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Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts, Prompting Evacuation Orders (chicagotribune.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the duck-and-cover dept.

"Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, releasing lava into a residential neighborhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes," reports Chicago Tribune. The eruption comes after officials had been warning residents all week that an eruption was possible and that they should be prepared to evacuate. From the report: Hawaii County said steam and lava poured out of a crack in Leilani Estates, which is near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island. Leilani Estates has a population of about 1,500, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. But the evacuation order only covers a portion of the neighborhood. Nearby community centers have opened for shelter. The Puu Oo crater floor began to collapse Monday, triggering a series of earthquakes and pushing the lava into new underground chambers. The collapse caused magma to push more than 10 miles downslope toward the populated southeast coastline of the island.

5 of 69 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Tech support. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you tried turning the volcano off and on again?

  2. Re:Here's a good plan by kenai_alpenglow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Which native people should we give it back to? The "first nations" had this nasty habit of slaughtering/conquering each other. Kinda like people did everywhere. Hawaiian tribes had the same habit. Shouldn't the "sovereign nation of Hawaii" also give the land back to the previous tribes they conquered?

  3. Re:Earthquake, Hurricane, Tsunami, Vulcanic erupti by LocutusMIT · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hurricane: Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Pacific Ocean
    Typhoon: Northwestern Pacific Ocean
    Tropical Cyclone: South Pacific or Indian Ocean.

    Hawaii is in the NE Pacific, so it does get hit by hurricanes.

  4. Re:Here's a good plan by CaffeinatedBacon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think you will find he was elected to not be Hillary.

  5. Re:Bullshit story by FormOfActionBanana · · Score: 3

    I have to say now I've read the article, and it IS actually really interesting. This is a totally cool interface between "eruption" and "civilization", with lava vents opening up in the roads. And now I see what is called "magma" really is underground where magma is still "magma".
    Lastly, it is a major evacuation and not just part of one neighbourhood, as the TFS suggested.

    So, totally cool story. And my post really was a troll post. I am sorry, Slashdot readers.

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