Volcano is Acting Up #3: Pele is Smoking!

[LaurelJ]

Oh here it does come
The ashes and smoke.
Run for your lives lil bunnies
This is no joke

The ground is a quaking
the lave appears
we'll be loosing our homes
and bunnies I fears

[Kapohocat]

At approximately 4:20 p.m., the plume turned reddish brown, as it again began to loft ash--composed mainly of rock fragments--from the vent. A small rockfall from the sides of the conduit could be the cause.

Are the youngsters at our house the only ones who thought this was funny???

[mella l]

Things must be calming down a bit as there is no update since 3-26. Hoping this is so.

mella l

[janet]

I thought so, too, Mella; but it seems the web address has changed. When I use this one, it gets me to the April 2 update:

http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/kilaueastatus.php

[Guest]

A micro earthquake occurred at 1:41:04 PM on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 .
The magnitude 2.5 event occurred 6 km (4 miles) S of Pu`u `O`o Crater.
The hypocentral depth is 8 km ( 5 miles).

So I look at the live webcams: Pu'u 'O'o and Halema'uma'u and it still looks like it's spewing the last few days.

[mella l]

Janet thanks for the new address! The update is pretty extensive, and guess the the slow down was me not keeping up with the new address warnings! Mahalos

mella l

[kani-lehua]

the "can you help a volcano resident" thread:

wow! very generous of all those who offered!

malia paha o lohe aku

perhaps they will hear

[Kapohocat]

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/ar...0328_L.jpg

Did something weird happen to their map?

[hooligal]

like what? looks normal to me - except that there's teensy bits of dark red - easy to miss at first glance. look up the hill northeast of RG for a teeny spot of fresh lava.

[oink]

For those that aren't earlybirds: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n264/bldhd/LMR1.jpg

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.