[jobim]

I live in Hilo (about 30 miles from that lava river). Are you out here as well? A friend and I recently sailed all night in a trimaran down to where the lava enters the ocean. Some years ago I hiked up to the lava lake, and my bare leg pushed through the crust (but of course not into lava!) and that night I needed 10 stitches to close the wound. There has been spectacular viewing periodically these past 17 years.

[cogitator]

Are you out here as well?

No, I'm in Maryland, but I really like geology, Earth science, climate, and volcanoes in particular. I got to fly over Kilauea in 1988 during the Kupaianaha lava pond phase of this current eruption. Very hot!

[Tony in Hawaii]

I used to live in Hawaiian Acres, and there weren't any FReepers around three years ago. Where'd they all come from?