Sending thoughts and prayers too. Be safe Slack Key - Kimo.
Kimo is fine..he lives on Oahu which is a totally different Island from The Big Island(Hawaii Island) no active Volcanos on Oahu..if I see Kimo I will pass the message for you....
Sending thoughts and prayers too. Be safe Slack Key - Kimo.
Is Chuck Moore in the path of this eruption? He has a beautiful home and workshop that would be irreplaceable.
So. You think that saving the house and losing the owners would be a good idea? When was the last time you heard about Insurance companies replacing a life!
And just FYI I have seen the house.
So. You think that saving the house and losing the owners would be a good idea? When was the last time you heard about Insurance companies replacing a life!
And just FYI I have seen the house.
The sad thing is, most people who are in lava zones 1 and 2 (us included) don't have insurance against lava damage. Lava inundation isn't quite like other natural disasters such are earthquakes, fires or hurricanes. Lava is still rather slow moving and people have time to respond accordingly. You do have time to get out of harm's way. Of the 26 homes burned so far, there has been no loss of life. It's a sad and tragic situation here.
That's a ridiculous statement, nobody was thinking that...except you apparently.
The sad thing is, most people who are in lava zones 1 and 2 (us included) don't have insurance against lava damage. Lava inundation isn't quite like other natural disasters such are earthquakes, fires or hurricanes. Lava is still rather slow moving and people have time to respond accordingly. You do have time to get out of harm's way. Of the 26 homes burned so far, there has been no loss of life. It's a sad and tragic situation here.
Yes, our home and shop are under direct threat of lava inundation and we have evacuated. Along with the lava itself it's the deadly gasses that are a particular concern. We're just in a holding pattern trying to figure out what all this means to us. Mahalo for your concern.
Yes, our home and shop are under direct threat of lava inundation and we have evacuated. Along with the lava itself it's the deadly gasses that are a particular concern. We're just in a holding pattern trying to figure out what all this means to us. Mahalo for your concern.
"Tons" is a little generous...
"Tons" is a little generous. They've been pretty behind compared to how fast the news is getting out. Last flow we were getting updates twice a day. Now it's once a day - at best.
This map seems to be updated just as much, if not more than HVO stuff: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...ll=19.463036018604367,-154.9104881385814&z=15.
Check out Lava News and Ikaika Marzo on Facebook for on-the-ground updates.
The link is to USGS and not HVO, and USGS is the only qualified organization that monitors the situation and ultimately releases status updates. If there's nothing "new" happening then they don't have reason to report it. The google maps are only nice visualization from the same source. Social media are a nice complement and provide some human interest perspective only.
HVO is a subsidiary of USGS: one and the same to us here. There is, of course, lots of old (but amazing and well-presented - I've been up and down that site) news on the USGS site, but things are changing so fast that if you're relying on it as your sole source of info simply because it's "official," you're going to be behind the times very quickly.
The Coconut Wireless is a profound thing in the digital age. Unfortunately for the folks in Leilani, time doesn't stop between USGS updates. There isn't a single fissure or breakout that I've heard about from USGS first. The maps simply confirm what people on the ground are seeing.
They say the lava lake is going down, I have to wonder if it's draining through all those fissures? Could a new cone be forming?!
My pops and his work buddies did some rough rock-crusher-dude math and they reckoned that the difference between where the lava lake was a few days ago and when it was full is 800 thousand-something yards. Seems like that leaves a lot MIA and the lake is still going down...
On a related note: http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2...mmit-explosion-concerns-to-volcano-community/.
Thanks for chiming in, Chuck. Know you're out of the way, but we're thinking about you all the time.