Photo of Ahalanui Warm Pond, Puna District, Hawai'i Island. Photo by A.R. Marsh. Park next to Ahalanui Warm Pond. Lifeguard tower at Ahalanui Warm Pond. Photos by A.R. Marsh. Yesterday, July 12, 2018, Tutu Pele covered the Ahalanui Warm Pond and park with lava, along with the neighboring Kua O Ka La Hawaiian language charter school.…
Disaster Prep in “Hermitville,” Puna District
A lava flow moves on Makamae Street in Leilani Estates at 09:32 am HST on May 6, 2018. USGS map, Public Domain. The opening scene of The Dire Deeds of the Guild of Ornamental Hermits is a light-hearted disaster prep drill performed by some of the "hermits" of my fictitious Hermitville Farm and Arts Collective, an…