04-05-2009, 02:15 PM
One thing to think about is the volcano threat. There have been meetings over the island this last month about the volcano threat...
Although Kilauea is the main headliner volcano of recent note, this is the 25th anniversary of the last Mauna Loa flow. The gradual decent on the east side slows a flow... flows down the active west rifts of Hualalai and Mauna Loa have been very fast, from 2-16 hours from ridge top to ocean.... and there have been a number of these flows in the last 200 years....
The county meetings are to get residents to start thinking about what a quick flow will mean for evacuation & life.... so if you are thinking, gee, the west side is better in case of a volcano eruption... not so much, according to the CD guys...
Although Kilauea is the main headliner volcano of recent note, this is the 25th anniversary of the last Mauna Loa flow. The gradual decent on the east side slows a flow... flows down the active west rifts of Hualalai and Mauna Loa have been very fast, from 2-16 hours from ridge top to ocean.... and there have been a number of these flows in the last 200 years....
The county meetings are to get residents to start thinking about what a quick flow will mean for evacuation & life.... so if you are thinking, gee, the west side is better in case of a volcano eruption... not so much, according to the CD guys...