Hawaii Volcano Festival

Not to be outdone by the California Festivals, Hawaii is holding a Volcano Festival that started in May 2018 and could last for years. This one is on “the big island” of Kilauea.

Land development is done in Hawaii by volcanos and this one has created 700 acres of new land and destroyed over 700 homes so far. That’s one home sacrificed for every acre created.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/23/us/kilauea-volcano-report-trnd/index.html

Native Hawaiians are again reminded of the Godess Pele, who dwells in the volcano and causes it to erupt. They attribute the loss of their houses to a sacrifice to Pele.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/us/pele-hawaii-volcano.html

Kilauea started the year with 4,028 square miles of land mass.  There are 640 acres per square mile, so the “big island has already grown to 4.029 square miles over the last 3 months. At that rate it will continue to grow by 4 square miles a year until Pele decides to take a rest.

California Wildfire revelers may want to come to Hawaii to see Pele do her thing before this Volcano Festival ends and then move to Texas.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader