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5/22/2018 FB Hawaii Tracker, USGS + Other Updates:
Live continuous broadcast from a private residence...
Live Video: Kilauea Lava Flow Activity In Lower Puna Hawaii
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Started streaming 13 hours ago
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https://youtu.be/HtihmXFWqGo
This feed is from a camera at a residence about a half a mile from fissures 20 and 17. We have permission from the homeowners to broadcast from their home. IF you want to license this video please email editor@storyful.com. Do not ask to rebroadcast. Sometimes we have to turn the sound off for privacy of the homeowners who are now home and around the camera. There will be times when someone stands in front of the camera, we ask for your patience as this is someones home. Please be respectful to others and the broadcaster in chat or you will be removed.
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This thermal map shows the fissure system and lava flows as of 12:15 pm on Monday, May 21.
Here are some quick points to help interpret the map:
• The primary lava flows originate from the Fissure 20-22 area.
• The dominant ocean entry is marked.
• The black and white area is the extent of the thermal map.
• Temperature is displayed as gray-scale values, with the brightest pixels indicating the hottest areas.
• The thermal map was constructed by stitching many overlapping oblique thermal images collected by a handheld thermal camera during a helicopter overflight of the flow field.
• The base is a copyrighted color satellite image (used with permission) provided by Digital Globe.
The image is from this morning’s overflight, showing the upper flow field.
Maps are posted on the USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webpage, at
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vol…/kilauea/multimedia_maps.html
Photos and videos are on the USGS–Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webpage at https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/…/kil…/multimedia_chronology.html
#usgs #hvo #hawaiianvolcanoobservatory #kilauea #volcano #KilaueaErupts #LERZeruption #LERZ #KilaueaEruption
Here are some quick points to help interpret the map:
• The primary lava flows originate from the Fissure 20-22 area.
• The dominant ocean entry is marked.
• The black and white area is the extent of the thermal map.
• Temperature is displayed as gray-scale values, with the brightest pixels indicating the hottest areas.
• The thermal map was constructed by stitching many overlapping oblique thermal images collected by a handheld thermal camera during a helicopter overflight of the flow field.
• The base is a copyrighted color satellite image (used with permission) provided by Digital Globe.
The image is from this morning’s overflight, showing the upper flow field.
Maps are posted on the USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webpage, at
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vol…/kilauea/multimedia_maps.html
Photos and videos are on the USGS–Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webpage at https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/…/kil…/multimedia_chronology.html
#usgs #hvo #hawaiianvolcanoobservatory #kilauea #volcano #KilaueaErupts #LERZeruption #LERZ #KilaueaEruption
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USGS Volcanoes
Checking in on conditions at the Kīlauea Volcano Summit:
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A bursts of ash overnight from Overlook crater sent a plume to 8,000 ft. The trade winds are blowing, so any ash in the plume will head downwind to the southwest.
USGS scientists use Ash3D computer simulations to show how far ash might travel and how much ash might fall to the ground. A daily Ash3D ashfall forecast for Kīlauea is available at https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatori…/…/activity_2018.html (scroll down to the bottom of that page).
Animations, such as this gif for May 22, 2018 (16:42 UTC), are available at https://vsc-ash.wr.usgs.gov/ashgui/…. This webpage includes model runs for other volcanoes, so scroll down to find Kīlauea.
#usgs #hvo #hawaiianvolcanoobservatory #kilauea #volcano #KilaueaErupts #LERZeruption #LERZ #KilaueaEruption
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2018 Hawaiian Island Eruptions -Google My Maps
A COMMUNITY MAPPING PROJECT - UPDATE 5/22/18 730 AM HST (about 90 minutes ago)
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll=19.441200259765235%2C-154.9066472315796&z=13&mid=1CvBhH9wEeztBrqYbsGDi4YjU1k1QH5AL
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Field crews report that fountaining at Fissure 22 does not appear to be as high as yesterday's (May 21 heights were about 50 m or ~160 ft).
#usgs #hvo #hawaiianvolcanoobservatory #kilauea #volcano #KilaueaErupts #LERZeruption #LERZ #KilaueaEruption
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Leilani Estates Eruption Update Monday 8:45am HST
We are trying to rescue the one-eyed cat. It’s backyard has been overrun by at least fissure 5 early this morning that is currently raging. Pray we can find him.
Also a car just got stuck in a crack trying to leave that area.
We are trying to rescue the one-eyed cat. It’s backyard has been overrun by at least fissure 5 early this morning that is currently raging. Pray we can find him.
Also a car just got stuck in a crack trying to leave that area.
Fissure 5 has reopened and is fountaining as you can see from the
images. It’s crossed over Kahukai St towards the bottom. I marked the
location on the map. It’s raging down there and has caused lower
Kahukaki to plateau at the bottom there.
A lot of action going on
there right now.
Nohea street cracks opened up and fountained last night completely covering Nohea street. You can see from the pictures. I am trying to figure out where else in the subdivision that fissures are opening up and I will keep the map updated the best I can.
Nohea street cracks opened up and fountained last night completely covering Nohea street. You can see from the pictures. I am trying to figure out where else in the subdivision that fissures are opening up and I will keep the map updated the best I can.
Chain of Craters road could take 4 weeks to open.
Just got off the conference call with USGS and NOAA and here are some interesting bits of information that I came away with.
More fissures have begun opening back up in Leilani Estates. This needs to be noted because in the 1955 flow that this current flow seems to be mirroring, the fissures trended uprift, towards the top of Leilani and even further. All indications at this point are this current flow will do the same. I believe it's just a matter of time.
The easternmost flow coming out of fissure 20 had a hole open up and all the lava is pouring into it! "The hole opened up and the entire width of the channel and all of the lava that was flowing toward the east from the fissure 20 complex is pouring down into this hole in the ground".
They have no idea where it is going or if it will be seen again. The last time this happened (2012?) the lava was never seen again.
The western most flow is continuing to pour into the ocean and is the most vigorous.
Chain of craters emergency road is a minimum of 2-4 weeks out before possibly completion. NPS, state, federal agencies do not even have an agreement ironed out yet but hope to have one later this week. I repeat, 2-4 weeks out minimum for completion of the road being opened up. If you are a resident that relies on highway 130, you need to take this information to heart when making an informed decision about what you should do. There is a very real possibility that 130 could be closed again before that time.
Weather, dryer conditions starting Monday. Trades will continue their normal path. Ash emissions from Kilauea will go to the SW.
Under current weather conditions and gas levels by the ocean entry, laze is traveling downwind for 15 miles. If it stings, go inside.
Friend to friend. 130 could be cut off in a week. Lava is trending upward again higher into Leilani. 1955 flow did the exact same thing, like a roadmap for us. People need to plan for 130 to be closed in as little as a week in my opinion. This has all the makings of a catastrophe if that happens before the road to the national park is opened. Sorry to be blunt, but these last second emergency evacuations and animals being left behind situations are unacceptable given the amount of knowledge we currently have.
