[Rockhounds] Hawaii eruption update

[Axel Emmermann]

Hi Kitty,

I remember that we saw much more "rusty" cars between Kona and Kahuku than on the rest of the island. Like they have more corrosive stuff in the air.
South of Hookena there was a distinct smell of sulfur in the air all the time.

Say hi to Gary and Dot, but watch out for his "Radio Voice"... Highly addictive. LOL.

Aloha
Axel

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Van: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> Namens Kitty
Verzonden: vrijdag 18 mei 2018 5:57
Aan: rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com; kahako at hawaiiantel.net
Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] Hawaii eruption update

Hi List,

Yesterday Bill and I drove over to Kona to do some shopping.Although our property did not appear to be hazy we could smell a faint whiff of sulfur in the air when we went outside.As we drove out of Hilo toward the Saddle Road, (now named the Daniel K. Inouye Highway) we encountered a LOT of vog.It wasn’t too bad in Kailua Kona town but on the way back in the late afternoon the Army Pohaku Training Area was almost invisible in the vog.Although sulfur dioxide is toxic if you were to put your head in the steam coming out of a fissure, the vog spread over the island is only slightly irritating to some people;Bill and I and our family & friends aren’t bothered by it at all, except perhaps for the slight smell.

We awoke this morning to news (in our local newspaper and on ABC & CBS TV networks ) that there had been an explosion at 4:17 a.m., with rocks and pebbles being spewed out of Halemaumau Crater and an ash plume as high as 30,000 feet.At 25 miles away, we didn't experience any evidence of that.

This does not mean that the eruption is over!It may continue for months or even years.I’ve looked at the USGS account of Kilauea’s phreatic eruption 94 years ago and the pictures (black & white) look very much like the color photos in the media today.

More fissures have appeared and more houses have been overrun in the area southeast of Kilauea crater.The ash cloud has caused some schools in the area to close, and people in the ash cloud area have been advised to stay indoors with windows closed, and if they have air-conditioning to put it on recycle. Hilo and the northern half of the Big Island and all the other Hawaiian Islands are fine, but our newspaper says that the visitor industry here is suffering, mostly without reason.So visitors, come on!Gary & Dot Brown are scheduled to arrive here on June 4!Yay!

Aloha, Kitty

Here are some links that you might find interesting:

The May 1924 Explosive Eruption of Kīlauea:

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/geo_hist_1924_halemaumau.html

Phreatic eruption:
<https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/phreatic_eruption.html>

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/phreatic_eruption.html

Good photos of the current eruption:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/eruption-kilauea-evacuation-dangerous-ash-plume/story?id=55201949

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