Big Isle Adrift

Howdy All!!!

So the big news around here is the Father's Day eruption of Kilauea. Although Kilauea has been doing this for quite some time, what's so special about this is that recent multiple earthquakes have caused a change of the eruption as multiple fissures were created. These fissures have caused a drainage of the lava that once resided in the Pu'u O'o vent resulting in a river of lava heading East out of the National Park boundary. Below is a map that displays the current eruption of Kilauea as of August 10th. The red section represents the current area of the flow to date.



As you can see, since the creation of these fissures, the river of lava has continued to push Easterly for a total of about 6 miles. Below is a fairly current pic of the event.



Kind of reminds me of the times where I use to leave the horses water trough on as a kid and it would flood and create rivers all over the yard. Ah...how I use to piss the parents off with that mistake. Anyway...I digress.

True, this might not be all too exciting for you mainlanders, but it's definitely a hot topic (bad pun) around here for obvious reasons: no one knows where it's going and who knows when Pele will turn the faucet off. Assuming it continues on a relatively Easterly direction, it could jeopardize a few subdivisions...remnants of Kilauea's destruction of Kalapana back in 1990. Hopefully, it will just head south and the only thing it'll really do is just attract more tourists. In case you're wondering...no, I'm not anywhere in the path of this thing...it's too far south of me.

Well, I'm going to brush off for now...gonna head out to see the Bourne Ultimatum. Can't wait. Stay tuned, more news to come...

-J