Kahauale'a II flow moving toward Pahoa again.

[Obie]

Good one Terracore !!

[Carey]

For those that were not here in during the TDB, here are some past threads that may give more insight (as the county did have meetings then...)
there have been county meetings on a similar flow in the past, and those of us that have gone to these planning meeting are aware that the county has...tentative... plans
for some of the threads of the past flow that was just a tad east of the current flow:
http://punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3395
http://punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3897

Enjoy the trip down lava flow memory lane...

[dayna]

terracore, dear husband, you continue to make me smile day after day! lol

Dayna

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[alaskyn66]

I would think a reality show by the History Channel® would be more appropriate.

[DaVinci]

@terracore...

[redefinehappy]

@terracore - I just snorted out loud and scared several people nearby in the library. Thank you for the LOL moment. =)

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[opihikao]

FYI (*Snipped - Much more at link - Great map and video included):


http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2014/0...ii-island/


HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii – Scientists are keeping an eye on an active lava flow that has crawled nearly 5 miles from Pu’u O’o crater. Its a slow lava flow, moving a mere 100 feet a day. But unlike the majority of the lava flows associated with the 31 year eruption on the volcanic East Rift Zone, this flow is going towards the northeast. Usually, the lava heads south, downhill towards the ocean. That means this lava is slowly heading towards populated Puna mauka subdivisions.

(*Snipped) The US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says there is no need for alarm right now, but they have been running the data on possible scenarios. Some of those findings were discussed at the recent After Dark in the Park talk at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

[Guest]

Thanks for the update Opihikao, The slow rate of 100 feet a day may seem encouraging to some?. Although I see that can add up to 3,000 feet a month (over 1,000 yards, or better yet over half mile a month). Looking at that map and the fact it has already traveled over 5 miles since may or June, Now there seems to be another 4-5 miles to go before it reaches a populated area. Gets me thinking folks in Ainaloa or 8 and 9 road of Hawaiian acres should be given a rough 6-8 month warning if things stay the way they have for the last 7 months. Looking again at that most current Jan/24th map you can see what appears to be older flows that this current flow will possibly have to run along. THE older flows look to come from completely different vents but the general flow down hill could be similar?. I am also curious if the terrain the lava flow is in now, as it gets lower possibly could be steeper? This could pick up the pace of some of the future lava fingers thrown down hill.

[GregE]

During Tim Orr's After Dark in the Park talk, he displayed a map projecting the most likely path that this lava flow would take to the ocean. The projected flow map was based on topographic data. Does anyone know if or where that map can be found on the Internet?

Greg

[MarkP]

Opihikao's post above has it or something just like it. I am greatly relieved to see that my property towards the top of Eden Roc is not in the highlighted area (lower parts are). That of course assumes that Pu'uo'o doesn't blow its top, Halema'uma'u doesn't blow its top, and Mauna Loa doesn't blow its top.