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Volcano Watch
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Those aren't attacks, they are truths. Facts. The way people feel about you.

Wow... Are you trying to fit in, MyManao? Sad. Don't think they are ever going to accept you. But who knows? Maybe with all the focused dislike on me, they will finally start to embrace you. Wink


Please see the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park website for visitor information: https://www.nps.gov/havo/index.htm.

Hazards: The eruption has been occurring within a closed area of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. High levels of volcanic gas—primarily water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and sulfur dioxide (SO2)—are the primary hazard of concern, as this hazard can have far-reaching effects downwind. As SO2 is continuously released from the summit during an eruption, it will react in the atmosphere to create the visible haze known as vog (volcanic smog) downwind of Kīlauea. Vog information can be found at https://vog.ivhhn.org/.

Pele's hair, which are strands of volcanic gas often produced by lava fountaining activity, can be carried by the wind. It can sometimes cluster and tangle together on the ground, giving it the appearance of a tumbleweed. The extent of Pele's hair is dependent on lava fountaining activity and current wind conditions. More information about how Pele's hair is formed is available here: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/n...and-hawaii. A Frequently Asked Questions document developed for the 2022 Mauna Loa eruption includes information about potential health effects of Pele's hair and is available here: https://vog.ivhhn.org/sites/default/file...n_v1.6.pdf

Hawaiian lava flows generally advance slowly downslope, and during this eruption flows have been confined to Halemaʻumaʻu crater and the southwest side of Kaluapele, Kīlauea's summit caldera. Additional hazards include Pele's hair and other volcanic fragments from lava fountains that can fall on the ground within a few hundred yards (meters) of the eruptive vent(s), or on the western caldera rim downwind of the vent(s). Strong winds may waft lighter particles to greater distances downwind, and wind directions are variable. Residents and visitors should minimize exposure to these volcanic particles, which can cause skin and eye irritation.

Other significant hazards also remain around Kīlauea caldera from Halemaʻumaʻu crater wall instability, ground cracking, and rockfalls that can be enhanced by earthquakes within the area closed to the public. This underscores the extremely hazardous nature of Kīlauea's caldera rim surrounding Halemaʻumaʻu crater, an area that has been closed to the public since late 2007.

For discussion of Kīlauea hazards, please see: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hawai...ry/hazards.
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Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 05:37 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-23-2025, 05:44 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 05:52 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-23-2025, 06:06 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 06:16 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-23-2025, 06:21 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 06:34 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-23-2025, 06:45 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by HiloJulie - 01-23-2025, 06:54 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-23-2025, 07:02 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 06:55 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 07:18 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-23-2025, 07:24 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 08:01 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-23-2025, 08:22 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by KPHawaii - 01-23-2025, 09:47 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Obie - 01-23-2025, 02:46 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 06:12 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Moderator 2 - 01-23-2025, 06:44 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 06:53 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Moderator 2 - 01-23-2025, 08:10 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 08:33 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by MyManao - 01-23-2025, 08:40 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 09:01 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 10:10 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Obie - 01-23-2025, 10:18 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-23-2025, 10:22 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-24-2025, 06:57 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-25-2025, 12:23 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Punatang - 01-25-2025, 05:28 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by HereOnThePrimalEdge - 01-25-2025, 08:56 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by HereOnThePrimalEdge - 01-25-2025, 11:15 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by MyManao - 01-25-2025, 11:29 PM
RE: Volcano Watch - by TomK - 01-26-2025, 08:31 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by kalianna - 01-26-2025, 03:25 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by HiloJulie - 01-26-2025, 06:35 AM
RE: Volcano Watch - by Patricia - 01-26-2025, 06:46 AM

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