To be clear, USGS Volcanoes is a primary source on the jet boom explanation (although the twitterverse is skeptical)
https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status...3524435968
Also, Pele's hairs are being found all the way down in the Pu'u Huluhulu area.
https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status...2454724609
FWIW, the map author appears to have spent some time up on Mauna Loa helping with field studies and as a co-author of the related publication.
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf2401
This doesn't mean the map is 100% accurate, and he doesn't appear to be local currently, and we all can all flub translating helicopter footage to map locations.
Thankfully the mapping precision and speed that was super important in 2018 to sort out which houses were affected and which were not isn't as important here currently. Ultimately, USGS has the better resources in this remote scenario unlike in 2018 when hundreds of community eyes were on the ground gathering and sharing first-hand info.
https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status...3524435968
Also, Pele's hairs are being found all the way down in the Pu'u Huluhulu area.
https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status...2454724609
(11-30-2022, 08:23 PM)MyManao Wrote:(11-30-2022, 08:18 PM)Obie Wrote: A good map that shows the location of the flow.
The one problem I see with that map is Ken Hon, HVO's SIC, at today's 9am news conference, stated that the flow was following a low to the east of the 1935 flow, whereas that map shows it on top of and favoring the west of the 1935 flow.
Not to say I know and all that, but only to point out the discrepancy..
FWIW, the map author appears to have spent some time up on Mauna Loa helping with field studies and as a co-author of the related publication.
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf2401
This doesn't mean the map is 100% accurate, and he doesn't appear to be local currently, and we all can all flub translating helicopter footage to map locations.
Thankfully the mapping precision and speed that was super important in 2018 to sort out which houses were affected and which were not isn't as important here currently. Ultimately, USGS has the better resources in this remote scenario unlike in 2018 when hundreds of community eyes were on the ground gathering and sharing first-hand info.