11-11-2022, 04:52 PM
Yup, I see the same thing. IF it decided to do a radial eruption in the area of that cluster to the west of the crater, looks to me it'd head straight toward Kealakekua Bay, and FAST, given how steep it is throughout that area.
It's amazing how after few hundred years of no flows in an area, everything turns green, and you stop thinking about it. I have talked with several people who live in that area, and they don't seem to think Mauna Loa is a big threat. It's all the talk in Ocean View (where it's mostly still black rock).
We have this assumption that there will always be time to get out of the way of a lava flow, but it may not be so for everyone if it's a big eruption in the middle of the night with fast moving lava flows rolling down the steep side of Mauna Loa.
It's amazing how after few hundred years of no flows in an area, everything turns green, and you stop thinking about it. I have talked with several people who live in that area, and they don't seem to think Mauna Loa is a big threat. It's all the talk in Ocean View (where it's mostly still black rock).
We have this assumption that there will always be time to get out of the way of a lava flow, but it may not be so for everyone if it's a big eruption in the middle of the night with fast moving lava flows rolling down the steep side of Mauna Loa.