Here's your one-stop Kilauea BS detector.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/i-regret-to-inform-you-kilauea-rumors-arent-at-all-true/
[link, volcano, Hawaii, locals only]
Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh
One interesting part of this post is about the myth that the Hilna Slump could cause a megatsunami. Apparently that's not going to happen anytime soon. That part should be read in full via the link. "The eruption on Kilauea volcano has settled into a routine, with one fissure pumping lava in a fiery river that runs to the sea, creating new land. It's a pattern that has repeated on the Hawaiian islands for millions of years. Unfortunately, there's another pattern repeating: people seeing a rather calm and perfectly ordinary volcano doing what shield volcanoes do, and thinking the entire island's about to blow. An eye-rolling number of doomsday predictions have been made since the eruption shifted to the Leilani Estates/Vacationland area.
I regret to inform you: none of them are true. Not even a little bit.
[...]
Myth: The Hilna Slump will catastrophically slide into the ocean, and a megatsunami will destroy everything!!!
I regret to inform you that this myth has been debunked by the scientist who originally investigated the Hilna Slump, giving rise to the idea of gigantic landslides causing major disasters."
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/i-regret-to-inform-you-kilauea-rumors-arent-at-all-true/
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/i-regret-to-inform-you-kilauea-rumors-arent-at-all-true/
[link, volcano, Hawaii, locals only]
Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh
One interesting part of this post is about the myth that the Hilna Slump could cause a megatsunami. Apparently that's not going to happen anytime soon. That part should be read in full via the link. "The eruption on Kilauea volcano has settled into a routine, with one fissure pumping lava in a fiery river that runs to the sea, creating new land. It's a pattern that has repeated on the Hawaiian islands for millions of years. Unfortunately, there's another pattern repeating: people seeing a rather calm and perfectly ordinary volcano doing what shield volcanoes do, and thinking the entire island's about to blow. An eye-rolling number of doomsday predictions have been made since the eruption shifted to the Leilani Estates/Vacationland area.
I regret to inform you: none of them are true. Not even a little bit.
[...]
Myth: The Hilna Slump will catastrophically slide into the ocean, and a megatsunami will destroy everything!!!
I regret to inform you that this myth has been debunked by the scientist who originally investigated the Hilna Slump, giving rise to the idea of gigantic landslides causing major disasters."
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/i-regret-to-inform-you-kilauea-rumors-arent-at-all-true/
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