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(drums)

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[Heather] Ultimately, whatever [br]the volcano,Pele, decides to do

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is what we will have to obey.

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And so, if she wants to flow to the sea and[br]she wants to create more of her island,

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and create new beaches, new lava fields

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then we will--

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[crash heard in background]

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--allow her to do that.

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[Laughter]

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And so, she's the boss here.

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[slow guitar music]

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[Darryl]The eruption that is generating [br]the current lava flow

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has been ongoing for over 30 years.

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Historically, the flow has been to[br]the south-west side of the island

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but on June 27th, a new fissure has[br]redirected to flow direction or path

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in a more north-east direction.

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Back in October it did enter[br]the community.

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It crossed over one of the roadways there,

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went through a small cemetery,

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and it went on to one[br]residential property -

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a fairly large farm property.

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This is going to be a very slow,[br]difficult, painful, frustrating event.

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What could be our worst scenario[br]is that it crosses highway 130,

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which is a primary state highway [Atoro?],[br]that services that whole area.

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You're look at between[br]7 to 15 thousand vehicles daily

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that would be stuck.

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[Guitar music]

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[Dani] A lot of people[br]actually left the island,

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and I imagine it was probably[br]people that were renting

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because it's different for the people[br]who are home owners out there.

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They are not usually in a place[br]that they can just take off.

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[guitar continues]

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[Heather]My husband and I decided[br]that we could either relocate

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outside of the Puna region,[br]on the other side of the flow,

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or secondly, the choice that we [br]ultimately decide to make,

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was he left his job in Hilo,

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so that we would be able to stay on this[br]side of the flow no matter what happened.

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Whether it cost the access road or not.

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We really love it here, [br]and we wanted to stay.

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[Darryl]Well, I think the local community,[br]

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living with this in our backyards for[br]generations, for lifetimes,

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has come to accept that this is part of [br]living on a volcanically active island.

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Fortunately, we've seen the flow[br]advance to a certain point,

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and then stall.

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So, if it continues like this,[br]we could just see a widening

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rather than a forward advancement,

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and threatening roadways and other[br]infrastructure.

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[Dani]More tourist what to come[br]over here and check out the lava story,

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so people are getting very angry.

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They're like, "this is our life. [br]This is our misfortune.

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It's not something to come snap pictures[br]of that's really disrespectful".

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But I get it, Pahoa is cool.

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[birds singing]