Big Island-Kilauea volcano eruption, first time in 84 years!

[vinolover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vinolover]

Here is the story in the Honolulu paper

Lots of photos

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Pretty amazing....we were supposed to be there when this happened but we had to cancel our trip.

more pictures and web cams etc

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Pretty amazing....we were supposed to be there when this happened but we had to cancel our trip.

more pictures and web cams etc

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

Yeah, I know. We booked our units at about the same time. We missed you Red. We didn't see any new lava flows, but the vent is spewing out sulphur dioxide and the Kona area is overrun with VOG (I guess that means Volcano Fog). When it does blow, I am going to take a flight over there hoping to see a true eruption with 200 foot plumes of red firey molten rock.

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

we were supposed to be there when this happened but we had to cancel our trip.

more pictures and web cams etc

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

That's why it erupted.
Madame Pele is acting out.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Good thing we cancelled the trip....we would have possibly been stuck in Kona due to Aloha cancelling all operations and we absolutely had to be back by today....wow.

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

Good thing we cancelled the trip....we would have possibly been stuck in Kona due to Aloha cancelling all operations and we absolutely had to be back by today....wow.

The VOG was really bad today, even in Maui. My eyes are still burning now and I am used to the smog in LA. Today was really a very grey day and we couldn't even see the island we usually see or the Haleakala crater, this morning. Also, the waves were big and there were hardly any beaches along the road and there was even some spray on the road to Lahaina today. I have never seen this before. You also can see the damage from the fires about a year or so ago. It looks like CA without rain.

[EAM Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close EAM]

Why is the recent eruption considered the first one in 84 years? I thought it erupted in 1959: The Eruption of Kilauea Volcano at Kilauea Iki Crater, Nov. 14 - Dec. 20, 1959, Hawai`i