Puna 9 months later

[shockwave rider]

Nobody will see this in events so I'm posting here.

Mark Kimura is giving a talk Tuesday at "HAAS on Pahoa flow 2014, nine months later". Pupus at 5, presentation at 5:30.

www.facebook.com/lowerpuna

[opihikao]

Mahalo for the info. Mr. Kimura does some very good work, and this should be interesting.

JMO.

[pahoated]

The June 27 flow keeps filling in all the gaps further up by the crater. Wao Kele o Puna is almost totally covered with new lava fields. Looks like the June 27 flow will still be active when June 27 rolls around. Still smell burning sometimes.
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maps/uploads/image-276.jpg

"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"

[dakine]

Wao Kele o Puna is almost totally covered with new lava fields...

The entire area covered by lava from Puu Oo ever since the eruption began amounts to far less than 50% of Wao Kele o Puna (probably less than 20% really) and hasn't expanded appreciably with all the activity of the last few years. You can see this clearly on this map:

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maps/uploads/image-268.jpg

[pahoated]

The old growth natural forest area. The large section to the east has been cleared and let go to be covered by scrub brush, many times over many years. That is why there were brush fires between Ainaloa and Pahoa, versus forest fires, when the flow was going further east. The distinction is Wao Kele o Puna was the largest remaining old growth lowland wet forest. The "protectors" (what is with this new age social media newspeak?) from the 90's were claiming the old forest was part of their cultural spirit. Wonder how that's working out.

"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"

[Midnight Rambler]

The older forest is to the north of the flows; it's barely been touched. Most of the rest of it was never cleared, it's on younger lava flows like most of the rest of Puna. If you look on satellite images like Google Earth you can even trace the outlines of old flows by the different types of vegetation growing on them.

[pahoated]

Puu Oo appears to be shifting activity towards the west, so the chances of another northeast flow seems to be decreasing a lot, or at least, turning into a many years event for the east side. Bananahead did have it right as far as flow fronts stalling, four of them, and he said it was from inside information. I can't help but notice almost the weekend of Uncle Robert passing, the last flow just stopped suddenly and all the activity is up by the main crater now. Just saying, that is the way it happened, and it is still awesome to go up to the transfer station surrounded by a wall of lava. They should leave it the way it is, with melted fence and all, almost as much power and energy there as keeping the epicenter of Hiroshima intact.

"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"

[kalakoa]

They should leave it the way it is, with melted fence and all

A thousand times THIS. The impromptu temple is exactly what we need, lest we forget where we truly live.

[MattKarma]

Not London, Not Paris ... the castles and forts we build now will all be covered in lava in less than a thousand years. Enjoy the present.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

the castles and forts we build now will all be covered in lava in less than a thousand years

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