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RE: Mauna Loa erupting - terracore - 11-29-2022
"The route is not meant to support high volumes of vehicles parking on the highway and its shoulders or pedestrians walking in the roadway."
Just tell them you're protesting a telescope and they'll erect barricades, install a traffic light, add bathroom facilities, and provide 24/7 police protection.
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - ironyak - 11-29-2022
For those who don't like being hit by high-speed vehicles, or worse doing word problems, USGS has a webcam on MK pointed across at Mauna Loa so you can track the lava from the safety and comfort of your at-home lava viewing area.
https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mauna-loa/mkcam-mauna-loas-summit-and-northeast-rift-zone-mauna-kea
The furthest advanced flow of lava has crossed the Mauna Loa Observatory road overnight.
https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status/1597626924032983043
If this flow further develops it looks like it would approach Saddle Road right around Pu'u Huluhulu / MK Access Road, and could pool there as it is quite flat, but has downhill paths both to the west and east. See 1843 and 1935-36 flows, with the 1935-36 flow being the more likely as USGS has the flow placed in the Kaumana inundation zone.
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/map-showing-subaerial-extents-historical-mauna-loa-lava-flows
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - Rob Tucker - 11-29-2022
It was interesting to watch the glow from my house in Pahoa at 3 am. Same orange color as Fissure 8 but just a smudge in the distance, not all encompassing. And it is silent while Fissure 8 was loud.
An uncomfortable feeling.
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - dobanion - 11-29-2022
Seems like its going back the other way (N) now, which, as I've harped on, should dog to the NW as it gets closer to the highway. Just sitting back and watching now.
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 11-29-2022
flow of lava has crossed the Mauna Loa Observatory road overnight.
Does anyone know if there are workers living there now 24/7? Is it too high for helicopters to transport workers?
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - ironyak - 11-29-2022
New webcam looking at fissure 3 - appears to be south of the vent and facing north so can see the fissure fountaining, but not the flows downhill.
https://www.usgs.gov/media/webcams/m5cam-mauna-loa-fissure-3-eruption-northeast-rift-zone
Andrew Hara is also back working his image making magic.
https://twitter.com/HawaiiScience/status/1597660413402832897
And Paradise Helicopters of course - the gang's all here!
https://twitter.com/Paradisecopters/status/1597693255495213056
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 11-29-2022
Mauna Loa Observatory:
Because of the lava flow, power has been knocked out at the facility — meaning that for the first time in over 60 years no data is being recorded.
Meanwhile, USGS says radio transmission access remains open.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/11/29/mauna-loa-lava-flow-cuts-off-access-key-global-climate-monitoring-station/
Operational status of other Mauna Loa facilities - ATLAS, Mauna Loa Solar Observatory, HI-SEAS:
https://www.space.com/mauna-loa-eruptions-observatories-status
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - kalianna - 11-29-2022
Re lava viewing area, the best idea I heard during the 2018 eruption was to erect a large ferris wheel in the Long's parking lot. Saw that on this site. Does anybody remember who that was? I did a search and couldn't find the post. Didn't happen but it's never too late.
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 11-29-2022
kalianna:
This thread?
https://punaweb.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=20014&highlight=ferris+wheel
RE: Mauna Loa erupting - dobanion - 11-29-2022
Seriously need a flow map USGS............
Edit, removed my map. Not accurate, found the Civil Defense website gave a location of the flow front this morning. Here btw:
Hazard Impact Map (arcgis.com)
Looks like the flow is heading for the big flat spot just west of Puu Hululu. This is good in that it shouldn't go much further, bad in that it could spread out enough to cut the saddle road.