Quiet Haleakala still considered active

500 years ago it's your Birthday!!! Blow out the candles!!! Think the housing markets bad now!!

The heat from those underground lava pools is energy. I used to oppose geothermal because of the hydogen sulphide in the blowouts Puna-Geothermal had in their learning phase. But high oil prices and oil-company wars that exploit our young people have changed my mind.

FYI, according to the public records kept by the U.S. Geological Syrvey, eruptive activity at Haleakala occurred as recently as 1790 -- only 218 years ago, and not the 500+ noted by reporter Gary Kubota -- in the area upslope of La Perouse Bay, which is in the volcano's southwest rift zone and right next to Makena's Big Beach.

Donald _in_Kuliouou wrote:

FYI, according to the public records kept by the U.S. Geological Syrvey, eruptive activity at Haleakala occurred as recently as 1790 -- only 218 years ago, and not the 500+ noted by reporter Gary Kubota -- in the area upslope of La Perouse Bay, which is in the volcano's southwest rift zone and right next to Makena's Big Beach.

Until the late 1990s, scientists thought the latest eruption on Maui occurred at Kalua o Lapa, about 2.5 miles south of Makena, in 1790.
Sherrod said the dates were based on differences in charts produced by geographers with explorers La Perouse in 1786 and Vancouver in 1793. But radiocarbon dating showed the ages of the flows took place sometime between 1480 and 1600.

Guess I should call State Farm today and see if my homeowner's policy covers lava damage.

i guess donald in kuliouou didn't bother to read the whole article

We should spray a steady stream of fine water mist 24 hours a day over the lava smoke to keep the vog down.

And, should drop bombs on the lava eruptions to put it back to sleep.

If you think the insurance company is going to cover lava damage , better read the fine print in "acts of God".

Re: insurance coverage. Most insurance policies cover Fire, so you must document with video that your house was destroyed by Fire, i.e., burned to the ground (even if the proximal cause was heat from lava), before the lava even touched the house. That's what I did, and I got paid.

Remember there are two considered kinds of lava. A’a which is slower moving; and pahoehoe which flows faster.

The video-cam is a good idea but there are no guarantees with Pele.

Good point....acts of God...Does anybody know if State Farm worships volcano gods?

Richard Swann wrote:

If you think the insurance company is going to cover lava damage , better read the fine print in "acts of God".

This is a great news article. Must be a slow news day.
When Mt St Helens blew in 82, the newspapers started printing articles about how geologically active the Big Bear area in Calif was, and the next thing you knew, housing values dropped like a rock, couldn't sell a condo, house or anything for several years. Thanks to the writer of this article, maybe he can do a "what if" for Oahu too, then we can all lose money--and by the way, they at least the rail system issue will die--no one will want to visit, live or work here.

about time wrote:

This is a great news article. Must be a slow news day.
When Mt St Helens blew in 82, the newspapers started printing articles about how geologically active the Big Bear area in Calif was, and the next thing you knew, housing values dropped like a rock, couldn't sell a condo, house or anything for several years. Thanks to the writer of this article, maybe he can do a "what if" for Oahu too, then we can all lose money--and by the way, they at least the rail system issue will die--no one will want to visit, live or work here.

Case and Point!!!!

Based on what was said in this article the north shore of Oahu still has an active volcano. Across from Foodland and next to the fire station is the remnants of a crater that was covered by a landslide. Only half of the crater is now exposed. It is evident that the landslide occurred when the crater was hot since the red dirt from the hillside has fused with lava from the crater. Outside the perimeter of the crater there are flat rocks where the lava has poured into the ocean. Since these flat rocks are at present sea level, they must have been formed in the last 10,000 years. Being at sea level it appears to have had explosive eruptive activity on the side that is now called Shark's Cove. The half circle shape of the exposed crater is most evident when seen from the air.

Diamond head is still active.

I slept at a Holiday Inn

I stay scared already.

Know all wrote:

Diamond head is still active.
I slept at a Holiday Inn

There was a suspected under sea eruption between Oahu and Kauai in the 1950s (I think), so the claim that Diamond Head is still active is not so crazy like you think.

I slept in on haole day.

I will spout my lava on you.

FYI, the big eruption of Mount St. Helens was in 1980.

Kibitzor wrote:

FYI, the big eruption of Mount St. Helens was in 1980.

Thanks, Kibitzor, glad you saw that. It's amazing someone didn't get the date right before this!