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Thanks for posting the photos Obie. That's really something.
If it's not too much trouble, would you mind checking if there's an orange glow down those cracks tonight after dark?
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A crack across a road does not indicate the direction of a lava flow which may be miles underground. It does indicate inflation of the ground above it.
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Well the whole world is down there now. I’m gonna check it out.
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A crack across a road
Tehcnically "road-shaped private property (open to the public)" -- but She doesn't have to honor the lines that white people drew on a map (!)
Only a mile from PGV!
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I wouldn't dismiss these cracks so easily. Even if only due to inflation. Cracks were a precursor to the episodes that took place in Kapoho in late '59, early 1960.
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Road closed. Compared the crack to my photo. I would estimate its has grown 25 percent. They put up measuring devices.
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I wouldn't dismiss these cracks so easily. Even if only due to inflation.
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I was not dismissing the crack - rather, that the direction of the crack pointed the direction of any potential lava flow.
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Saw three graders on Beach and bulldozers (?) headed down Kahakai. Haven't seen that in a long time.
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County has been working on Railroad in HPP since early this morning.
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Kapoho Joe - So if Mac2017s crack opens up and spews forth lava, it will run to Pohoiki or Kapoho?
Once again, time to review Jim Kauahikaua's Lava Flow assessment paper from 2007:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1264/of2007-1264.pdf
The predicted downhill path from Leilani actually runs North-East across Pohoiki Rd. PGV, & 132 skirting Nanawale and ending at the ocean just east of Hawaiian Beaches. However, there could be a variety of microterrain issues in that area that may lead toward the paths more towards the area between Opihakoa & Pohoiki or towards Kapoho.
Also, during the 1955 series of eruptions, over 24 vents opened across the entire ERZ over the course of almost 3 months. In short, be prepared as all of lower Puna is potentially impacted. Stay safe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9pdJyGhuo
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