Collapse of massive lava shelf appears imminent

KamaAina

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Tue Dec-19-06 06:19 PM
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Collapse of massive lava shelf appears imminent

Hey there! Wanna buy some oceanfront Hawai'i property cheap?

http://starbulletin.com/2006/12/18/news/story07.html

HILO » On the barren, wave-battered coast of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 55 acres of new lava land are poised to crumble into the sea with a roar.

This thin shelf of new land, known to geologists as a "bench" or "delta," is the largest piece of unstable ground ready to collapse into the ocean since current Kilauea eruptions began in 1983.

Built on sloping volcanic rubble, the bench could go more or less at once. That happened in the largest previous collapse on Nov. 28, 2005, when 44 acres crumbled into the ocean over 4 1/2 hours....

No one was injured in 2005, but collapses can be deadly. In April 1993, park visitor Prem Nagar disappeared when the small bench he stood on, just a half-acre, crumbled into the ocean.

Just another reminder that Madame Pele is still putting the finishing touches on her masterpiece...

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merh

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Tue Dec-19-06 06:22 PM
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1. very cool!

Madame Pele & Mother Nature - they never cease to amaze me.

:hi:

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KamaAina

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Tue Dec-19-06 06:30 PM
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4. Yes! I was just wondering where the heck you were!

:hi:

I was afraid Trent Lott had torn down your FEMAnsion to get material for his porch or something. :P I even mentioned you in a recent "missing persons" thread!

P.S. If you're wondering where Hawai'i people go for their winter vacations, the answer, in my case anyway, is N.O., next month. :bounce:

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merh

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Tue Dec-19-06 06:54 PM
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6. You'll be in NOLA next month?

That is just too cool! :bounce:

Do let me know, I'll met you there for a bowl of gumbo!

And thanks for including me in the missing thread, that was very nice. I didn't realize there was one, I must have missed it. ;)

<<<<<< merh :shrug:

:hug:

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KamaAina

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Tue Dec-19-06 06:59 PM
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7. Yeah you right chere!

4th through 13th; see in La. forum for details:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=155&topic_id=3462&mesg_id=3462

Perhaps you could join up with Bosshog and bring a full-on Miss. delegation to "KamaAina Festival '07"! :loveya:

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merh

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Tue Dec-19-06 07:05 PM
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8. Mississippi delegation of 1 for sure

Let me check out that forum!

"KamaAina Festival '07" sounds like great fun!!

:loveya:

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Kajsa

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Tue Dec-19-06 06:25 PM
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2. Beautiful photo and story.

Thanks for sharing this.

The Earth is changing as we speak.

:hi:

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Der Blaue Engel

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Tue Dec-19-06 06:29 PM
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3. I trekked out to the new flow a few years ago in the dark

Pretty frickin' awesome. :D

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Arugula Latte

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Tue Dec-19-06 06:45 PM
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5. Beautiful

Nature has her own plans. We're just along for the ride.

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