Toroid
Founding Member
There are now 14 fissures. It almost looks like a disaster film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uGwOIYhP1g
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uGwOIYhP1g
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
This is an amazing scene......wish it had done this when I was there.
The Puu Oo vent was erupting when I was there......and the idiots that built this subdivision built it between two active vents. Not to smart.
The Puu Oo vent was erupting when I was there......and the idiots that built this subdivision built it between two active vents. Not to smart.
nivek
As Above So Below
No, no no, I never want a volcanic eruption to happen when I'm around, never I say...lol
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
Its part of being a geologist......had to go see the Kilaeua caldera and the erupting vent when I was there.
Near the subdivision I saw a number of roads.....some in layers that had been covered by lava flows. Once I saw where they built this subdivision I realized it was a dumb thing to do.
nivek
As Above So Below
Hawaiian volcano is about ready to blow up scientists are predicting, I can't believe people are still complaining about evacuating...Just get out and don't look back i say...
CARS ARE ABOUT TO BLOW FROM HAWAII’S VOLCANO
Fourteen more lava-filled fissures have erupted in the days since the sloping sides of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano split open a week ago, spurting molten rock onto the surrounding neighborhoods’ streets and destroying 36 structures. But so far, Kilauea’s summit has yet to blow.
That could soon change, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) warned Wednesday night. The volcano’s summit could erupt in the coming weeks, and projectiles as large as two yards in diameter — which USGS volcanologist Wendy Stovall described to VICE News as “automobile-sized” — could fly as far as about half a mile away in all all directions.
As more and more fissures split open, the lava lake inside Kilauea's summit caldera at Halemaʻumaʻu’s “overlook crater” continues to drop. (The caldera, different from a crater, is a sunken basin on a volcano.) If that magma plummets to the level of the groundwater inside Kilauea’s caldera, water could seep into the volcano’s magma. The resulting explosion of steam could rocket gas and rocks upward.
“The whole thing just pops the cork,” in the words of Denison University volcanologist Erik Klemetti.
CARS ARE ABOUT TO BLOW FROM HAWAII’S VOLCANO
Fourteen more lava-filled fissures have erupted in the days since the sloping sides of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano split open a week ago, spurting molten rock onto the surrounding neighborhoods’ streets and destroying 36 structures. But so far, Kilauea’s summit has yet to blow.
That could soon change, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) warned Wednesday night. The volcano’s summit could erupt in the coming weeks, and projectiles as large as two yards in diameter — which USGS volcanologist Wendy Stovall described to VICE News as “automobile-sized” — could fly as far as about half a mile away in all all directions.
As more and more fissures split open, the lava lake inside Kilauea's summit caldera at Halemaʻumaʻu’s “overlook crater” continues to drop. (The caldera, different from a crater, is a sunken basin on a volcano.) If that magma plummets to the level of the groundwater inside Kilauea’s caldera, water could seep into the volcano’s magma. The resulting explosion of steam could rocket gas and rocks upward.
“The whole thing just pops the cork,” in the words of Denison University volcanologist Erik Klemetti.
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
It was an incredibly stupid place to build anyway......one of the vents that's 5 miles away was erupting in 1990.
It was a great area to visit as a young geologist......but I'd never have thought about living there.
It was a great area to visit as a young geologist......but I'd never have thought about living there.
Toroid
Founding Member
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
Actually 6 feet isn't large......some are even larger than 6 meters.
Area201
cold fusion
That's like people who build in flood zones or other natural disasters areas, stupid.
nivek
As Above So Below
Dirt cheap prices for homes in Hawaii but just be prepared to run when the lava flows?...
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
I wasn't aware there were any dirt cheap homes for sale in Hawaii.
nivek
As Above So Below
Went over your head...
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
??
nivek
As Above So Below
We were joking in our comments...
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
Then no it didn't go over my head......and my comment went over your head.
nivek
As Above So Below
Lol...
Toroid
Founding Member
