12-07-2011, 07:13 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16063198
They think it's a dangerous volcano to be around.
They think it's a dangerous volcano to be around.
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BBC article about Kilauea
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12-07-2011, 10:52 AM
No kidding--REALLY?? Nothing new here. We live on an active volcano. The people the scientist was tallking about, who were killed over 200 years ago, is a well-known story locally that enabled Kamehameha to gain control of all the islands. You just have to enjoy living in paradise one day at a time--same as living anywhere, come to think of it!
12-07-2011, 04:54 PM
Looking forward to some of that 'craziness' in 3 weeks time. We'll look for you on our walks along PAK.
12-08-2011, 01:14 PM
It's definitely something to be respectful of. Eery single one of us lives on volatile ground. Still, I'd rather that than drive on black ice.
12-08-2011, 03:23 PM
quote:SO SAY I
12-09-2011, 04:40 AM
"... Eery single one of us lives on volatile ground. ..."
That's true everywhere on Earth. When Yellowstone blows, it'll be nice to be in Hawaii (unless Hawaii blows up first!). New York is overdue for their "big one". California keeps sliding south. Washington state needs to brace for the epic tsunami when the Cascadia subduction zone finally gives way, etc, etc. No place on Earth is "safe" forever. Where do the geologists in Hawaii live?
Puna: Our roosters crow first
12-09-2011, 06:49 AM
I think this illustrates a common human trait. The news was that while Kilauea has until recently been considered an example of a non-explosive volcano, this is now known to be part of a cycle that has in the past and almost certainly will in the future return to an explosive phase. Comments such as "NO Kidding - It's a volcano" and "Everybody lives on volatile ground" are essentially at odds with this to the extent that they refute the traditional characterization of Kilauea as mellow. The common human trait is that people rationalize away bad news.
It is my understanding that much of Puna is covered by a flow only 600 years old. Also, a friend told me that he had read an eyewitness account by a non-hawaiian - in other words yesterday geologically speaking - of the eruption that lay down the layer of ash that forms the soil in much of Volcano. The witness described ash shooting high into the air (the Volcano area has a layer several feet deep). All in all it means that Kilauea is capable of rapidly burying inhabited areas under several feet of lava or ash in a manner that even if not explosive would still be pretty catastrophic, should the cycle swing back that way. |
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