09-09-2007, 12:34 PM
Yes, no rescue will come. And to be fair, I do not believe it is technically feasible to redirect millions of gallons of lava with any accuracy. If this were Los Angeles, perhaps. But this is a small island (even though bigger than certain others) and getting a plumber for your copper pipes is a challenge, much less getting someone to replumb your volcano.
There are risks. We all decided the rewards were greater than the risks, and we shall see if that is true.
The flow has been active but a teeny, teeny amount of time geologically speaking. Pele operates on a completely different time frame. This one seems very slow, but inexorable. HVO says the field is broader but not longer.
The take away point for me is that there is a lotta lava looking for somewhere to be. Puna is a big district. There's room for the lava, for you and for me. We shall see.
There are risks. We all decided the rewards were greater than the risks, and we shall see if that is true.
The flow has been active but a teeny, teeny amount of time geologically speaking. Pele operates on a completely different time frame. This one seems very slow, but inexorable. HVO says the field is broader but not longer.
The take away point for me is that there is a lotta lava looking for somewhere to be. Puna is a big district. There's room for the lava, for you and for me. We shall see.