Friday, December 2, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Release No. 2022-049<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HONOLULU<\/strong> \u2014 The Hawai\u2018i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) has deployed a team to Hilo to assist with the County\u2019s emergency response to the volcanic eruption of Mauna Loa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, HI-EMA is coordinating analysis of potential consequences to the Big Island economy, infrastructure, transportation network, and other effects if the eruption were to eventually damage the Daniel K. Inouye Highway or other significant systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile the lava is moving very slowly at the moment and doesn\u2019t pose an imminent hazard to populated areas, it\u2019s still a hazard with huge destructive potential,\u201d said Luke Meyers, administrator of HI-EMA. \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t be doing our jobs if we didn\u2019t work to define the possible impacts and recommend ways to reduce or eliminate them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meyers traveled to Hilo Thursday with a HI-EMA team to meet with county officials and the Hawai\u2018i County Civil Defense Agency (HCCDA) team, which has been activated 24 hours a day since the eruption started Sunday. Meyers also took part Thursday in a 2.5-hour overflight of the eruption area with the Civil Air Patrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis was a good opportunity to see the hazards and threats from the Mauna Loa eruption,\u201d he said. \u201cIt really gave me a better perspective of the situation and where the lava flow is going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The four-person Emergency Management Assistance Team deployed to Hilo will support the HCCDA, helping with operations, planning, and logistical challenges during the emergency. The team also will help to ensure that any needs the County identifies can be quickly matched up with available resources and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HI-EMA personnel also are coordinating with subject-matter experts to assemble a framework for addressing the consequences \u2014 both immediate and long-term \u2014 should the lava eventually damage or destroy part of the highway, power lines, or other crucial systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCutting the highway or other critical infrastructure could affect economic activity, increase commute times, complicate delivery of goods and services, or a whole host of other potential consequences,\u201d Meyers said. \u201cAs part of HI-EMA\u2019s support role, we\u2019re developing a blueprint that can be used to anticipate and mitigate those consequences, and maybe even prevent some of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n # # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam Weintraub adam.b.weintraub@hawaii.gov Friday, December 2, 2022 Release No. 2022-049 HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawai\u2018i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) has deployed a team to Hilo to assist with the County\u2019s emergency response to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"7138,7084,6956,6998,7022,4804","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[338,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2022-mauna-loa-eruption","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7035"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15598,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035\/revisions\/15598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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