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Explosive eruption at Kilauea summit sends ash plume miles into air
HI News Now ^ | Updated:Thursday, May 17th 2018, 10:59 am CDT | By HNN Staff

Posted on 05/17/2018 9:17:46 AM PDT by DCBryan1

An "explosive" eruption from Kilauea's summit on Thursday morning sent an ash plume soaring some 25,000 feet into the air, and officials are warning that the ash will cover a large part of the Big Island.

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Scientists are warning about the possibility of an explosive eruption at Kilauea's summit. (Image: USGS)

The National Weather Service has issued an ashfall advisory after radar showed the massive plume.

Hawaii Volcano Observatory officials confirmed that there was an explosive eruption, but still have yet to assess whether it was a steam-driven explosion that they have been warning residents about for several days.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: bigbaddaboom; eruption; hawaii; kilauea; volcano
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1 posted on 05/17/2018 9:17:46 AM PDT by DCBryan1
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CNBC picking up USGS story on big eruption HERE
2 posted on 05/17/2018 9:18:48 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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“Wherever I go I hope there’s Rum!”


3 posted on 05/17/2018 9:19:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Look at the Dumb Asses.


4 posted on 05/17/2018 9:19:42 AM PDT by carmen2017
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After this here post, I’m gonna have me some!


5 posted on 05/17/2018 9:21:10 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: carmen2017

Heigh ho. Time for another round of golf. No, wait. There goes the back nine.


6 posted on 05/17/2018 9:23:00 AM PDT by Noumenon (When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
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That one event probably created more CO2 than all of mankind has in the last century.


7 posted on 05/17/2018 9:24:22 AM PDT by PGR88
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Looking at the Dumb Ashes.....................


8 posted on 05/17/2018 9:24:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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Alert....please....everyone send $100.00 in cash to:
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PO Box: UBA SUCKA
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9 posted on 05/17/2018 9:25:43 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
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Quake activity has moved closer to the caldera.


10 posted on 05/17/2018 9:25:51 AM PDT by Zathras
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That one event probably created more CO2 than all of mankind has in the last century.

Good, my lawn needs fertilizing...

11 posted on 05/17/2018 9:26:43 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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I know some FReeper can answer this for me:

In 2010, about this time of year, Eyjafjallajökull erupted in Iceland. The ash, supposedly, spread enough throughout the upper atmosphere that even here on the east coast of the U.S. the early part of the summer was significantly cooler than normal.
Is this eruption anywhere near that magnitude?

12 posted on 05/17/2018 9:26:45 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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Is there a map of the affected area? That includes smoke and ash and not just lava.


13 posted on 05/17/2018 9:26:54 AM PDT by dhs12345
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Less destruction then your average Midwest tornado. Certainly less deaths.


14 posted on 05/17/2018 9:27:16 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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Remember Pompeii.


15 posted on 05/17/2018 9:27:18 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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Suggest spectators stand back 20 miles. At least.


16 posted on 05/17/2018 9:27:53 AM PDT by Broker (All bills come for collection)
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Just left Waikiki Tuesday, wonder if the ash clouds are going to effect Air Traffic over all of the islands...


17 posted on 05/17/2018 9:28:16 AM PDT by DEPcom
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The Island is about to get bigger or smaller ,ouch


18 posted on 05/17/2018 9:28:33 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Look at the Dumb Asses.
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I’d be busy loading up on a generous supply of QUALITY dust masks and Soto mobile air filters for my family. But what do I know,


19 posted on 05/17/2018 9:29:08 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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Future Darwin Award recipients?


20 posted on 05/17/2018 9:30:47 AM PDT by donozark (Restraining orders are just another way of saying I love you.)
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