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Hawaii residents near volcano deal with falling ash, toxic gas, fears of the 'big one'
CNN ^ | Tue May 15, 2018 | Holly Yan, Madison Park, Scott McLean and Steve Almasy,

Posted on 05/15/2018 10:52:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Fissure 17 is the longest and has been shooting lava like a fountain and "sending spatter more than 100 feet into the air," the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

It is more than a mile long but its advance has slowed to 20 yards per hour, slightly more than a quarter-mile a day.

Coombs said the fissure had diminished in intensity, but officials said activity can go up just as quickly as it goes down.

Still, many of the fissures are emitting "quite a bit" of sulfur dioxide.

Two new fissures are small with not much lava coming from them, she said.

CNN's Stephanie Elam said her heart started pounding as she approached one fissure.

"It sounded like hammers in the dryer," she said. "The molten rock was such a deep vibrant orange that it looked technically altered. When the sulfur dioxide hit my lungs once, it took my breath away."

The Hawaii State Department of Health is asking the general public to avoid any area with fissures because the gases emitted require special cartridge respirators.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: hawaii; volcano
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1 posted on 05/15/2018 10:52:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I have a friend that was evacuated because of this eruption.


2 posted on 05/15/2018 10:56:57 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: BenLurkin

This could go on for quite some time. We stayed at Kilauea Military Camp in February 1969 for a week. An eruption started just as we were leaving that lasted a week or so but was a pre-cursor to an eruption in the same area that lasted from May 1969 to 1974. We got some vog from it in Honolulu.


3 posted on 05/15/2018 11:15:50 PM PDT by chronicles
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To: BenLurkin

Ive been evacuated and our home is badly damaged. It will likely be oblitered before its all through. Got a team with scuba gear going in tomorrow to rescue some of our things.


4 posted on 05/15/2018 11:17:06 PM PDT by Justice
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To: BenLurkin
It's just a new golf hazard to these guys!


5 posted on 05/15/2018 11:32:47 PM PDT by Teflonic (tt)
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To: Justice

Sorry to hear that. Kinda sucks.


6 posted on 05/15/2018 11:34:19 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Jack Hammer

Thanks. Yes horrendous thing to experience.


7 posted on 05/15/2018 11:40:04 PM PDT by Justice
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To: BenLurkin
I've been watching livestreams of a fissure putting on its "show" for the past three days. Not sure if it's #17 or 18. They're close together. It's a frightening sight, and the sounds ...... ooooooh my!

Got this scap a little earlier this evening that gives an idea of how high some of the lava chunks are flying.

I feel bad for all the people who live close to all the activity and have had to leave their homes. There's no telling how long this is going to go on.

8 posted on 05/16/2018 12:08:57 AM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: radu
There's no telling how long this is going to go on.

Lava has been flowing out of the Kilauea vent for about 30 years. I saw it at night from a cruise ship in 2006. It is the longest known flow in history.

The houses that have been destroyed are in Lava Zone 1(highest chance). It's like building a house on the flood bank of the Mississippi and expecting nothing to happen.

But CNN doesn't want you to think that. It doesn't make them money.

9 posted on 05/16/2018 12:23:33 AM PDT by CptnObvious (uestion her now.)
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To: Fai Mao

A “big one”?
Is that an earthquake or eruption?


10 posted on 05/16/2018 12:28:20 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: CptnObvious

This is not just on CNN.


11 posted on 05/16/2018 12:29:56 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: BenLurkin

What is the impact on climate change? /s


12 posted on 05/16/2018 12:40:18 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: CptnObvious

Yes, I know there have been lava flows for quite a while.

I was just referring to the current violent activity and these fissures that are raising such a ruckus.

Pretty much anywhere people live is prone to something bad to hit at some point. Floods, earthquakes, tornados (raising hand on that one), avalanches/mudslides, volcanic eruptions .... we’re all at the mercy of Mother Nature.

And I always feel bad for people who get caught up in them. Just the way I am. :-)


13 posted on 05/16/2018 12:45:33 AM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: BunnySlippers

“Is that an earthquake or eruption?”

I think they often occur together


14 posted on 05/16/2018 1:03:06 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: Fai Mao

I had to Google ...
... ans=d,of course, you are right.

Earthquakes and eruptions can occur at the same time. :-)


15 posted on 05/16/2018 1:21:18 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: radu

what is URLs to watch live?


16 posted on 05/16/2018 2:04:01 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Reno89519

https://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/index.php


17 posted on 05/16/2018 2:24:36 AM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: BenLurkin
Hawaii residents near volcano deal with falling ash, toxic gas, fears of the 'big one'

I'm trying to ascertain who forced them to live there.

18 posted on 05/16/2018 3:36:35 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga
“I'm trying to ascertain who forced them to live there”

I imagine property values in this area by Hawaiian standards is more affordable. Some are willing to take the chance that their property and themselves could be gone in a heartbeat. The State should have some culpability for zoning the area for Homes.

19 posted on 05/16/2018 4:11:54 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: SMGFan

Global warming caused this to occur, which as we know is all a result of our evil activity against earth.

The global warming experts, who are not to be questioned, as the science is settled, would likely tell you that this event would have no impact.

Just remember they are a lot smarter than you or I.


20 posted on 05/16/2018 4:18:02 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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