adorshki
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That's a future Farmers Insurance commercial if I ever saw one.
So, they saw the lava flow across the road, saw the car, and just stood there filming it?
******s!
Sad thing is if the lava covers your property with sufficient height, you not only lose your home, you lose your property too. Typically no one has insurance to cover this type of catastrophe. You roll the dice when you live on the Big Island.....
Tommy
I wonder how big their premiums are, to get insurance when they’re next to an active volcano.Sad thing is if the lava covers your property with sufficient height, you not only lose your home, you lose your property too. Typically no one has insurance to cover this type of catastrophe. You roll the dice when you live on the Big Island.....
Tommy
I wonder how big their premiums are, to get insurance when they’re next to an active volcano.
You just gotta learn to surf on lava.They're not near an active volcano ... they're right ON TOP of it!
Our dream is retiring to Hawaii, and the Puna area is the one that has the most affordable properties. Now we know why they don't build houses to last there. Will have to revise the retirement dreams.
Makes me wonder if it's only because earthquake/ flood insurance is sold as a separate product, as it is here in CA?I did not know this until now (I just looked it up), but direct damage from a volcanic eruption (lava, ash, etc.) is covered, but damage from volcanic eruption-related earthquakes (there was a M6.9 on Friday) is not, at least if you have State Farm.
Wow, never seen anything quite like that before. This might be a candidate for the Darwin awards. I mean, the craziness of being that close to the flow is one thing, but the car might've exploded once that lava got to the gas tank... Anyway, I guess the photographer lived to tell about it.
Today I heard that someone had tried taking a selfie with a wild bear somewhere locally. That person will not be available to accept his Darwin award.
Some people seriously make you scratch your head.