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44 Acres of Coastline Collapse in Hawaii
Associated Press via Breitbart ^ | December 2, 2005

Posted on 12/02/2005 9:14:27 PM PST by Daralundy

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii - About 44 acres of coastline collapsed into the ocean this week, setting loose a glowing stream of lava that shot out from the newly exposed cliffside 45 feet above the water. The plume, 6 feet in diameter, sent up a tower of steam as it hit the water and began forming a ramp of new land.

The collapse of solidified lava shelf and sea cliff Monday was the largest since Kilauea Volcano began its current eruption in 1983.

Jim Kauahikaua, scientist-in-charge of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said a collapse warning was issued in June because the shelf had become large and had formed cracks. Large collapses had happened in the area before.

Rumblings tipped scientists to Monday's collapse, which took about 4 1/2 hours. Even at that relatively slow pace, the effect was spectacular.

"The cliff just caved away like a glacier," said park spokesman Jim Gale. "It just sheared off that old wall. There's this gigantic steam plume and you see the red just falling down _ an incredible fire hose display."

The collapse sent out globs of lava and head-size boulders. Sheets of volcanic glass called limu o Pele, after the Hawaiian goddess of fire, and thin strands of volcanic glass known as Pele's hair were found 1,800 feet inland.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: bushsfault; coastline; collapse; hawaii; kilauea; lava; volcano
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Hawaii is falling into the sea.
1 posted on 12/02/2005 9:14:28 PM PST by Daralundy
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To: Daralundy

2 posted on 12/02/2005 9:16:55 PM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Daralundy

Has George Norry been informed?


3 posted on 12/02/2005 9:19:05 PM PST by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing. Become a Monthly Donor! '98'er)
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To: Daralundy

Okay, I'll be the first: Global Warming.


4 posted on 12/02/2005 9:19:13 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: Daralundy

Okay, I'll be the first: This is Bush's fault.


5 posted on 12/02/2005 9:19:37 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: Daralundy

6 posted on 12/02/2005 9:20:04 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: Daralundy

Okay, I'll be the first: Signs of the End Times.


7 posted on 12/02/2005 9:20:08 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: Daralundy

8 posted on 12/02/2005 9:20:40 PM PST by cgk (Cheney: Senators Reid, Kerry & Rockefeller were unable to attend due to a prior lack of commitment.)
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To: nuconvert
There has been talk of a large chunk of the Big Island falling into the sea causing a thousand foot tidal wave across the Pacific...

Another reason I am glad I live 2000 miles away from the Left Coast...

9 posted on 12/02/2005 9:22:41 PM PST by Bender2 (Even dirty old robots need love!)
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To: cgk

36 seconds.


10 posted on 12/02/2005 9:22:44 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: Daralundy

"About 44 acres of coastline collapsed into the ocean this week..."

No big deal. When coastline collapses into the ocean, what are you left with? More coastline.


11 posted on 12/02/2005 9:26:19 PM PST by Buck W. (Yesterday's Intelligentsia are today's Irrelevantsia.)
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To: Daralundy

Considering how much an acre of coastline cost in Hawaii, that was an expensive collapse. ;-)


12 posted on 12/02/2005 9:27:56 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: Jeff Chandler

Okay, I'll be first: Buy GOLD!


13 posted on 12/02/2005 9:34:16 PM PST by Petronski (Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Okay, I'll be the first. It's called NATURE.


14 posted on 12/02/2005 9:34:59 PM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Buck W.

I dunno. How big is the island?


15 posted on 12/02/2005 9:35:21 PM PST by Daralundy
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To: Daralundy
Actually it is a fairly common occurrence as is part of the cycle that is continuing to build the island of Hawaii.
16 posted on 12/02/2005 9:36:52 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Those Who Want to Impeach President Bush Are the Party of Treason.)
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To: Daralundy

I had a friend once that was a photographer and he was standing on the cliffs over the sea where the flows were coming out trying to get some awesome pictures of the hot lave pouring into the sea. That shelf also gave way and he was never seen again...What a way to go , no?


17 posted on 12/02/2005 9:37:04 PM PST by injin
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To: Daralundy
Must be Bush's fault, he must have planted some bombs to make it happen.

< /sarcasm >

18 posted on 12/02/2005 9:38:39 PM PST by Dustbunny (Main Stream Media -- Making 'Max Headroom' a reality.)
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To: injin

Sorry to hear but I bet it was quick.


19 posted on 12/02/2005 9:40:09 PM PST by Xenophobic Alien (Kerry lost. Please take that stupid bumper sticker off your car!)
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To: Dustbunny

If only Bush had signed the Kyoto protocol and not attacked Iraq, this wouldn't have happened!
< / sarc


20 posted on 12/02/2005 9:52:15 PM PST by JRios1968 ("Cogito, ergo FReep": I think, therefore I FReep.)
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