08-24-2007, 03:54 AM
My biggest issue about information on this current lava flow is the irresponsibility of the TV NEWS MEDIA, which is supposed to keep us informed.
Last evening, I watched no less than three different television stations sensationalize the press conference information. According to their understanding of the press conference, the flow is "threatening 1000 people in Ka'ohe Homesteads" and “appears to be moving towards one of the Island’s most populated areas.”
Upon hearing this, my wife and I decided to take a drive to see just what they were talking about. My conclusion…unless lava can now flow uphill, this will be highly unlikely.
After reading this morning's article "Lava fears spark an outreach" in the Tribune Herald my suspicions were confirmed. The scientist-in-charge at the USGS's HVO, Jim Kauahikaua, was quoted as saying..."If I gave you detailed topographic information about the four different flows from this fissure...you would conclude that they are actually going away from Pahoa."
Why wasn’t this quoted on TV? Not sensational enough?
I’m also tired of having my wife’s and my sanity tested by people in the community who we, at one time, believed to have good information because they had a husband/wife, relative, friend, or just knew a someone who worked at USGS or HVO.
It is unfortunate that there are such a large number of individuals who need to feel important by sensationalizing the facts.
http://www.lavainfo.us/
Whew! I’m now stepping down from my soapbox…turning the news propaganda off and going to the source. My only hope is that this website puts up the topographical map like the one Jim Kauahikaua alluded to.
Cheers!
"What? Me Worry?" - Alfred E. Nueman
Last evening, I watched no less than three different television stations sensationalize the press conference information. According to their understanding of the press conference, the flow is "threatening 1000 people in Ka'ohe Homesteads" and “appears to be moving towards one of the Island’s most populated areas.”
Upon hearing this, my wife and I decided to take a drive to see just what they were talking about. My conclusion…unless lava can now flow uphill, this will be highly unlikely.
After reading this morning's article "Lava fears spark an outreach" in the Tribune Herald my suspicions were confirmed. The scientist-in-charge at the USGS's HVO, Jim Kauahikaua, was quoted as saying..."If I gave you detailed topographic information about the four different flows from this fissure...you would conclude that they are actually going away from Pahoa."
Why wasn’t this quoted on TV? Not sensational enough?
I’m also tired of having my wife’s and my sanity tested by people in the community who we, at one time, believed to have good information because they had a husband/wife, relative, friend, or just knew a someone who worked at USGS or HVO.
It is unfortunate that there are such a large number of individuals who need to feel important by sensationalizing the facts.
http://www.lavainfo.us/
Whew! I’m now stepping down from my soapbox…turning the news propaganda off and going to the source. My only hope is that this website puts up the topographical map like the one Jim Kauahikaua alluded to.
Cheers!
"What? Me Worry?" - Alfred E. Nueman
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