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Kiluea Volcano erupts [VIDEO]
CBS ^ | 7 Mar 2011 | Felipe Maya

Posted on 03/07/2011 10:06:34 AM PST by smokingfrog

Saturday an eruption occurred along the middle of the Kilauea Volcano's east rift zone after one its crater floors collapsed. Lava from the fissure was seen erupting 65 to 80 feet into the air.

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To: smokingfrog

Okay, let’s say hot lava is runnning down my street and it flows into my house, damages the floors, walls, ceilings and roof, and at the same time destroys most of my personal possessions.

Would I be better off making a claim on my fire insurance, my flood insurance or my avalanche insurance?

I can see claims for fire or avalanche being denied because the substance that caused my loss was a liquid at the time it entered my home.

On the other hand, since my loss pretty much resulted from my stuff bursting in to flames, I foresee trouble trying to make a flood or avalanche claim.

And, since the damage was caused by large quantities of rock entering my house as a result of the force of gravity I can foresee the fire and flood insurance people arguing that my loss was a result of an avalanche (albiet a SLOW moving one) and denying my fire or flood claim.

Boy, what a quandry...


21 posted on 03/07/2011 10:32:32 AM PST by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: WayneS

Good luck getting somebody to come to take pictures and write up the estmate.


22 posted on 03/07/2011 10:40:15 AM PST by maine yankee
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To: WayneS
Boy, what a quandry...

Don't give them any ideas, next it will be mandatory Volcano insurance.
23 posted on 03/07/2011 10:41:38 AM PST by Foolsgold (L I B Lacking in Brains)
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To: mmercier
I believe Kilauea is the most active volcano above the ocean on the planet.

True. It's also the most longest-erupting volcano in the entire solar system.

24 posted on 03/07/2011 10:44:28 AM PST by Our man in washington
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To: TSgt

I was on the island when she took the road for good back in the 80’s. I had flown into Hilo and had to make an appointment in Kona. Going south I wqas about an hour late.

I drove all the way back to hilo, up north and over to get about twenty miles from where I had been stopped.

When I got back to my island the next day I realized I was so intent on business I didn’t remember seeing any of the trip. I moved back to the mainland a couple months later.


25 posted on 03/07/2011 10:44:52 AM PST by maine yankee
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To: WayneS

You would obviously need a volcano insurance rider on your policy for that.


26 posted on 03/07/2011 10:45:25 AM PST by smokingfrog ( BORN free - taxed to DEATH (and beyond) ...)
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To: jersey117
There goes the birth certificate.....

Nah,...just his relatives must be coming back for a family reunion.

27 posted on 03/07/2011 10:45:52 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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Amazing Photos Capture Hawaiian Volcanic Eruption
28 posted on 03/07/2011 10:48:32 AM PST by smokingfrog ( BORN free - taxed to DEATH (and beyond) ...)
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To: WayneS
Don't expect to get a penny. The insurance company will label it an "act of God". That exclusion is present in nearly every insurance policy.
29 posted on 03/07/2011 10:50:50 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: Eye of Unk

I saw that movie last night..............


30 posted on 03/07/2011 10:52:37 AM PST by Red Badger (How can anyone look at the situation in Libya and be for gun control is beyond stupid. It's suicide.)
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To: smokingfrog
Live Panorama of Napau Crater, Kīlauea Volcano
31 posted on 03/07/2011 10:52:52 AM PST by smokingfrog ( BORN free - taxed to DEATH (and beyond) ...)
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To: A'elian' nation
My dream vacation would be to visit a volcano, likely Iceland or Alaska... I hate hot climates. The wife wants to go to Aruba... again...

Read years back about an artist who mounted Pacific drift wood into fresh lava from Kilauea. Then he and his wife sculpted the wood into some rather fabulous creations.

Volcanic activity is the oldest thing on the planet. Mass awareness of such is one of the newest things.

32 posted on 03/07/2011 10:59:49 AM PST by mmercier
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To: WayneS

Won’t matter. Volcanic eruption is considered an “act of God” and isn’t covered by darn near anything at all.


33 posted on 03/07/2011 11:14:09 AM PST by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: smokingfrog

This is my backyard. Drove through Volcano National Park yesterday and saw the sky glowing red on the horizon in late afternoon. It’s always entirely unpredictable, other than that they have been measuring a rising level of magma in one of the main craters.

For all I know, this will be my last post...


34 posted on 03/07/2011 11:39:30 AM PST by jobim
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To: jobim

Alas, poor jobim. We hardly new ye...


35 posted on 03/07/2011 11:42:26 AM PST by smokingfrog ( BORN free - taxed to DEATH (and beyond) ...)
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To: smokingfrog
I think I can squeeze out one more post.

Smokingfrog, eh? I don't know if you realize the Big Island, east (rainy) side has been overrun with coqui frogs from Puerto Rico over the last few years. Our former still tropical nights are a constant cacaphony of frog come-hither calls. If the lava erupts and runs toward Hilo, at least we will be able to celebrate all of the smoking frogs (but I'm glad you'll be spared).
36 posted on 03/07/2011 11:53:28 AM PST by jobim
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To: Lakeshark

Looks like your pole-dancing did not appease the volcano gods! :P


37 posted on 03/07/2011 11:57:14 AM PST by derllak
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To: Myrddin

Jokes?

I get jokes!


38 posted on 03/07/2011 12:07:33 PM PST by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: jobim

I have a lot of friends on the Big Island, I used to live there.

How’s the vog?


39 posted on 03/07/2011 12:11:03 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: mmercier

There is a German artist who wears lava gloves and actually catches live lava flows and sculpts the lava.

Can’t recall his name, but there is another German artist who makes fantastic 3D pavement art. You look at it a certain way, and it blows you away.

Bit off topic but fun to check out

http://www.metanamorph.com/displayimage-album,5,pos,0,3D%20Pavement%20Art-Lava%20Burst-lavaburst-3d.html#image


40 posted on 03/07/2011 12:35:25 PM PST by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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