[Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Looks like Hawaii is making a lot of new rocks
https://gizmodo.com/at-least-10-volcanic-fissures-have-now-opened-up-near-h-1825813491

On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 7:58 PM, Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

> Save the rocks first like a good rockhound :D
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
> Behalf Of Kitty
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2018 7:55 PM
> To: rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com
> Subject: [Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes
>
> Hi all,
>
> The national news has been reporting the lava eruptions from Kilauea on
> the Big Island, and that is really important because around 2000 people
> have been ordered to leave their homes on the southeast side of the Big
> Island and there are only enough shelters for a few hundred. Considering
> the caring nature of Hawaii residents, the temporarily homeless will
> probably be taken in by family, friends, or other altruistic people.*
>
> You can find lot's of pictures and information about the situation on the
> Big Island by searching for "Hawaii eruption, earthquakes" on the web.  Or
> you can go to the following link:
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/
> 05/05/hawaii-is-rocked-by-strongest-earthquake-in-four-
> decades-after-volcano-erupts/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.53fe6edf577b
>
>
> The three items affecting people are the lava flows, the sulfur dioxide
> fumes, and the earthquakes.  Some people have lost their homes in Leilani
> Estates due to the lava and fires it has caused.  Some people have left
> their homes because of the toxic fumes, even though their houses are not in
> the path of the lava.
>
> The earthquakes, however, have affected people not even close to the
> eruptions, and one of the quakes was felt on Kauai, the farthest north of
> the main islands!  Our home is in the northern part of Hilo on the lower
> slopes of Mauna Kea (where the telescopes are).  Thus we don't have to
> worry about damage to our property by lava, fumes, or floods or tsunamis
> for that matter.  But we do feel earthquakes!  Our house is solidly built,
> but we DID have some damage to its contents.
>
> On Thursday, May 3, at 10:30am, we had a magnitude 5 earthquake.On Friday,
> May 4, there was a 5.4 quake at 11:32am, and at 12:32pm there was a BIG one
> at 6.9!
>
> There have been over 200 minor earthquakes (under magnitude 3.5) PER DAY
> since May 1^st , eight in the 4.4 to 4.9 range, and 15 from 3.5 to
> 3.7.Where we live we can feel 3.5 unless we are walking through the house
> or outside.Over 4.5 we can also hear dishes clinking in the china cabinet
> and our two dogs get agitated.Over 5 we start hearing the house creak and
> things rumbling, and at 6.9 books are flying out of bookcases, rocks
> falling off shelves and all sorts of bottles, boxes, things in the
> refrigerator, and virtually anything that isn’t secured may fall and
> break.Some things are remarkable because they did NOT fall:for example, a
> stack of a dozen CD’s in their plastic cases in the middle of a smooth
> table didn’t even move, and an 18 inch tall ceramic flower vase simply
> “walked” six inches along a shelf but remained upright.
>
> We like to have most of our rocks & minerals on display in glass cabinets
> throughout the house;  there are seven in the living room alone!  We like
> to be able to see them in our daily lives, and one large cabinet has SW &
> LW UV lamps installed so we can illuminate our fluorescent minerals any
> time we want.  Fortunately none of the glass sides or shelves in the
> cabinets broke, but many specimens fell off their stands or toppled over.
> SO, we have a major project ahead of us restoring order.  We might as well
> take the opportunity to bring them all out, clean them and the cabinets,
> and put everything back.  If we work on it every day we might be finished
> by Christmas!  Some of the delicate specimens were broken or damaged, but
> all are worth keeping;  I can glue some of them back together, or place the
> broken parts next to each other in a pleasing arrangement (I'm an artist,
> you know :-) ).
>
> Mahalo (thanks) to those of you who have sent emails of concern for us!
>
> Aloha, Kitty & Bill
>
> *OT Regarding altruistic people in Hawaii: We recall when we lived in
> Honolulu in the 1970's one January on the mainland was particularly snowy
> and cold, and dozens of people ended up at Honolulu Airport with no place
> to stay because of overbooking at hotels.  When the story hit the news
> media ordinary people around the city and Oahu island volunteered to take
> people in to their homes -- guest cottages and extra bedrooms were offered,
> all the stranded tourists were housed and fed and loaned extra cars.  Not
> one single tourist was left without a comfortable place to stay, and none
> of the volunteer hosts would accept any payment!
>
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