[Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

Mon May 7 07:58:06 PDT 2018

I think the Big Island is trying to connect to the mainland... 
Kreigh, do you remember the road in volcano  park where we got lost for a moment, looking for the road that was covered by lava?
Well, it seems that you can't get to the road that was covered in lava anymore because the road that leads to the road that was covered in lava is now covered in lava.

Aloha
Axel

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Van: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> Namens Kreigh Tomaszewski
Verzonden: maandag 7 mei 2018 4:40
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Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

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
>
> Tim Fisher
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> Email nospam at orerockon.com
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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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