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

[DCBryan1]

[DCBryan1]

CNBC picking up USGS story on big eruption HERE

[dfwgator]

“Wherever I go I hope there’s Rum!”

[carmen2017]

Look at the Dumb Asses.

[SpinnerWebb]

After this here post, I’m gonna have me some!

[Noumenon]

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

[PGR88]

That one event probably created more CO2 than all of mankind has in the last century.

[Red Badger]

Looking at the Dumb Ashes.....................

[gathersnomoss]

Alert....please....everyone send $100.00 in cash to:
AlGore Save The Earth Foundation
PO Box: UBA SUCKA
Chicago 60609

[Zathras]

Quake activity has moved closer to the caldera.

[Magnum44]

That one event probably created more CO2 than all of mankind has in the last century.

Good, my lawn needs fertilizing...

[End Times Sentinel]

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?

[dhs12345]

Is there a map of the affected area? That includes smoke and ash and not just lava.

[FreedomNotSafety]

Less destruction then your average Midwest tornado. Certainly less deaths.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Remember Pompeii.

[Broker]

Suggest spectators stand back 20 miles. At least.

[DEPcom]

Just left Waikiki Tuesday, wonder if the ash clouds are going to effect Air Traffic over all of the islands...

[butlerweave]

The Island is about to get bigger or smaller ,ouch

[House Atreides]

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,

[donozark]

Future Darwin Award recipients?