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<text id=90TT1219>
<title>
May 14, 1990: American Notes:Hawaii
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
May 14, 1990 Sakharov Memoirs
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 35
American Notes
HAWAII
Lava or Leave It
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<body>
<p> It bore a disconcerting resemblance to an asphalt driveway
on the move and gone berserk. As an immense flow of 2000
degrees F lava from Kilauea volcano oozed across Hawaii's Big
Island, one dwelling after another smoldered, then burst into
flames. Roads were buried, palm trees and utility poles snapped
and fell. At least 53 homes in the sleepy village of Kalapana
have been destroyed since April, and all 300 residents had been
evacuated by the weekend.
</p>
<p> Some volunteers remained behind to move the historic Star
of the Sea Roman Catholic church--a structure noted for its
interior wall paintings--out of the path of destruction. By
the time the lava flow sputters off into the ocean, Kalapana
will be no more. Says Harry Kim, Hawaii County's civil-defense
chief: "This community is finished. This land won't be
productive for 150 years."
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</body>
</article>
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