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Lava claims final home in Royal Gardens Subdivision
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 7:18 PM PST Updated: Mar 04, 2012 12:36 AM PST
ROYAL GARDENS, Hawaii Island (HawaiiNewsNow) - After years of watching Madame Pele's power up close, Jack Thompson's house in the Royal Gardens subdivision on the Big Island was finally been claimed by lava. A tin roof and a water catchment tank were the only parts left of the home.
Jack Thompson, 61, has watched Kilauea Volcano wipe out most of his neighborhood for nearly 30 years. There were 1,500 residential lots in the subdivision. 75 homes were built before the 1983 eruption. On Friday, lava erupting from the Puu Oo Crater four miles above Thompson's home was rapidly closing in.
"I was thinking that maybe I would dodge the bullet again, but we were keeping an eye on it." said Thompson.
The lava burned its way through a thick forest behind his home and scorched what was left of Hoku Street to the east.
More: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/17073848/lava-claims-final-home-in-royal-gardens-subdivision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gardens,_Hawaii
ROYAL GARDENS, Hawaii Island (HawaiiNewsNow) - After years of watching Madame Pele's power up close, Jack Thompson's house in the Royal Gardens subdivision on the Big Island was finally been claimed by lava. A tin roof and a water catchment tank were the only parts left of the home.
Jack Thompson, 61, has watched Kilauea Volcano wipe out most of his neighborhood for nearly 30 years. There were 1,500 residential lots in the subdivision. 75 homes were built before the 1983 eruption. On Friday, lava erupting from the Puu Oo Crater four miles above Thompson's home was rapidly closing in.
"I was thinking that maybe I would dodge the bullet again, but we were keeping an eye on it." said Thompson.
The lava burned its way through a thick forest behind his home and scorched what was left of Hoku Street to the east.
More: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/17073848/lava-claims-final-home-in-royal-gardens-subdivision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gardens,_Hawaii
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I mean, short of telling the lava "Stop, or we'll say 'stop' again!", what did you want the government to do about it? 
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