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Hell on Earth. Hawaii

May 4, 2018 11:40PM PDT

That volcano may be getting ready to blow it's top off!

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38087728/puna-warned-series-of-quakes-could-indicate-eruption-is-possible

"According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there were nearly 70 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or stronger from Tuesday to Wednesday.

A large, 6.9-magnitude quake jolted Hawaii Island on Friday afternoon, just an hour after another sizable quake, amid an ongoing eruption of Kilauea that's triggered mandatory evacuations in Leilani Estates, sent lava spewing into streets and threatened homes. The 6.9-magnitude quake, which happened about 12:30 p.m., was the largest in Hawaii since 1975 and generated small tsunami waves around the Big Island. Hawaii County Civil Defense said. HVO research geophysicist Jim Kauahikaua said the seismic activity seen in recent days is similar to what happened before an eruption of Kilauea in February 1955. During that eruption, at least 24 separate volcanic vents opened up and lava covered about 3,900 acres.

Kauahikaua said coastal communities from Kalapana to Kapoho were evacuated and "sections of every public road to the coastline were buried by lava" before the eruption abruptly stopped in May 1955.
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Yep, there's always flow from Kilauea, but this is unusual.
May 5, 2018 6:38AM PDT

Imagine enough heat to keep rock liquid, and now kaboom!

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A good place to have US and NK summit meetings
May 5, 2018 7:28AM PDT

A volcano should build a fire under them to reach an agreement AND it' s approx 1/2 way between continental US and NK...

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And I thought it would be suggested by Trump
May 5, 2018 7:36AM PDT

To hold it at Mar a Lago or another Trump resort.

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LOL, I actually like that idea.
May 5, 2018 11:04AM PDT

It would give NK leader an idea of what his place might look like if we had to go nuclear on him. I think him seeing what happened by his own nuclear tests maybe scared him a bit.