History Channel Mega Disasters Hawaii

[janeadams]

One of the main things about Mauna Loa eruptions, especially the 1950 one, is how quickly the flows made it all the way to the ocean. The Honokua flow of that eruption took less than 3 hours to travel 15 miles to the ocean. We just drove through that area last week, and it was a sobering testimony to Madam Pele and Mother Nature's ability to interrupt our peaceful lives.

I read this history with great interest, having started my interest in volcanoes on May 18, 1980 just about 25 miles from Mt. St. Helens! Lucky we live Hawai'i.

Jane