Brrrr. Was 56dF at 830 this morning. And windy. And light rainy. And I was thinking... How did we arrive at a place where (and yes, sweeping generalizations follow) itʻs all about me. Ainokea. I do what I like. Though the "I do what I like" part seems to have been added later. From the Ainokea website:
Selflessness has been an important part of all cultures. Helping others regardless of circumstance. You need money? Here. Come eat. Nah. Get plenny food. No worry. You recognize that others arenʻt as fortunate, so you share some of your "free" $1,200 or $600 or whatla... Share. Kōkua. Help how and when you can.
Selfishness, it sadly seems, has become rampant in some circles. Mask? No. Eff-you. I no like! You cannot tell me what fo do. Free country. Fake news. Itʻs enough to drive one to .... [fill in your response of choice]. And itʻs not only about mask-wearing or not. Itʻs an epidemic of selfishness. Iʻve suggested to friends my solution: You no like wear mask? Cool. We going put one red dot tattoo behind your ear. You get CoViD and go doctor, they going look. If get da dot, they going tell you: Nah...you not sick. Fake sickness. Go home.
OK... Then, apropos of two nights ago...Volcano, in my experience, has never been so noisy 12/31 - 1/1. Prolonged, kaBOOM! Poppoppoppop... LOUD... And Hilo people said the same thing.
But get law! Of course thereʻs a Law in Hawaii Revised Statutes:
And you call the Police. And tell them where. And give them the video. And... "But we gotta actually physically watch and SEE the perpetrator actually light the fuse, see it with our own eyes at the moment, and watch the kaBOOM. Otherwise cannot do nothing."
So the letter. Then on Christmas Day, the following appeared in the Hawaiʻi Tribune Herald:
Ainokea. I tired wait. I do what I like. Leilani Estates in Keahialaka is a private subdivision. I cynically said Oh. Just call Fissure 8 "Estes Hill". Nuff aready. Native Hawaiian culture and cultural context is apparently beyond the ken of many... Pelehonuamea? ʻAilāʻau? Nevermind...
Pretty sure many of you have seen these or similar. So nani the aerial devices. Too bad not supposed to, because itʻs ILLEGAL.
Kapolei Oʻahu Fireworks 010121
And I heard on HPR the other day, someone in the Legislature wants to investigate DLNR Harbors Division. HOW are all the ILLEGAL fireworks getting here? How? No inspections? No nothing?
Because weʻve been visiting Kaluapele, I wanted to GoLook Puna ma kai.
First, a Letter to the Editor I wrote to West Hawaiʻi today, commenting on two other Letters to the Editor. Mr Elarionoff suggested that the "poho" (subsidence) in Kapoho and Pohoiki were actually pohō, loss.
Take a deep breath...we go ma uka...
Now the sun shines, though the wind is still cold.
Earlier:
Now-ish. Below, again...what looks like white mineral encrustations on the floor of the lua is actually light reflecting off fresh glassy surfaces of lava.
And last night. Below, kinda cool seeing the headlights of a car at Kīlauea Overlook (for context).
While up on the Maunaloa Strip Road at the same time, lights at the Kīlauea Overlook parking lot to the left of illuminated Halemaʻumaʻu. And thereʻs a star...perhaps someone might share what it is...
HVO scientists continue to monitor the eruption in Halema‘uma‘u crater at Kīlauea Volcano's summit. This morning (Jan. 2) at approximately 7:10 a.m. HST the lava lake depth was measured at about 189 m (620 ft), which has not changed significantly since yesterday afternoon. The spatter cone, that was built by the now inactive northern vent (center), is almost downed by the slowly rising lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u. USGS photograph taken by K. Mulliken.
Above is from a slightly different angle than the thermal cams, but clarity is excellent! Mokunui lana au, and high and low moku liʻi. Cool.
And TheBest: "They" fixed the Earthquakes Page. First below seems to be Default.
But if you, at the lower left corner, click the little green box with the globe, and pick "ESRI World Imagery"...taDAH!!!
For me, itʻs so much more meaningful when I can clearly see the ground, even from up high.
And the TILT:
Also, an excellent timelapse of K2cam images:
Lava Returns to Halema'uma'u, as captured in this timelapse from the K2cam, located at the HVO Observation Tower (Kīlauea Volcano). Timelapse is from December 20, 2020, 5:50 a.m. to December 21, 2020, 11:57 p.m. The K2cam is a research camera mounted in the observation tower at the previous Hawaiian Volcano Observatory building on the rim of Kīlauea caldera within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The camera is looking SSE towards the southern wall of the 2018 collapsed Halema'uma'u, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) from the webcam. On December 20, 2020, the eruption was preceded by an earthquake swarm beneath the summit, around 8:30 p.m. HST. This video shows the bright glow and vigorous steam plume, generated by the boiling water lake in Halema'uma'u, that was observed on HVO webcams beginning approximately 9:30 p.m. HST on December 20. HVO scientists responded immediately and visually confirmed from the field that lava was visible within Halema'uma'u. The steam plume dissipated shortly thereafter. Several fissures opened in the north and northwest walls of Halema'uma'u. As streams of lava fed by fountaining vents in the crater walls filled the space where the water once pooled, the summit water lake was replaced by a lava lake.
And The Update:
Be Selfless!
As always, with aloha,
BobbyC
maniniowali@gmail.com
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