04-20-2008, 02:02 AM
Hey, get this, I had to go to Pittsburgh to get some fresh air. Here taking care of my Mom and realizing that for the first time in many months I have my old energy back, I can breath without choking, and think clearly (to whatever extent that may be). Without strong trades, the local surface winds are so variable in Puna that they can be coming from one direction in HPP and another in HSRE and visa versa. The plume can be seen by going to the USGS website Volcano Observatory, Halema‘uma‘u webcam. Updated every 15 minutes. http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html
Unless the trades are blowing really strong, which seems a rarity, at least as far south as Puna, these days, the smoke just settles over the island chain. From the plane, I could see the haze was covering a wide area.
Unless the trades are blowing really strong, which seems a rarity, at least as far south as Puna, these days, the smoke just settles over the island chain. From the plane, I could see the haze was covering a wide area.