medical facility. The lava was supposedly stopped by Princess Ruth Ke‘elikolani.
In Kalapana, lava from the 1980s and 1990s can be seen as high as 40 feet or more.
Lava — like hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. — is a powerful force of nature that cannot be stopped.
Darrel Baring
Keaau
To the future
Yesterday has passed. Today is the time for all of us to contemplate an improvement for tomorrow. So, tomorrow is the day for us to look into the future (figuratively and literally) with the Thirty Meter Telescope so that we may usher in a new era of cosmic knowledge!
T. Ono
Hilo
Ads backfired
In letter publish Oct. 25, Mr. Kevin Hedlund (Tribune-Herald, Your Views) provided insight and accurate recollection of the events/circumstances related to former Gov. Lingle’s action in “closing schools.”
Those ads feature the very worst form of lies: Specifically, the “half truth.” Half truths are particularly bad because when a portion of the facts are true, it becomes easy for the entire argument to be considered true.
The ad lacks integrity and honesty. It does not provide “the truth, THE WHOLE TRUTH, and nothing but the truth.” It is the very essence of what people totally dislike about politicians.
Personally, when such ads cross my path, I vote in the opposite direction since it indicates the ad, and the people who came up with the ad, cannot be trusted.
For me, that was an effective ad, but not in the way the creators intended.
Albert Nakaji
Papaikou