[Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

Mon May 14 08:46:56 PDT 2018

Hi Kitty and Bill,

How's the air on the Mauna Kea slopes? Breathable, good, sulfurous,
noxious???
We think of you guys a lot these days and we follow the news closely.
Get Pele a bottle of gin... that just might help.

Aloha from Axel and Christel 

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Van: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> Namens Linda
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Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

Hi Kitty,

I've been pretty quiet lately, but I am there in spirit with you.  I hope
this can be managed so people are not hurt.

Take care,

Linda 

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From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
Behalf Of Kitty
Sent: Saturday, May 5, 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-rock
ed-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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