01-27-2014, 12:35 PM
Thanks for the update Opihikao, The slow rate of 100 feet a day may seem encouraging to some?. Although I see that can add up to 3,000 feet a month (over 1,000 yards, or better yet over half mile a month). Looking at that map and the fact it has already traveled over 5 miles since may or June, Now there seems to be another 4-5 miles to go before it reaches a populated area. Gets me thinking folks in Ainaloa or 8 and 9 road of Hawaiian acres should be given a rough 6-8 month warning if things stay the way they have for the last 7 months. Looking again at that most current Jan/24th map you can see what appears to be older flows that this current flow will possibly have to run along. THE older flows look to come from completely different vents but the general flow down hill could be similar?. I am also curious if the terrain the lava flow is in now, as it gets lower possibly could be steeper? This could pick up the pace of some of the future lava fingers thrown down hill.