[Rockhounds] [SPAM] Re: Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

[gary brown]

"posting the alarmist stuff from pbs and NPR".  Really?  NPR and PBS are spot-on. Kitty alarmist?  Rather, Kitty is a realist.    

"blow it's top".  We in the biz call that "hyperbole" as in "exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally".  Of course we know that the volcano isn't going to do that.  Sheesh.  It's going to send out a LOT of chunks, but it's not going to do a Mt. St. Helens.  

And the volcano is "flat" only in comparison to strato volcanoes such as Mt. Rainier.  Less-than-viscous lava flowing out for millennia spreads into a layered blob (how's THAT for a techie phrase?) that just keeps building and building.  When you count height of the island below sea level you get a mountain over 33,000 feet tall.

GcB

-----Original Message-----
From: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> On Behalf Of EDWARD J WAGNER
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 6:21 PM
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Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

Since when is Dora Smith a vulcanologist?  The fact that the volcano is flat has more to do with erosion than the active part of the lava  pipe under the surface, and in this case, the ocean. the other point is that one , in history as well as news, relies upon  first hand accounts, as in: eye witnesses and others who are on the scene. as far as fake news goes, your disbelief in what is happening in Hawai'i is a case of ignorance, in comparison to the people who are there, and are undergoing the trauma of having the disaster around them. By the way, when was the last time you went to the islands? 


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----- Original Message -----
From: Dora Smith <tiggernut24 at yahoo.com>
To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors <rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com>, Kitty <kahako at hawaiiantel.net>, Axel Emmermann <axel.emmermann at telenet.be>
Sent: Tue, 15 May 2018 07:10:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

Kitty, you're the person who's been posting the alarmist stuff from pbs and NPR?   It undercut your credibility.

 From what I can see on TV news, most native Hawaiians are taking Madame Pele pretty much in stride.   Should the volcano start spewing refrigerator sized boulders, NOT "blow the top off" of a large flat volcano with many craters and fissures, most people will be watching the show.

You'd do better to stick to local media and government sources.

I am questioning how someone who is there, could possibly not know that the volcano is large and flat, with numerous craters and fissures, and doesn't HAVE a top to blow off.  You need to get your nose out of pbs and npr day in and day out, and go outside!

If you WANT to be alarmist, can you please spare us!

Dora

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