BREAKING: Kilauea volcano erupts

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

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[elleng]

1. Hawaii volcano: Explosive eruption at Kilauea's summit

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/05/17/hawaii-volcano-explosive-eruption-at-kilaueas-summit.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. THere are multiple sources for this, please remove Fox News as I am pretty sure they

are considered a propaganda outlet and therefore I wouldnt believe this happened if only them reported on it.

Is Fox News allowed here?

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. Thank you.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. I notice it is still there. Insisting on using that propaganda outfit

on an occasion when they are reporting accurately on something is a way to legitimize it when it does not, which is what it usually does

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. Welcome to DU

Yes, the hopelessness must be overwhelming.

[elleng]

15. Yes, utterly astonishing.

Welcome.

[uppityperson]

2. Hawaii news link

http://m.hawaiinewsnow.com/hawaiinewsnow/db_330510/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qkbi3DWw

[Kittycow]

6. OMG. Could throw boulders the size of cows.

I haven't been paying that much attention to this. I didn't realize it was so serious.

[B2G]

8. Fortunately the crater is within the national park boundary.

So hopefully any boulders will do minimal damage. As I understand it, the greater threat is from the oozing fissures. And of course ash could cover a wide area.

[uppityperson]

3. USGS twitter link with picture from summit cam

Link to tweet

[MineralMan]

4. Uh-oh!

[csziggy]

5. If the summit between Trump and Kim happens in Singapore

Does Air Force One need to stop over in Hawaii on the way? If so, what will they do about the volcanic ash?

[brooklynite]

9. They'd likely take a polar route via Anchorage

[onecent]

11. Let trump stop there.

[PatSeg]

16. They have enough problems

Adding Trump would be too cruel.

[pangaia]

18. No flight from dc to Singapore would fly anywhere near Hawai'i.

It would fly over Canada, Alaska, probably over Japan maybe, not sure exactly. Etc.. great circle route.

Well, i was a bit off. It would go almost directly over the north pole.

[B2G]

17. The earthquakes are now very closely clustered at the cauldera.

The past few weeks they've been much more scattered.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%22autoUpdate%22%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B19.01927879438547%2C-155.74905395507812%5D%2C%5B19.769288277210886%2C-154.78225708007812%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22list%22%2C%22map%22%5D%2C%22event%22%3Anull%7D