WEBVTT SEPARATES HIM FROM HAWAII, HE IS STILL KEEPING TRACK OF KILAUEA AS IT RUMBLES THROUGH HIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, HE MAY BE A FEW DECADES REMOVED FROM HIS LIFE IN HAWAII BUT JD KENT HAS NOT FORGOTTEN HIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD NOR THE FRIENDS HE MADE WHO ARE NOW TRYING TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE CURRENT LAVA FLOW FROM THE KILAUEA VOLCANO. >> WE WERE ABOUT FIVE BLOCKS UPHILL FROM WHERE IT IS ERECTING RIGHT NOW. MARCUS: KENT, WHO HAS A SISTER LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND, AWAY FROM THE DANGER ZONE, HAS BEEN FOLLOWING REPORTS OF ERUPTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH THE NEWS, AND HE FEELS SORRY FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. >> I SAW IN THE NEWS 35 HOMES WERE CONSUMED, I DON’T THINK THERE THERE WERE 35 HOMES IN THE ESTATES WHEN WE LIVED THERE. MARCUS: BACK TRACK MORE THAN 3 DECADES, THAT IS WHEN KENT AND HIS FAMILY WERE JUST A MATTER OF MILES AWAY FROM KILAUEA’S ERUPTIONS. >> IN A FIRST FLOWED THROUGH 1980 618 ROYAL GARDENS I HAD FRIENDS WHO LOST THEIR HOMES TO THE LAVA FLOW, HE SAID WHAT HIS FAMILY EXPERIENCED FROM 1979 TO 1989 HAD BECOME ROUTINE. JUST KILAUEA BLOWING OF STEAM EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. >> BEING AN ACTIVE VOLCANO, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A CATASTROPHIC EXPLOSION LIKE MOUNT SAINT HELENS. IT IS ALWAYS RELEASING PRESSURE. SO WHEN IT GOES CRACKLE THROUGH A CRESTON STARTS ON TUNING. MARCUS: KENT SAYS THE ONLY REAL DANGER IS FOR ANYTHING STUCK IN THE PATH OF THE LAVA FLOW, MEANING THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO SAFELY GET OUT OF THE WAY. >> VERY,