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    Commentary: The goddess of the volcanoes built these islands. She'll do what she wants

    by Jasmin Iolani Hakes, Los Angeles Times May 14, 2018 3 minutes

    The windward side of the Big Island of Hawaii doesn't have the resorts of Maui or the Waikiki notoriety of Honolulu. Hilo, population 43,000, is not generally a destination. When my hometown shows up on the world's news tickers, it's because a disaster is on its way - a hurricane or a tsunami, or this week, the earth cracking open and spilling out lava in the middle of a nearby subdivision.

    Since I moved to Los Angeles from Hilo, I can only watch from afar. If it's a hurricane, I

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