07-30-2014, 02:23 PM
Hey Kathy.. slow getting back.. I was working the farm today..
I said good stuff in that there is a wealth of info if you put it all together. Sometimes HVO's updates don't paint as clear a picture as this one. From the new collapse pit at Puu Oo itself.. future lava lake? to the rapid advance of the lava flows.. and that rapid stuff is fast in that for most of the last month the flows have been staying close to the new vent, but in the last few weeks they've obviously taken to stretching out again. And yes unimpeded flows.. i.e. no forest to burn through is the ticket. As to flow direction.. at the moment its favoring a path a little more south than before.. which is saying more Pahoa side than Ainaloa.. but that's all way too premature to be of significance.. meaning its still heading in the same general direction of 130 somewhere Hilo side of Pahoa. As in all's good!
I said good stuff in that there is a wealth of info if you put it all together. Sometimes HVO's updates don't paint as clear a picture as this one. From the new collapse pit at Puu Oo itself.. future lava lake? to the rapid advance of the lava flows.. and that rapid stuff is fast in that for most of the last month the flows have been staying close to the new vent, but in the last few weeks they've obviously taken to stretching out again. And yes unimpeded flows.. i.e. no forest to burn through is the ticket. As to flow direction.. at the moment its favoring a path a little more south than before.. which is saying more Pahoa side than Ainaloa.. but that's all way too premature to be of significance.. meaning its still heading in the same general direction of 130 somewhere Hilo side of Pahoa. As in all's good!