Volcano Acting Up #2

[oink]

Yep, all are working now. You did catch it at just the right moment. An actual high resolution shot of that would have been nice.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.

[Kahunascott]

Jayne and I went to the ocean entry on Saturday night and I wasn’t impressed at all.[]
I guess it’s something you have to do once like “Taking the road to Hanna”, another trip I don’t have to make a second time.
But here’s some advice. If you want to view it at night get there before 6pm. If not you will be delayed in the staging area and they will only let you in when cars come out. In our case not too bad we were the second car stopped to wait. But, behind us was a line of about 50 more cars and I can’t even tell you how long they had to wait. They give you an option at this point and that is to walk in, that means an extra mile tacked on to the one mile from the parking area to ocean entry point.
You say an extra mile ain’t bad but it’s along the cinder road with cars going both ways (Lottsa' dust) and it’s dark.
(Mom’s handicapped parking tag would have worked here, but I didn’t have it)
The other thing I can’t understand is how they let tourist out on the lava without flashlights.
It’s dark and even with my headlight and some experience walking on lava night fishing, it’s a bit dangerous.


"Many dreams come true and some have silver linings, I look for my dreams and a pocket full of gold" Led Zeppelin

[Pacific_Snapper]

The movie is awesome...

[mgeary]

Royall, the first two links didn't work for me, either, but the third one did. Nice photo. I must have the same computer settings as aikahemomma. No spoofin'.

Aloha! ;-)

[Greg]

I went to the ocean entry last night (Sun) and it was awesome!
It had evolved a little in the week or so since I had last visited.

Timing is important, as Scott pointed out. Another benefit of going just before dark is watching the lava and plume change to red with spatter and small explosions as the sky darkens.

I have nothing but gratitude to the Hawaii county Civil defense people for putting so much time, and energy into making this venue as accessable and safe as possible.

There was one injury while I was there when an inebriated man did a face plant on the lava while running. He's was "treated and released", but no doubt has major pain this morning.

[Bullwinkle]

Last 24 hours at Kilauea summit: Our data suggest that molten lava may reside at shallow depth within the new vent

Briana ... oh Briana ...... come over here for a minute

[Les C]

Does anyone know of a news or alert source that might let us know if the wind direction is changing significantly so as to endanger Volcano Village residents? We've been hearing cryptic messages about the danger level in the Village area that the winds might shift tonight and blow high levels of sulfur dioxide fumes toward the Village. The directives provided by the police and civil defense folks at a recent Volcano Community Assoc. meeting were extremely vague. It seems that they still don't know what level of SO2 is dangerous enough to warrant an evacuation. There is little information about how we're supposed to know if we should leave the area. There seems to be an arcane color coding to the danger level (somewhat like the Bush Admin's terror alert levels). One of our neighbors called Mayor Kim and let him know that a website was warning of the possible need for a voluntary evacuation. He replied that this was not the case. The website info was changed soon after. Some folks are feeling anxious and panicky.

I wish that it was as easy as saying that if you can smell vog, then you should react. However, my brother-in-law, an MD, said that SO2 doesn't have the smell that hydrogen sulfide does. So, you may only know by the burning sensation in your eyes. We've opened up our first flush so not allow any acid rain and Pele's hair (glass) to get into our tank. Hopefully, our mesh tank cover will keep that stuff out of our water, or that our 5-micron filters will impede the glass and acid rain. Recent news articles about what the authorities are cautioning about the fumes and particulates shows that they haven't even considered how this will impact catchment systems. I know, this is sounding alarmist and like we weren't aware of what we were buying into when moving into a volcanic area. But here we are. Does anyone really know anything?

So, again, does anyone know who is keeping current tabs on the status of the Halema'uma'u fumes and the winds and where it's being reported?

This is odd, my computer clock says that it's still 11:43p, 4/7/08, but the posting shows as just after 12:00 midnight 4/8/08

[Guest]

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Originally posted by Les C

Does anyone know of a news or alert source that might let us know if the wind direction is changing significantly so as to endanger Volcano Village residents? We've been hearing cryptic messages about the danger level in the Village area that the winds might shift tonight and blow high levels of sulfur dioxide fumes toward the Village. , 4/7/08, but the posting shows as just after 12:00 midnight 4/8/08....

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I would say the Advertiser's breaking news section, but there has to be some other source.

This Evactuation notice was posted last night 1:47 am

Residents of Mauna Loa Estates, Ohia Estates, Volcano Village, Keauhou Ranch area and Volcano Golf Course Subdivision are being advised by the State Department of Health to evacuate as a precaution due to the projected high and dangerous levels of sulfur dioxide that is expected because of the southeasterly winds, the Civil Defense advisory said.

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The more we speak up... the more they will listen.

[mella l]

Well this is a concern. My question is who is awake at
Updated at 1:47 a.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2008 to hear or read the evacuation warning? If you don't smell the danger, like in some house fires, or carbon monoxide poisoning, what should you do? Pre evacuate when you suspect the wind will be changing direction?

Do police or fire personnel drive thru Volcano Town, and near by subdivisions and knock on doors? Is there a warning siren system like the Tsunami system for the town of Volcano? I'm curious how this works, thank you!

mella l

[aikahimomma]

cough choke..there is a blanket of vog in the acres this morning...
and Les,,my computer clock has been off since yesterday...postings on Punaweb were showing a time of nearly an hour later than actual time and this morning the Halemaumau camera states its 4 am when it is 6 am...what's up with all that? I checked my mac time setting and all is in order..