He didn’t expect the lava flow to head his way. “God only knows what it’s going to do next,” he said.

Johnson evacuated last week when authorities with bullhorns arrived at 1 a.m. saying it was time to get their things and leave.

“I’m really kind of at peace actually,” he said. “I’ve had 28 years of wonderful experience down there in Kapoho.”

Kapoho resident Mark Johnson was coming to terms with the possibility of losing his home and 5-acre citrus farm.

Gov. David Ige signed a second supplemental emergency proclamation Tuesday that gives the county more options for shelters and sets criminal penalties for violating emergency rules, such as failing to evacuate and interfering with emergency workers.

He wants to return if lava spares his home on a ridge overlooking the ocean. But it’s unclear how long it would take to reopen access to the area, he said.

Those who live or vacation in the area were mourning the loss of popular tide-pools where kids enjoyed swimming.

Thousands in the Puna area had to evacuate after the first fissure opened May 3. Officials had issued mandatory orders for residents of Leilani Estates and those in Kapoho Beach and Vacationland were advised to leave by last Friday or risk being trapped and unreachable by emergency crews.

Homes in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland are on smaller lots and are closer together than in other parts of the Puna district. Okabe estimated there are several hundred homes in each of the two subdivisions.

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