Re: kilauea volcano

by Lisa on November 29, 19101 at 23:46:50:

In Reply to: Help!! posted by Gabby on November 29, 19101 at 11:38:16:

Yes, definitely search around a little like Greg said - we don't like to do schoolwork in this forum :-)

I don't know what Keauea is .... the volcano is called Kilauea, and the eruption is coming from a vent called Pu'u 'O'o

I do believe you are going to have a hard time with Pu'u 'O'o though - because I don't think there has ever been any rebuilding or cleanup after an eruption from this vent. Its still erupting, and there really is nothing to clean up (no ash - it's not that kind of volcano), and you would be crazy to rebuild in the area it has been covered in the last 20 years, as the area is still being covered over and over again.

Maybe your best shot is to search around and get all the details you can - how long the vent has been active, what the area is that it has covered, how many houses and roads have been destroyed, burned and covered, and then base your paper on how there is very little cleanup that can be done, and how no rebuilding can be done until the vent stops. Maybe you could even try to find out what the chances are of a flow recovering an area that has already been covered.

For extra credit - you may want to research the Kapoho lava flow that covered an entire village in the .... 1950's maybe? and how that area is still completely bare and desolate (it only spared a lighthouse)

Good search words:

Kilauea
Pu'u 'O'o (try it without the okinas too) Puu Oo
Mauna Loa
Kalapana lava flow
Kaimu lava flow
Chain of Craters Road (a road that was covered)
Royal Gardens Subdivision (a destroyed subdivision)

You also may want to look into lava flow zones - which is what insurance companies use to determine how likely an area on the Big Island is to be covered in lava.

Come back and tell us how you do!

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: Yes, definitely search around a little like Greg said - we don't like to do schoolwork in this forum :-) : I don't know what Keauea is .... the volcano is called Kilauea, and the eruption is coming from a vent called Pu'u 'O'o : I do believe you are going to have a hard time with Pu'u 'O'o though - because I don't think there has ever been any rebuilding or cleanup after an eruption from this vent. Its still erupting, and there really is nothing to clean up (no ash - it's not that kind of volcano), and you would be crazy to rebuild in the area it has been covered in the last 20 years, as the area is still being covered over and over again. : Maybe your best shot is to search around and get all the details you can - how long the vent has been active, what the area is that it has covered, how many houses and roads have been destroyed, burned and covered, and then base your paper on how there is very little cleanup that can be done, and how no rebuilding can be done until the vent stops. Maybe you could even try to find out what the chances are of a flow recovering an area that has already been covered. : For extra credit - you may want to research the Kapoho lava flow that covered an entire village in the .... 1950's maybe? and how that area is still completely bare and desolate (it only spared a lighthouse) : Good search words: : Kilauea : Pu'u 'O'o (try it without the okinas too) Puu Oo : Mauna Loa : Kalapana lava flow : Kaimu lava flow : Chain of Craters Road (a road that was covered) : Royal Gardens Subdivision (a destroyed subdivision) : : You also may want to look into lava flow zones - which is what insurance companies use to determine how likely an area on the Big Island is to be covered in lava. : Come back and tell us how you do!

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