This is a bad storm year. Norman just went by; now Olivia is scheduled to run into us Wednesday. By that time the forecasters expect it to be downsized to tropical storm intensity. I sure hope they’re right, because it looks like it’s gonna pass right through the island chain. 055 WTPZ32 KNHC 080254 TCPEP2 …
He/she/it’s still coming. We’ve got our fingers crossed that it makes that turn to the west depicted in the forecast below. Click the image to enlarge it. View
If the forecasts are right this monster (currently a Cat 5 hurricane with 160mph winds) will be off O’ahu’s southern shore at 0700 Friday morning. That’s a scary thing, because they’re forecasting that it will be within 100 miles of land. Fiddle with the time bar at the bottom to see what Lane is going …
To quote Lucy van Pelt of “Peanuts,” “Good grief, Charlie Brown.” Here is the latest on Kilauea’s eruption on the Big Island: As Hurricane Hector heads toward Hawaii's Big Island, the last active fissure on Kilauea's lower east zone has ceased its fiery eruptions. pic.twitter.com/cauApWrk0R — NBC News (@NBCNews) August 7, 2018 And here is …
Here’s the latest update from the USGS Hawai’i Volcano Observatory. This was issued at 2:34PM HST today: Vigorous eruption of lava continues from the lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) fissure system in the area of Leilani Estates. This morning, lava fountaining at Fissure 8 continued to reach heights of 150-180 feet, feeding a stable channel …
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This is an amazing sight. Today at 4:00 p.m. – what a difference a day makes. #Lavaflow from #Fissure8 #KilaueaEruption is filling in #Kapoho Bay. Only the northern portion of the bay remains submerged. https://t.co/oIEvfvO0AE pic.twitter.com/xQmNjFK81P — USGS Volcanoes? (@USGSVolcanoes) June 4, 2018 This is 200 miles southeast of Honolulu on the island of Hawai’i …
If you want to see more of Kilauea’s current eruption, watch this half-hour documentary put together by one of our local TV stations. Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL
It’s methane gas.
We have been watching Kilauea for a long time now. From Wikipedia: The current Kilauea eruption began on January 3, 1983, along the eastern rift zone. The vent produced vigorous lava fountains that quickly built up into the Pu’u ‘O’o cone, sending lava flows down the volcano’s slope. In 1986, activity shifted down the rift …
The World Series, the World Cup, the Stanley Cup, the Super Bowl…call it what you will. The hula equivalent of those events is taking place over the next three nights in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawai’i. It’s being livestreamed and you can watch it by clicking the image below. Here’a good primer on …