Pu'u O'o inflation

[glinda]

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Originally posted by TomK

Amrita,

"All of our would be volcanologists, any predictions?"

Let me give you the true scientific answer. We don't know and hence no predictions. That doesn't mean others won't provide predictions, just don't confuse them with scientists.

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Actually... from westhawaiitoday.com:

HVO: Pressure building under Kilauea's Puu Oo vent

which in part reads:

Geologists say a new vent could open at the Puu Oo cone or along adjacent areas of Kilauea's East Rift Zone as pressure continues to build underneath.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory issued a notice Tuesday that there has been pronounced inflation of the cone since mid-March, which suggests a buildup of magma at shallow depths. Recent webcam images detected uplift on the Puu Oo crater floor of several yards.

“It is possible a part of the rift zone nearby Puu Oo within a few kilometers could be affected, but, most likely, it’s going to be at the cone,” said Steve Brantley, HVO deputy scientist-in-charge.

Which seems to suggests some scientists do make predictions, or warnings, or whatever you want to call them, when the evidence is strong enough (as it is in the instrumentation I pointed to in my earlier post) to support it.

The entire West Hawaii Today article is here:

http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/04/1...u-oo-vent/