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C Moon

(12,188 posts)
Fri May 4, 2018, 12:17 AM May 2018

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, county issues evacuations

Source: ABC 7 Los Angeles

HONOLULU --
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, releasing red lava into a residential neighborhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes.

Hawaii County said steam and lava poured out of a crack in Leilani Estates, which is near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island.

The eruption comes after days of earthquakes rattled the area's Puna district.

Read more: http://abc7.com/hawaiis-kilauea-volcano-erupts-county-issues-evacuations/3426564/

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, county issues evacuations (Original Post) C Moon May 2018 OP
I went to Maui many years ago. We walked down to a cafe for coffee. C Moon May 2018 #1
Lava is spurting up out of cracks in the Earth. Video here: greyl May 2018 #2
Thanks for this! C Moon May 2018 #3
I was there two years ago when there was lava coming from a vent. wasupaloopa May 2018 #4
I watched the news segment (posted above in the thread) C Moon May 2018 #5
Stay safe those who live in Hawaii still_one May 2018 #6
Kilauea is impressive, but not to be trifled with DFW May 2018 #7
More current info available here.... KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #8
Thanks! C Moon May 2018 #9
Stay safe, Islanders! raven mad May 2018 #10
I have been there myself. Tucker08087 May 2018 #11
+1 They were talking in the live newscast about the volcanic bombs. Scary stuff!! C Moon May 2018 #13
Building more island! SunSeeker May 2018 #12
Stay safe, stay safe Hekate May 2018 #14
my fam and i was on maui last year . eep AllaN01Bear May 2018 #15
Aloha and Stay Safe Big Islanders!❤️ Cha May 2018 #16
Same here. Glad to hear you're well and safe away. Hortensis May 2018 #19
Mahalo, Hortensis! Cha May 2018 #20
I give it 10 minutes before Trump somehow blames the eruption on Obama. N/T Orange Free State May 2018 #17
My brother just bought a house there! PasadenaTrudy May 2018 #18
Safe from THIS flow anyway, but... RealityChik May 2018 #21
He's very close PasadenaTrudy May 2018 #22

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
1. I went to Maui many years ago. We walked down to a cafe for coffee.
Fri May 4, 2018, 12:21 AM
May 2018

In the distance we saw smoke, and when we got into the cafe, we asked the server what the smoke was.
His face dropped, and asked us where we saw smoke.
We told him and he sighed visibly with relief; he told us the smoke was from sugar cane farmers.
He then added that we scared him because he thought the smoke was from a volcano.

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
4. I was there two years ago when there was lava coming from a vent.
Fri May 4, 2018, 12:37 AM
May 2018

It is an active volcano. If you walk around the rim you see steam vents everywhere.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
5. I watched the news segment (posted above in the thread)
Fri May 4, 2018, 01:02 AM
May 2018

and they said the home owners were aware they owned property on a lava line. They got the property cheap, but were unable to insure the homes because of the location. They are pretty sure this is going to be destroying their homes.

DFW

(54,055 posts)
7. Kilauea is impressive, but not to be trifled with
Fri May 4, 2018, 01:29 AM
May 2018

I have been there, watched her lava flow, and it is an unimaginable force

Madame Pele is best admired from a distance

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
8. More current info available here....
Fri May 4, 2018, 01:32 AM
May 2018

Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL

See: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/

They're now calling it an eruption.

A second local Hawaii source here, KITV:

See: http://www.kitv.com/

........

Tucker08087

(621 posts)
11. I have been there myself.
Fri May 4, 2018, 02:20 AM
May 2018

It is otherworldly. It is fascinating to see first-hand the birth of new land, yet unsettling to realize how small and powerless we are, comparatively. In a battle between humankind and nature, we don’t stand a chance. Standing near this volcano and watching as it destroys, yet creates, is a great lesson in humility to all who have the opportunity to watch our planet in action.

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)
18. My brother just bought a house there!
Fri May 4, 2018, 01:00 PM
May 2018

Literally signed the papers yesterday. It's in Hawaiian Paradise Park, so should be safe, just unnerving.

RealityChik

(382 posts)
21. Safe from THIS flow anyway, but...
Tue May 8, 2018, 01:32 AM
May 2018

The scary 2014 flow that stopped at the edge of Pahoa motivated us to rethink our retirement strategy. Oahu had become outrageously expensive, so we followed my brother's footsteps and bought a house on the Big Island, in Paradise Park subdivision. After all, there hadn't been a lava flow in HPP (Hawaiian Paradise Park) in more than 400 years.

Then the unthinkable happened. The slow moving flow stopped at the border of Pahoa, one town over from HPP, maybe 7-8 miles from our house! So, instead, we sold our HPP home in 2015 at a loss, and built a cabin home on our lakefront property on Kitsap peninsula in rural Washington state. No regrets there.

Had the flow continued along the predicted path, there was a remote chance it could have traveled the "blue line path" modeled by volcanologists and grazed the Makuu end of HPP where our home was located. If you are retired, your home burns to the ground and your property is covered by lava, then what?

Hopefully, your brother bought at the other end of HPP, where the risk is almost nil, (unless Kilauea AND Mauna Loa erupted at the same time which seems unlikely).

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