Scientists: Hawaii’s Kilauea not erupting, reversing warning

March 12, 04:04 PM March 12, 04:04 PM

HONOLULU (WHD) — Hawaii’s second-largest volcano is not erupting, scientists said in an update to a previous warning.

The U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement late Saturday that seismic activity beneath the summit of Kilauea “has returned to background levels, ground deformation has stabilized, and no lava has been observed at the surface.”

The statement cautioned “another intrusion or resumption may occur in the near future with little or no warning.”

The agency previously said a shallow earthquake storm signaled “resumption of eruptive activity at Kilauea summit is likely imminent.”

Scientists said Tuesday that lava had stopped flowing after 61 days of volcanic activity.

Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanos, erupted from September 2021 to last December. A 2018 Kilauea eruption destroyed more than 700 residences.

For about two weeks last December, Hawaii’s biggest volcano, Mauna Loa, also was erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island.

The dual eruptions of Hawaii’s biggest volcanos provided a temporary boost to tourism during the slow season.

Volcanic eruptions have deep spiritual and cultural significance for Native Hawaiians. When Mauna Loa started erupting in November after lying dormant for 38 years, many Hawaiians took part in cultural traditions such as singing, chanting and dancing to honor Pele, the deity of volcanoes and fire, and leaving offerings known as “hookupu.”

Scientists lower alert for Mauna Loa, say eruption could end

December 11, 03:51 PM December 11, 03:51 PM

HONOLULU (WHD) — Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and said the mountain’s first eruption in nearly 40 years may soon end.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a bulletin that the eruption on the mountain’s northeast rift zone was continuing, but lava output and volcanic gas emissions were “greatly reduced.”

“High eruption rates will not resume based on past eruptive behavior and current behavior suggests that the eruption may end soon,” the observatory said. “However, an inflationary trend of Mauna Loa’s summit is accompanying the decreased activity and there is a small possibility that the eruption could continue at very low eruptive rates.”

Meanwhile, it said, a lava flow front had “stagnated” nearly 2 miles from Saddle Road, the vital highway that residents and tourists alike use to travel between the city of Hilo on the east side of the island and coastal resorts to the west.

Scientists said earlier this week that the road was no longer under imminent threat from the lava, allaying fears previously that it could be cut off.

Mauna Loa began spewing molten rock Nov. 27 after being quiet for 38 years, drawing onlookers to take in the incandescent spectacle and setting some nerves on edge early on among people who’ve lived through destructive eruptions. For many Native Hawaiians, the phenomenon has a deep yet very personal cultural significance.

The observatory said its scientists were continuing to monitor the volcano closely, and flight restrictions remained in place in the area up to 1,500 feet (457 meters) above ground level.

Navy states various problems brought about polluted Pearl Harbor ingesting drinking water

Mike Brest

July 02, 06:40 AM July 02, 06:40 AM

A freshly launched Navy investigation observed that various glitches contributed to gas leaking into the faucet drinking water in Hawaiian properties last calendar year.

The investigation is the 1st detailed insight into the Navy’s Pink Hill Bulk Gas Storage Facility, which, back again in November, was uncovered to be the area of a enormous gas leak that contaminated 1000's of people’s consuming h2o at the joint Pearl Harbor-Hickam Naval and Army base. The Protection Department explained in March that it would be shutting down the facility.

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The saga started on May possibly 6, 2021, when “operators improperly executed a gasoline transfer technique, resulting in two piping joint ruptures and a subsequent spill of Jet Propellant-5 fuel.”

Most of the approximately 21,000 gallons of gas that spilled went into a fire suppression line and sat there till a cart rammed into it on Nov. 20, releasing 20,000 gallons of fuel into a close by properly, contaminating the water. Officials did not think there was a trouble until persons noted illnesses.

Around 6,000 men and women, many of whom lived in military services housing on or near the base, got ill from the drinking water and one more somewhere around 4,000 armed service people were compelled to depart their properties quickly, in accordance to the .

U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo stated the Navy “accepts accountability for what occurred,” adding that it was the end result of “multiple human glitches around a time period of numerous months," according to the Hill.

“As members of this local community, we have a solemn obligation to be great stewards of the environment and very good neighbors to a person a further,” Paparo continued. “The contamination of the Navy h2o programs severely disrupted their life, their livelihood, and their properly-getting and the nicely-getting of our workforce, our families, and our communities.”

A newly launched de-fueling strategy from the division explained its present-day ideal-case scenario is to total the system by the stop of the 2024 calendar year.

"The December 2024 completion day is subject to contingencies, but DoD will function to mitigate any delays prompted by contingencies and will inform [Hawaii's Department of Health] and the public about any key contingencies that occur throughout strategy implementation that may have an effect on timelines," the report reads. "DoD is fully commited to transparency in its assumptions and analyses, not only to get hold of regulatory concurrence from the DOH but also to establish believability and belief with the people today of Hawaii."