08-20-2014, 01:35 AM
I went back to my DVR recording of The Weather Channel coverage of Iselle. I have 4 hours and 38 minutes of coverage, starting on 8/8 at 3AM Eastern time, which makes it 8/7, 9PM Hawaii time.
The recording starts in the middle of the commentator talking about the Hydrogen Sulphide gas release. Later in the broadcast, I caught the complete segment.
On 8/8, at 4AM Eastern time, which makes it 8/7 10PM Hawaii time, this is what the two commentators said:
"A civil defense alert is out on the Big Island. The Puna Geo Thermal Venture plant is releasing Hydrogen Sulphide Steam. Emergency crews are working to fix the problem, residents need to stay indoors."
Then they went to storm chaser Reed Timmer who was in Pahoa, who said:
"We actually drove right by that plant, probably about 45 minutes ago and we knew something was wrong with it, the whole entire sky was lit up orange, you could hear some hissing noise. We thought it was a natural gas plant or something, but we got out of there fast..."
After this segment, I fast forwarded ahead, looking for additional information. After that, there was no mention by the people in the Weather Channel studio about the gas release. However, at 6:11 Eastern time, which would have been 12:11 AM Hawaii time, they again went to Reed Timmer, who said:
"... we did see and uncontrolled Hydrogen gas leak... a little bit scary, illuminated the whole sky with orange and they were ordering people to stay in their homes..."
There was no mention of the gas release for the rest of what I had recorded.
The recording starts in the middle of the commentator talking about the Hydrogen Sulphide gas release. Later in the broadcast, I caught the complete segment.
On 8/8, at 4AM Eastern time, which makes it 8/7 10PM Hawaii time, this is what the two commentators said:
"A civil defense alert is out on the Big Island. The Puna Geo Thermal Venture plant is releasing Hydrogen Sulphide Steam. Emergency crews are working to fix the problem, residents need to stay indoors."
Then they went to storm chaser Reed Timmer who was in Pahoa, who said:
"We actually drove right by that plant, probably about 45 minutes ago and we knew something was wrong with it, the whole entire sky was lit up orange, you could hear some hissing noise. We thought it was a natural gas plant or something, but we got out of there fast..."
After this segment, I fast forwarded ahead, looking for additional information. After that, there was no mention by the people in the Weather Channel studio about the gas release. However, at 6:11 Eastern time, which would have been 12:11 AM Hawaii time, they again went to Reed Timmer, who said:
"... we did see and uncontrolled Hydrogen gas leak... a little bit scary, illuminated the whole sky with orange and they were ordering people to stay in their homes..."
There was no mention of the gas release for the rest of what I had recorded.