09-03-2007, 05:59 PM
No immediate threats were posed Sunday by the latest eruption of Pu'u O'o, which started July 21, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's latest online update.
"Although they pose no immediate threat to communities, changes in flow behavior could conceivably cause future flows to advance downrift and impact communities thus far unaffected," Jim Kauahikaua, HVO lead scientist, wrote in an Aug. 26 report.
Still, the fissure eruption continued to feed an open channel Sunday, bringing the flows to within about 7 miles of Pahoa.
I was about to post this myself! wow...seven miles... sheesh... that's close.
"Although they pose no immediate threat to communities, changes in flow behavior could conceivably cause future flows to advance downrift and impact communities thus far unaffected," Jim Kauahikaua, HVO lead scientist, wrote in an Aug. 26 report.
Still, the fissure eruption continued to feed an open channel Sunday, bringing the flows to within about 7 miles of Pahoa.
I was about to post this myself! wow...seven miles... sheesh... that's close.