Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, county issues evacuations
Source: ABC 7 Los Angeles
HONOLULU --
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, releasing red lava into a residential neighborhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes.
Hawaii County said steam and lava poured out of a crack in Leilani Estates, which is near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island.
The eruption comes after days of earthquakes rattled the area's Puna district.
Read more: http://abc7.com/hawaiis-kilauea-volcano-erupts-county-issues-evacuations/3426564/
C Moon
(12,213 posts)In the distance we saw smoke, and when we got into the cafe, we asked the server what the smoke was.
His face dropped, and asked us where we saw smoke.
We told him and he sighed visibly with relief; he told us the smoke was from sugar cane farmers.
He then added that we scared him because he thought the smoke was from a volcano.
greyl
(22,990 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)It is an active volcano. If you walk around the rim you see steam vents everywhere.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)and they said the home owners were aware they owned property on a lava line. They got the property cheap, but were unable to insure the homes because of the location. They are pretty sure this is going to be destroying their homes.
still_one
(92,219 posts)DFW
(54,407 posts)I have been there, watched her lava flow, and it is an unimaginable force
Madame Pele is best admired from a distance
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL
See: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/
They're now calling it an eruption.
A second local Hawaii source here, KITV:
See: http://www.kitv.com/
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C Moon
(12,213 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)We're sending good karma and lots of love that way.
Tucker08087
(621 posts)It is otherworldly. It is fascinating to see first-hand the birth of new land, yet unsettling to realize how small and powerless we are, comparatively. In a battle between humankind and nature, we dont stand a chance. Standing near this volcano and watching as it destroys, yet creates, is a great lesson in humility to all who have the opportunity to watch our planet in action.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)Scary though.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,261 posts)please stay safe u all over thar.
Cha
(297,322 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)Orange Free State
(611 posts)PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)Literally signed the papers yesterday. It's in Hawaiian Paradise Park, so should be safe, just unnerving.
RealityChik
(382 posts)The scary 2014 flow that stopped at the edge of Pahoa motivated us to rethink our retirement strategy. Oahu had become outrageously expensive, so we followed my brother's footsteps and bought a house on the Big Island, in Paradise Park subdivision. After all, there hadn't been a lava flow in HPP (Hawaiian Paradise Park) in more than 400 years.
Then the unthinkable happened. The slow moving flow stopped at the border of Pahoa, one town over from HPP, maybe 7-8 miles from our house! So, instead, we sold our HPP home in 2015 at a loss, and built a cabin home on our lakefront property on Kitsap peninsula in rural Washington state. No regrets there.
Had the flow continued along the predicted path, there was a remote chance it could have traveled the "blue line path" modeled by volcanologists and grazed the Makuu end of HPP where our home was located. If you are retired, your home burns to the ground and your property is covered by lava, then what?
Hopefully, your brother bought at the other end of HPP, where the risk is almost nil, (unless Kilauea AND Mauna Loa erupted at the same time which seems unlikely).
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)to the water. Like a block from it.