10-17-2018, 06:08 AM
I think you are underestimating the hazard in Leilani.This is from the USGS :
"Zone 1-Includes summits and rift zones of Kilauea and Mauna Loa, where vents have been repeatedly active in historical time."
Lava zone 2 is where they talk about 750 years.
"Zone 2-Areas adjacent to and downslope of zone 1. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of zone 2 has been covered by lava since 1800, and 25 to 75 percent has been covered within the past 750 years. Relative hazard within zone 2 decreases gradually as one moves away from zone 1 "
The steam vents near highway 130 are an indication that activity is close by.I thought I was pretty safe in my Kapoho neighborhood because we were some distance from zone 1 and it was relatively flat.We also had the Kapoho cone and thought that would offer some protection.
We never imagined the volume of lava and the course it took.
Trying my luck with lava zone 3 from Mauna Loa this time.All of Hilo will be gone when it gets to me.
"Zone 1-Includes summits and rift zones of Kilauea and Mauna Loa, where vents have been repeatedly active in historical time."
Lava zone 2 is where they talk about 750 years.
"Zone 2-Areas adjacent to and downslope of zone 1. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of zone 2 has been covered by lava since 1800, and 25 to 75 percent has been covered within the past 750 years. Relative hazard within zone 2 decreases gradually as one moves away from zone 1 "
The steam vents near highway 130 are an indication that activity is close by.I thought I was pretty safe in my Kapoho neighborhood because we were some distance from zone 1 and it was relatively flat.We also had the Kapoho cone and thought that would offer some protection.
We never imagined the volume of lava and the course it took.
Trying my luck with lava zone 3 from Mauna Loa this time.All of Hilo will be gone when it gets to me.