Volcano acting up

[Jeffhale]

Now I would not panic, for several reasons: I am not an expert, nor scientist, or anything with any sense of validity, to be making judgments or opinion.

I have made a picture from the Island topographical map, which is so large, just down-loading this map can or will crash many computers. But I've cropped a section of this map and turned it into a jpg. (photographic image type).

I've painted the current area red/orange and drew a line of where it looks like it MIGHT go, in yellow, based on the topographical lines in the Hawaii map..

Also keep in mind, this maps detail in smaller terrain is not very good too. The yellow line I've drawn, is just where it looks like TO ME where the easiest down hill flow MIGHT go.. Also At the Volcano site, (http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/hvostatus.php ) they have posted several photographs, which indicate that it would have to go up-hill to flow to the south, Kalapana and Blacksand beaches subdivisions.. Lava does many strange things so you really never know, but generally like water it is going to go down hill.

If i am right, whatever, wrong, I hope it turns around and flows south, for one main reason, If the highway, 130, gets cut off there's going to be a lot of people in trouble, with no route to food, water, gas, etc..

But please, THIS IS NOT A prediction, only a guess-DA-mation, nobody knows where it will go, yet. Or nobodies, (the experts who have better topographical maps) do not seem to be willing to discuss possible directions. I guess.

Lets say for entertainment purposes, here's a sketch, of one of the thousands of possibilities, providing it continues in a north-easterly direction..

Link to drawing:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/je...a-flow.jpg







Edited by - Jeffhale on 08/08/2007 09:31:01