[Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Things have settled down a bit and they are (temporarily) letting people
back in to recover items.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/05/06/breaking-news/lava-continues-to-destroy-homes-upend-lives-in-lower-puna/

On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 4:08 PM, Doug Bank <dougbank at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> If Hollywood filmed that car being destroyed, how many seconds would it
> have taken before it exploded??
>
> I guess they have pretty good proof that the car was a total loss,
> assuming their insurance covers "acts of God.”
>
> https://www.dmv.org/articles/acts-of-god-car-insurance-coverage/ <
> https://www.dmv.org/articles/acts-of-god-car-insurance-coverage/>
>
>
> > On May 7, 2018, at 2:57 PM, Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Have you seen the lava eating a Ford Mustang?
> > https://jalopnik.com/watch-lava-from-the-kilauea-volcano-
> swallow-a-ford-must-1825822759#iith2iv2rs7c4vp4.1zml5yfhb63h0
> >
> > On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 3:18 PM, Doug Bank <dougbank at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Axel,
> >>
> >> I tried to verify this. It is true that the road to the road that was
> >> covered in lava is closed, but I don’t think it is closed because it is
> >> covered in lava. The fissures are further to the east. Moreover, there
> is
> >> some confusion because there is *another* road to the road that was
> covered
> >> by lava. However, it is closed too, but not because it is covered in
> lava
> >> either…
> >>
> >> This aerial view is impressive!
> >>
> >> http://khnl.images.worldnow.com/images/16702244_G.jpg
> >>
> >> This next one shows lava sitting on the road (which road?). I visited
> back
> >> in 1993, probably back when the road that was covered in lava was being
> >> covered in lava. Back then you could walk right up to it and melt your
> >> shoes if you so desired. Probably not a real smart move, but it was
> pretty
> >> cool (but hot ;-)
> >>
> >> http://khnl.images.worldnow.com/images/16701860_G.jpg
> >>
> >> Doug
> >>
> >>> On May 7, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Axel Emmermann <axel.emmermann at telenet.be>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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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