Concern for Leilani Estates as lava moves eastward underground

[Moose]

Scott's (YT Apau Hawaii Tours) morning video of Fissure 8, Lava River and the weather in Leilani Estates from his POV.

 

Published on Jul 6, 2018

[Dave-Vero]

Facebook seems to process videos somewhat quicker than YouTube.

 

[WestCoastGal]

Dane DuPont posted this on fb Hawaii Tracker group tonight. Contains info on new escort policy for Leilani Estates.

[WestCoastGal]

Repairs were made to Hwy 11. Filled and plated. 

 

[WestCoastGal]

USGS updates:

Alert as of Fri. 7/6 @ 11:25am HST : https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/status.html

Photos has a few new images including this of Kilauea Crater:

Photo: US Geogological Survey

Map was updated as of Fri. 7/6 at noon:

Map: US Geological Survey

And last for the night a view from the PGV cam as of 9:35pm HST (12:35am PDT):

[Moose]

Charles (YT Doing Hawaii) Leilani Estates Update

 

Published on Jul 7, 2018

The Hawaii Kilauea Volcano East Rift Zone Eruption News Update for Leilani Estates 7/6/2018

[WestCoastGal]

Early morning view from PGV cam (5:18am HST, 8:18am PDT):

and from a bit later as morning arrives in Leilani.

As mentioned above in the latest post with Mick Kalber's video, he will be making fewer trips up for aerial photgraphy. Same goes for Andrew Hara who just made this post. For his full post about purchasing his photography and fund raising for Pu'uhonua o Puna (the HUB) and Hawaii Community Foundation through Lyman Museaum and Mission House from their sale, see this link. 

John Stallman, brother John from Ikaika's HUB talks with Philip Ong, will also be absent from the scene for a period of time. He posted this last night. BTW Philip's talk is posted above in this thread several post back as well as the link to the USGS .pdf document on the possible Summit scenarios.

And another post from one of the local photographers, Demian Barrios (fb Db Photo at Primary Focus, Instagram dbphotogallery), who is using his photos to fund raise for the evacuees. Hopefully the sales of photos over the months ahead will help fund the efforts of organizations like Pu'uhonua o Puna.

https://primaryfocushawaii.com/hawaii-lava-ohana-relief-fund/

[WestCoastGal]

No Alert or photo updates to mention. There is a new thermal map as of yesterday, 6am HST.

Map: US Geological Survey

[WestCoastGal]

Info/video from Paul Lakin, Capt. and Volunteer Commander of Volunteer Fire Station 19A (Volcano, HI) on the warning siren installation and monitor being installed at Cooper Center in Volcano.

 

[WestCoastGal]

Residents move into the temporary micro units at Sacred Heart. Article with video from Hawaii News Now: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38590728/micro-home-village-now-housing-about-a-dozen-elderly-handicap-evacuees

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Malika Dudley, Big Island Now, interviews Kaiulani, whose mother, Queenie Carter, lived on Moku Street with her family for decades before the lava claimed it. Kaiulani gives her perspective of what it was like to have grown up there in their family home and then take a flyover and see nothing remaining. The kids have set up a go-fund-me page for their mom in the hopes they will be able to build a home for her. Article and video here: http://bigislandnow.com/2018/07/06/this-house-was-more-than-just-a-home/

Son Morgan shared this photo with the active cone behind it and the one below it showing it's location in the neighborhood.

 

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[WestCoastGal]

This reflective video posted by Demarcus Freeman on their family life on Kaupili Street before and after the eruption.

Here's the description for the video: "The first house to be destroyed in the 2018 eruptions on Hawaii Island was our rental business. The flow that took it covered the driveway, preventing us from reaching our home at the back of the property. The footage you see is a mix of stuff I shot of the kids over the past year, along with some of the video I shot on the day we hiked in to see if our home was still standing. A huge thanks to our friend Sean (guy in the video) who literally hiked into a volcano to help us get some of our things out. More information is available on our gofundme at: https://www.gofundme.com/kaupilifamily "

 

[WestCoastGal]

Since today I seem to be posting a few things with a retrospective look back, thought this drone footage (Phantom 4) from Byron Matthews posted back on May 4 but almost certain it was taken May 3 a few minutes before 6pm, when the first eruption in Leilani Estates happened would be appropriate. Another flyover included at 7:03pm when night was settling in. Just a reminder of how lush this area was only a little over two months ago. Screen capture illustrating this from Byron's video and with his video below. Really too bad drones got banned. We had some of the best videos of the actual lava sights from them and no helicopter/air sound. Seeing it like this kind of makes me want to cry at what's been lost and over the devasting impact it's had on the lives of so many people.

 

BTW Byron had also posted the amazing drone footage we had of the Fissure 8 area back in May. If you didn't see that here's the YT link for it.

Here's the fb USGS video from May 3: 

 

[Gonzer]

Down right spooky knowing what was to come later.

[WestCoastGal]

Philip Ong just posted this on the fb Hawaii Tracker group along with the Thermal Map from yesterday that I posted a few posts up of her. Not sure if this is going to replace a live HUB chat or not. John is on vacation now and I think Ikaika might still be away.  I see the "seep" word used within here.

[WestCoastGal]

I know Scott was saying he was experiencing really heavy rain this morning at his place, and I saw there was a flood advisory this morning posted for the fissure area (like these residents need any other issues to contend with). The advisory which was extended through the afternoon should be expiring soon. http://bigislandnow.com/2018/07/07/flood-advisory-heavy-showers-reported-at-volcanic-fissures/  Have to wonder if as long as F8 is erupting if these storms will become more the norm for Lower Puna. Those nearly 1200 lightning strikes the other day were unreal to think about.

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A bit off the subject maybe but saw that SXSW Festival is looking for local Hawaiian talent to feature this year and will be in Kona on Tues, 7/24 from 6 to 8pm at Honua Studios for a meet-and-greet with interested talent. Participants will need to RSVP to attend the free event and can submit their work then. Hopefully some of our local photographers/filmmakers/videographers/musicians/programmers, etc. will see this Big Island Now announcement (please post to fb Hawaii Tracker group if you have a fb account) and submit their work. Would be nice to see them represented at the Festival. For more details: http://bigislandnow.com/2018/07/07/sxsw-festival-seeking-hawaii-island-creative-talent/

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Speaking of programmers above in the SXSW mention, I saw that Philip Ong has an app in the Apple App store. And from a post made by Deborah Ray in the Hawaii Tracker group, 20% of the purchase cost will be going to relief efforts. Have to download it and try it out. Sounds like a Hawaiian Volcano in your pocket!

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[WestCoastGal]

Maybe you guys remember the man who was trapped in his lot with fast moving lava cutting him off and was rescued by USGS and a drone and a flashlight? Well here's another part to his story that I just saw posted on fb Hawaii Tracker group (larger sized photo there). 

Someone commented in the last hour that they know his name is John and had his number and left a message for him. They said he has been working to find his cat and rescue any others in the area that were left behind. They are trying to get a photo of his cat to check with animal shelters, share on Hawaii Tracker or to quickly identify his should it be found by someone else.  Another person just commented that they saw a kitten in the bushes off Leilani Blvd. This should serve as reminder to pet owners that they should keep a photo of their pets. Seeing how he has daily been checking for his missing cat says to me it's likely he probably was trying to catch it during the eruption and couldn't, waited too long and almost didn't get out himself. I remember hearing about the call for rescue coming over the police band or something like that. Terrible thinking someone was trapped behind the lava. 

Years ago I had 3 cats at one point and when looking back later realized the only photo I had of them was when my parents were out and took a photo. Didn't have a cell phone back then so a bit different but even with a cell now I realize that there are palms I haven't grabbed photos of in awhile. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words...and better than someone's imagination. Hopefully we'll hear about a happy reunion in the days ahead.

[WestCoastGal]

Check on things, PGV Cam:

and then the camera updated and gave this view!

Timing is everything for a great picture! looks like there have been some additional overflows from the river to the right of PGV.

Alert update for Saturday, 7/7 @ 8:30am HST (11:30am PDT): https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/status.html

Photo updates: The SO2 camera was removed from HVO's summit. I had seen on fb Hawaii Tracker some people mentioning not all the cameras seemed to be working or connecting. 

Photo: US Geological Survey (from flyover 7/7)

No further updates to the maps from 7/6.

[WestCoastGal]

Had decided the cam image on Halema'uma'u looked pretty cool...just a cliff essentially with no lava table edge at all. USGS says the crater wall behind the vent is about 280 feet high for perspective. 

Then before I closed the window for the camera, noticed a change and saw this!

Guessing maybe this just was after the larger collapse event they were expecting today. How fast things change around here.

[Moose]

Philip starting to upload again on YouTube - Seeping

 

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

Morning update on the ongoing eruption.

[Moose]

Philip just uploaded

 

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

Latest eruption update, addressing the just-released USGS-HVO document detailing hazards of summit collapse, however improbable. Volcano area residents need to be aware of the worst case scenario, even if (as is the case) no change in the eruptive behavior at the summit is anticipated at least within the next 2 months.

[Moose]

Is the focus turning to the Volcano Village?

 

 

 

 

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

Brief update from the community hub detailing changes in the eruption.

[Moose]

Yesterday's update just uploaded by Philip

 

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

Latest update focused on dynamic changes occurring in the downstream region of the lava channel as it moves around Kapoho Crater and begins to seep to the northern and southern edges of the previous flow field.

[Moose]

Philip's latest upload. Looks like a southerly movement happening near the coast.

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

Late-night update based on Scott Wilson of Aloha Skies Aviation aerial photographs showing the rapid advance of the southern flow lobe described in the previous update. John Stallman contributes remotely to the discussion of changes, and the possibility this flow may quickly reach Kua O Ka Lā area including Ahalanui Warm Pond and Secrets surf spot.

[WestCoastGal]

I think many of us were mesmerized by the blue flames emanating from the streets of Leilani during the early eruptions. So when I saw this article today come up in my news from a volcano in Indonesia that lights up blue in the nighttime found it share-worthy here. Flames as high as 16 feet. The Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia is in a range where sulfur is very high in the ground. I know some people theorized that the blue flames from the cracks in the Leilani were due to the asphalt burning and wonder if sulur is a component of it. More likely seeing this article, however, there was just sulfur present in that area where the cracks were; and we did see sulfur deposits on the ground later in many of these areas where the blue flames emerged and not always at road cracks. Here's this morning's article with some great photos and a video from Indonesia. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5930813/Stunning-photos-BLUE-volcano-lighting-skies-Indonesia.html

[WestCoastGal]

Heading out for day but saw this post from Ryan Finlay (fb Hawaii Trackers group) about the lava flow situation near warm ponds and the school. Really hope it stops before then but it's close.

[Moose]

Scott's morning update in Leilani Estates with video of Fissure 8. He thinks the outflow of lava may have increased since he last visited the fissure a couple of days ago.

 

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

[Moose]

Scott takes his dogs for a walk a bit after shooting the Fissure 8 video. I find it amazing how clean, peaceful and serene it is in West Leilani Estates, not far from the gushing fissure and lava river.

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

 

 

[WestCoastGal]

Interesting overlay method to show the distance of the lava from the warm ponds. I had thought the guys really didn't think was likely to happen because of the topography in that area and with the 1955 past flow. 

 

 

[WestCoastGal]

3 hours ago, Moose said:

Scott's morning update in Leilani Estates with video of Fissure 8. He thinks the outflow of lava may have increased since he last visited the fissure a couple of days ago.

 

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

Interesting Scott said that this morning. Here's a post made on Hawaii Tracker group quoting USGS Associate Researcher Rick Hazlett yesterday about F8. We have constantly been reminded that the lava fluctuates during the day.

I know down at Kapoho Bay there's been the appearance that the upper flow is hardening but obviously the lava is finding routes out to the ocean and over land. I thought a few days ago the HUB guys thought that the lava near the coast had formed a ridge running parallel to the coast (I was thinking maybe due to lava inflation) and so they thought the lava was still finding a few ways out to the ocean there, but also being diverted along the coast area north and south of there. There was also that "apartment-sized" block of lava at the elbow at Kapoho Crater that was influencing the lava's path and backup overflow before the elbow. I kind of have been expecting more overflows to have occurred if F8 was still pumping out the same volume or maybe it has decreased in flow although for the most part USGS has said the flow remains about the same (until this post yesterday).

[Moose]

10 minutes ago, WestCoastGal said:

Interesting overlay method to show the distance of the lava from the warm ponds. I had thought the guys really didn't think was likely to happen because of the topography in that area and with the 1955 past flow. 

 

 

The guys (Philip Ong and John Stallman) felt the 20ft change in topography would be a significant factor. Now that so much lava has abandoned the northerly channels and is reestablishing, concentrating and converging into the southerly channel, Philip believes that the flow exceeds 20ft in height which overwhelmed the "barrier".

[WestCoastGal]

I haven't had a chance today to listen to his latest videos so thanks for explaining that @Moose. I am truly amazed at how much lava can inflate. 

I have to say I feel like everything beautiful on the land is being wiped from the area. Even if the eruption slows down dramatically or ceases at some point, will the land devoid of trees likely affect weather of the area from Pahoa north? Assume the black lava will retain a lot of heat, the winds won't have a buffer (although the tradewinds usually come from another direction). No rainforest areas down there on the coast, maybe affect the type of crops that can be grown. I know we have a number of people on PT that are knowledgeable of weather patterns and agriculture and would love to hear their feedback on these land changes.

[Moose]

Interesting that there is no mentioning of the cracks seen just upslope of Fissure 8 that Charles (Doing Hawaii) pointed out on the hardened flow.

[WestCoastGal]

Hawaii Tribune-Herald had this story of an additional 11 micro units (like the ones at Sacred Heart) going up now in HPP. This is on Connect Point Church property. They are expecting they might be ready by end of July. If not mistaken I think this is different than the units that the HUB and Ikaika had broken ground on. Really nice to see the units going up and nice story by the newspaper and they are reporting that there are still 244 people sheltered at the Pahoa and Keaau community shelter locations.

http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018/07/08/hawaii-news/volunteers-build-additional-shelters-for-evacuees/

 

[WestCoastGal]

Here's Scott Wilson's original post during his flyover of the Kapoho coast and the warm ponds area.

[WestCoastGal]

I was wondering when more attention would be given to the plate temperature on Hwy 130. Harry Durgin has taken it on and posted his first animations showing the changes over the past 3 days.

 

[Moose]

3 minutes ago, WestCoastGal said:

Hawaii Tribune-Herald had this story of an additional 11 micro units (like the ones at Sacred Heart) going up now in HPP. This is on Connect Point Church property. They are expecting they might be ready by end of July. If not mistaken I think this is different than the units that the HUB and Ikaika had broken ground on. Really nice to see the units going up and nice story by the newspaper and they are reporting that there are still 244 people sheltered at the Pahoa and Keaau community shelter locations.

http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018/07/08/hawaii-news/volunteers-build-additional-shelters-for-evacuees/

 

The HUB project is separate project. Ikaika reported that the project would be 50 units and having larger square footage.

[WestCoastGal]

Beautiful shot from Mauna Kea last night by Louise Ungerman. Hope they made a wish for the eruption to end . So many great photographic images coming out of the BI. 

[WestCoastGal]

Another new video from Philip Ong and Ikaika 4 hours ago.

 

[WestCoastGal]

44 minutes ago, Moose said:

Interesting that there is no mentioning of the cracks seen just upslope of Fissure 8 that Charles (Doing Hawaii) pointed out on the hardened flow.

Philip mentions this in the above video about half way through the video.

[Moose]

Philip gives update on southern Kapoho lava flow dumping into the ocean

 

 

Published on Jul 8, 2018

Eruption update focused on the new southern Kapoho lava flow, which has spared Kua O Ka Lā, Ahalanui warm pond & Secrets surf spot in its initial burst to the ocean.lip