12-01-2022, 10:48 PM
After running some errands in Hilo we decided to head up the saddle to take a look. Not a lot of traffic. Plenty of cops. They were dispersing people anywhere they started to stop or congregate, even if they were 30 or more feet off the shoulder of the highway.
I had the impression that instead of allowing people to safely pull off the road to view nature's splendor, they instead are creating a worse hazard because people are driving while their eyes aren't watching the road.
As far as a late morning viewing went, there wasn't enough volume to see any glow in the daylight and the lava was far enough off in the distance it was really just a view of smoke. The fissure was more impressive, billowing out smoke and gasses etc.
I had the impression that instead of allowing people to safely pull off the road to view nature's splendor, they instead are creating a worse hazard because people are driving while their eyes aren't watching the road.
As far as a late morning viewing went, there wasn't enough volume to see any glow in the daylight and the lava was far enough off in the distance it was really just a view of smoke. The fissure was more impressive, billowing out smoke and gasses etc.