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KILAUEA ERUPTION
PAHOA — With no
end to the lower East
Rift Zone eruption of
Kilauea volcano apparent,
much of lower Puna is still
under temporary flight restriction
status. That means only
authorized aircraft are legally
allowed to fly in the airspace.
Six airmen of the Hawaii Air
Index
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Farmers look to an
uncertain future as
lava takes land, crops
Congressional lawmakers,
reporters visit center in Texas
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KILAUEA ERUPTION
The loss of livelihoods
The ongoing eruption
on Kilauea’s lower East
Rift Zone has displaced a
few thousand people and
altered the landscape.
For farmers and ranchers
in the area, it’s also taken
away their livelihood.
Jan Anderson said lava
buried her palm nursery and
her husband’s orchid nursery
in Kapoho, along with their
vacation rental. Their home is
still standing but inaccessible.
With an uncertain future,
she’s now faced with selling
the last of the palms she
relocated to a friend’s nursery
in Hawaiian Paradise
Park when volcanic fissures
started disrupting
water supply to the area.
At the time, she didn’t
think lava was going to
make it to Kapoho, at
least not so quickly.
“We thought at the very
least long term, maybe it
would be coming,” Anderson
said, of the lava. “Nothing like
what just happened. I don’t
think anybody expected that.”
Eric Tanouye, president of
the Hawaii Floriculture and
Nursery Association, said at
least a dozen nurseries are
“seriously impacted,” whether
by lava inundation or from
sulfur dioxide emissions.
“A lot of orchids down here
have such unique growing
conditions,” he said. “A lot of
the lower elevation orchids
are being grown there.”
Tanouye said growers had
Keeping
Puna’s
skies safe
JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald
Hawaii Air National Guard Staff Sgts. Alika Lee, left, and Skyler Ross
of the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron of Kalaeloa, Oahu, stand
watch Wednesday in the county’s mobile command center in Pahoa.
Border Patrol
facility houses
hundreds of kids
McALLEN, Texas —
Inside an old warehouse
in South Texas, hundreds
of children wait in
a series of cages created
by metal fencing. One
cage had 20 children
inside. Scattered about
are bottles of water,
bags of chips and large
foil sheets intended
to serve as blankets.
One teenager told an
advocate who visited
that she was helping
care for a young child
she didn’t know because
the child’s aunt was
somewhere else in the
facility. She said she
had to show others in
her cell how to change
the girl’s diaper.
The U.S. Border
ABOVE: Jan Anderson of Kapoho Kai Nursery
stands amongst a group of licuala grandis
Thursday during her plant sale at Rozett’s
Nursery in Hawaiian Paradise Park.
RIGHT: Allen Frenzel, Hawaii director of
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s farm service
agency, discusses FSA programs for disasters
Friday. The event was held at the Pacific Basin
Agricultural Research Center in Hilo.
Photos: HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald
By TOM CALLIS
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
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By JOHN BURNETT
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
See SKIES Page A3
By NOMAAN
MERCHANT
Associated Press
See FACILITY Page A6
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