Mt. Kilauea may be about to erupt!

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So, not sure if any of y'all have been following this, but Mt. Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii is having a funky tummy attack and citizens are being warned to prepare to evacuate from a potential eruption.

Some details:  In April the lake of magma at the top rose really high and got within six meters of the top.  More recently, the primary vent where lava has been oozing for about a decade rumbled and exploded and now where there was a pool of lave, the lave has all drained out.  It has to go somewhere and they are tracking it underground.  Two days ago there were 250 earthquakes in a 24 hours period in the lower Puna area of the island.  That's SW of Hilo and S of Pahoa.  Authorities are warning people to expect eruptions in a subdivision called Leilani Estates or near Kapoho.  Yesterday the road in Leilani Estates started cracking, but so far nothing coming out of it.  Much of Volcano National Park is closed and everybody is sitting around waiting to see what happens.

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2018/05/02/video-new-flyover-reveals-d...

 

This is fascinating stuff to watch and I can only imagine how freaky it must to be walking around knowing that there is a bunch of magma rolling around the upside down waiting to explode and spooge all over your house. In addition, road access in this area is very limited, so anything that fucks with the road strands these folks.

Anyway, I haven't seen much of this on the news so thought I would share it.  Very eerie. Be safe, islanders. 

I was in Kalapana Gardens in 1990 when it was evacuated.  We returned one week later to where the Kalapana Beach Park was and the shore was literally 1500 feet East of where the park had been with 8 feet of new pahoihoi lava as far as the eye could see leading to a brand new black sand beach.

It was both tragic and cool.

Great video. Thanks for the link.

Treble, I have been reading up a little on the history of eruptions in that area.  It blows my mind, the very definition of impermanence.  

Who  pissed off the Gods?

^Somebody probably stole a lava rock...

Put it back!