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It is probably going to be a no casualty event -- according to the USGS, only one person has died due to an eruption in Hawaii this century. Radios and cars ma
by saalweachter 4y ago
It is probably going to be a no casualty event -- according to the USGS, only one person has died due to an eruption in Hawaii this century. Radios and cars make evacuations a lot easier.
I'm not even sure we'd expect casualties from the evacuation -- if 100,000 people (twice the population of Hilo) drove entirely around the Big Island (300 miles), you'd only be at around 30 million passenger-miles, well short of the statistical 1 death per 100 million passenger-miles.
- cxr 4y agoFYI: despite popular misconception, "casualty" doesn't imply death. A casualty of war, for example, might actually refer to someone who is wounded/maimed/etc. but still survives. If a house is consumed by lava and the occupant becomes displaced/homeless, it could reasonably be argued that it didn't result in zero casualties. Same goes for other things that might be more commonly understood as "collateral damage".