And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Unreal!! Huge Tornado and 1000ft lava fountains at Hawaii's Kilauea and specifically the Halema'uma'u caldera.
That’s awesome! Quite serendipitously I was there for eruption #25 this past June. Was about a 1300’ single vent spew. Took lots of photos and video from lots of angles.Very cool but no tornado.
And people think that Humans can really affect the future of the Earth. We're like a pimple on her butt. 1200 ft geyser of molten rock? WTF is the psi on that thing?
Rough calculations tell me that lava as a molten igneous rock (granite?) in a column 1200 ft tall would be around 16-17,000 psi. Try to put your finger over that hose. Maybe I'm all wrong. I went to school in the 70's.
That’s awesome! Quite serendipitously I was there for eruption #25 this past June. Was about a 1300’ single vent spew. Took lots of photos and video from lots of angles.Very cool but no tornado.
ReplyDeleteYou would think what with all the volcanic heat and moist tropical weather, bound to happen, though its easy to imagine it is unusual.
ReplyDeleteAnd people think that Humans can really affect the future of the Earth. We're like a pimple on her butt. 1200 ft geyser of molten rock? WTF is the psi on that thing?
ReplyDeleteRough calculations tell me that lava as a molten igneous rock (granite?) in a column 1200 ft tall would be around 16-17,000 psi. Try to put your finger over that hose. Maybe I'm all wrong. I went to school in the 70's.
ReplyDeleteUnless you figured the viscosity of the magma and the vent diameter into the equation your calculation is probably a tad light.
DeleteThe gods are not happy...
ReplyDeleteJust saw it on the news up here, just when you think you have seen everything..
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I was employed by the U.S. Army corp. When Mt. St Helen's popped off.
ReplyDeleteASH.....everywhere, we went all over attempting to help from Seattle.
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