Where is it safe?

[csgray]

As long as Kilauea is oozing lava we are unlikely to have an explosive event barring a major earthquake that allows seawater to meet magma, in which case our island will experience an event like Krakatoa did, and blow into pieces. Shield volcanoes are rarely explosive because the slow steady eruption pattern keeps the pressure from building up. That doesn't mean they never explode, they are just less likely to. I am only going to worry about a large scale explosive event if the current eruptive activity stops. This is the most "productive" volcano on the planet, if it stops releasing that production, pressure could build up fast, and then we are in trouble.

Carol