Friday Fotos – Kilauea steam vent on the Big Island

February 2, 2018 By Terry

Kilauea steam vent on the Big Island

Smoke from Kilauea steam vent and lava flow — If you’ve never seen the devastation from a lava flow, this gives you an idea of what it’s like.

Traveling through lava fields creates a dramatic impression, as does this Kilauea steam vent. On the Big Island, there are miles and miles of nothing but devastation. Where the event occurred well in the past, there will be some signs of life, but at the very least, it takes decades for a lava flow to revegetate.

Here’s a sobering statistic from the National Park Service website about what has happened on the Big Island. “Since 1983, about 500 acres of new land has been added to the island. In addition to 181 homes, the Wahaula visitors center, the Royal Gardens Community Center, the Mauna Kea Congregational Church, and the Kalapana Drive-in have been destroyed.”

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I started out as a skip tracer. Just in case you don’t know, that’s the guy who finds the people who don’t want to be found. It was the little things—getting paid to lie—that made skip tracing the fun part of the job.

Those years of chasing deadbeats taught me many valuable life lessons, such as liars come from all walks of life, and always keep your car in the garage.

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