04-16-2008, 08:08 AM
There was an evacuation advisory for Ocean View (areas mauka of the Hwy) this morning, and it has been revised downward to a cautionary statement. It appeared that the plumes from both vents were going directly over Mauna Loa to the upper end of HOVE. The designated evacuation site was in Na'alehu, which implies that the danger there was low.
There appears to have been small DI (deflation/inflation) events at Halema'uma'u, but not enough to signal an eruption there. If I read the summary correctly, it's more of an indication that the magma is being moved more noticeably from the Kilauea Summit to the Pu'u O'o vent. Small DI events at the latter have caused the ocean entry flows to diminish. (I feel like Alan Greenspan delivering potentially scary information in a non-threatening manner...).
Pray for continued tradewinds....
There appears to have been small DI (deflation/inflation) events at Halema'uma'u, but not enough to signal an eruption there. If I read the summary correctly, it's more of an indication that the magma is being moved more noticeably from the Kilauea Summit to the Pu'u O'o vent. Small DI events at the latter have caused the ocean entry flows to diminish. (I feel like Alan Greenspan delivering potentially scary information in a non-threatening manner...).
Pray for continued tradewinds....