Lava Claims First Pahoa House

Photo from Hawaii News Now TV

Please refer to the story from Hawaii News Now as lava claims the first house in Pahoa.  (To our friends and ohana reading this, we remain safe a few miles away from this.)

Lava Claims First House

(Quote from article above)  One of the residents who lived at the home, John Byrd, explained that while this is a loss, the wait can finally be over for them.   "We can close the book on it because the house burned finally you know, so we're on to our new story but it's going to affect a lot of people for a long long time," Byrd said. "I don't think it's short lived. It's still pumping it's going to be agonizing for a lot of folks and I wish everybody the best and as long as the 'ohana, everybody stays safe, that's the main thing. Property and stuffs can all be re-done."

This is not "new" news on the Big Island.  Our friends Iris and Jeffrey, raised their four boys here in Puna, and lost house #1 in the Kalapana flow many years ago.