Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
Plus, depression over the homes and beautiful oceanfront spots lost forever.
When you lose your home to a flood or hurricane, you can usually rebuild on the same spot. When your home is buried forever under 40 feet of lava, you can never rebuild on that spot.
Higher view?
Don't they still own the "land" over which the lava flowed? They might not be able to build ever again down there but I would expect that the property is still theirs.
David