Lava Flow Threatens Homes in Hawaii - Addison Norman pd.2

On June 27, a new lava flow opened up on the Big Island of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano. Since then the lava has moved steadily at an average rate of about 800 feet per day. Now about two months later the molten rock comes face to face with a housing community.  The Ka'ohe Homesteads subdivision now stands less than a mile away from the flow. Of the estimated 8,000 people who live there, many haven't been required to evacuate yet. Officials fear that the lava could reach the home in a matter of days, or the lava could run into interstate 130 not allowing those in the subdivision to leave. There is a debate throughout the area on whether people should attempt to intervene in the path of the lava or let mother nature run its course.
Americans have been dealing with natural disasters even before we were thirteen colonies. Our nation constantly deals with tornados, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, dust storms, the list goes on and on. Throughout history we learn a few things about how to better prepare and to act against these deadly situations. The most important is to just be aware. For example, people who live in California have to know that they may experience multiple earthquakes, and those people have to know what to do incase of the emergency. The same precautions should be taken in these events in Hawaii. Residences facing the lava should be evacuated because it's better to be safe than sorry, and that is something the course of American history has taught us.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/05/us/hawaii-volcano/index.html?hpt=hp_t4