When, not If lava crosses 130...

[Delta9r]

Awesome photo VancouverIslander, thanks!

Here are some maps of the flow courtesy of HVO.

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maps/

"Life is labor, and all that is good in life comes from that labor..."

[bluesboy]

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Originally posted by pahoated

There is a new lava lake forming uphill from Puu'o'o.

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no there isn't

[bluesboy]

here's the actual sentence, that you pulled out of context. it is not forming uphill from Puu Oo, it is in Puu Oo.

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The Pu`u `O`o eruption continued without significant change. Spatter cones on the floor of Pu`u `O`o crater displayed persistent bright glow with the westernmost one now open on the north side and apparently displaying a small lava lake/pond.

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http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/activity/kilaueastatus.php

[kalakoa]

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It's humorous the county is staying totally silent about this flow...

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I wouldn't call it "humorous".

[bluesboy]

Please educate yourself about the difference between rift zones and lava tubes.

HVO overview of the east rift zone of kilauea
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/kilauea/e...rview.html

HVO volcano watch article about lava tubes
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/arch...08_30.html

[VancouverIslander]

Leilani and Nanawale are Lava Zone 1 mostly because they are built right on the rift zone. At any time a new vent could open up along that rift zone. Lava zone 2 is adjacent to LZ1 and downhill from it. Both of these zones have had approx. 20% coverage by lava in the last 200 years (basically since they started being recorded). The Kahauale'a II flow is currently flowing through forest reserve land that is curiously in Lava Zone 3. Based on the topography, I'd suspect that Leilani and Nanawale are both safer than Pahoa, Beaches or HPP from this current flow.

[nana valley]

Nanawale is lava zone 2

He who hoots with owls at night cannot soar with the eagles in the morning.

[VancouverIslander]

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Originally posted by nana valley

Nanawale is lava zone 2

He who hoots with owls at night cannot soar with the eagles in the morning.

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Most web sites (real estate oriented) say zone 2, but according to one USGS page:

"There are also residential neighborhoods within Lava Flow Hazard Zone 1 in the lower east rift zone of Kilauea volcano. All of Leilani Estates, Lanipuna Gardens, and parts of Vacationland Hawaii and Nanawale Estates are within Zone 1."

I interpret this to be saying that only part of Nanawale is zone 1. Not that it makes that big of a difference.

Source:

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/arch...12_01.html

[bluesboy]

The forest fires are currently stalled. Read (and see) more about it here -

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/multimedia/?display=default

[MiloliiSect]

Without having to depend on quick response from the county, 4 wheel drive vehicle w/ clearance, and off road all terrain or bikes would be a good personal investment.

Found this video, this guy is daring though, by how close he goes to the cliff side, looks like an accident waiting to happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPv0ZxRIR5U