CIVIL DEFENSE
LOOKS LIKE A LAVA FLOW MAY REACH
HIGHWAY 132,
MEANING THE LOSS OF ANOTHER
ACCESS POINT
OUT OF LOWER PUNA.... RIGHT NOW,
IT'S ABOUT A
MILE AWAY.
CIVIL DEFENSE ALSO
CONFIRMED....THAT OF THE 82
STRUCTURES DESTROYED BY LAVA SO
FAR, 41 WERE HOMES.
CREWS SPENT ANOTHER DAY TODAY
HELPING
PEOPLE EVACUATE, WHILE OTHERS IN
HOMES ARE
STILL A RELATIVE DISTANCE FROM
THE
LAVA, ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO
NOT JUST
RETURN TO THEIR HOME TO GATHER
BELONGINGS,
BUT TO SPEND "MORE" TIME
THERE...
IT'S BEING CONSIDERED BUT THE
CONCERN IS
THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF GROUND
CRACKS
OPENING AND WINDS BLOWING THE
S-O-2.
KATHY:
AND IN FACT OFFICIALS ARE
WARNING OF SULFUR DIOXIDE
POSSIBLY MOVING OVER MORE
POPULATED AREAS TOMORROW,
BECAUSE OF THE SHIFTING WINDS.
JUSTIN CRUZ IS IN PAHOA AND HAS
MORE FOR US TONIGHT .
JUSTIN?
JUSTIN:
KATHY UNLESS YOU WERE VERY VERY
NEAR
THE FISSURES, YOUR AIR QUALITY
WAS QUITE
GOOD IN HILO AND FOR MUCH OF
PAHOA OCER
THE LAST WEEK.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT TO SLOWLY
WINDS CHANGE.
MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A BIT.
BUT FIRST I WANT TO SHOW YOU ONE
OF THE
FRESHEST LAVA FLOWS RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS FROM FISSURE 7 AND IN
LEILANI ESTATES.
AND IT HAS FLOWED OVER KAHUKAI
STREET
AND ISOLATED KAPUPILI AND MOHALA
STREET.
WHEN YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON THE
EXPOSED TO ALL OF YOUR SENSES.
YOU CAN TASTE IT, YOU CAN FEEL
THE HEAT, YOU
CAN SEE THE LAVA BEING THROWN
INTO THE AIR AND YOU CAN SMELL
THE S02.
Day 22. since the first fissures
relenteless started
spewing lava and volcanic
gasses, all but two days have
been trade wind days. That has
kept most of the vog pump over
the open ocean to the sw of the
state,
at the expense of windward kau
and kona residents.
Roger Christensen / Fern Forest
Resident: 1:42 well I've haven't
seen ashfall but I've smelled
the sulfur and I've had to put
the mask on a couple of times
1:49
There may be some relief for
residents like Roger starting
late Sunday through Tuesday,
winds are
expected to be come light and
southeasterly
This will most likely shift the
vog plume into areas that were
protected by the trade winds.
including more areas of puna and
even Hilo
Bob Burke / National Weather
Service:
15;33;34;14 So the emissions
and from the east rift zone are
likely to go to other
areas from the Big Island,
particularly other areas like
Puna, possibly up to the Hilo
district and could possibly
see more in the Kona side as
well. 33;53
Today Hawaii county did another
round of gas mask
distribution at several location
in puna a kau dirstricts. A
steady stream of residents were
allowed to
with some
grabbing a few extra for family
and friends.
9:06 Justin: When do you stasrt
wearing this, what
would trigger you to put it on?
Jim Grimaldi / Hawaiian Paradise
Park Resident: 9:11 okay the
thing that would trigger me
24:23 the
first go-around we had 18,000
they all went and I
figure we have 90,000 this time
24:31 really gonna get
hur more than youthful people
but I wont put it on
unitll try to be proactive but
I'm not gonna put it on until I
see...feel it or feel health
effects and getting out of the
area might not be possible 9:40
This is the second round of Ash
masks that have been
distributed and donated by
companies such as
3M...Ohana Health Plan and HPM
building supply.
Talmadge Magno / Hawaii County
Civil Defense: 24:23 the first
go-around we had 18,000 they all
went and
I figure we have 90,000 this
time 24:31
Although innefective for suler
dioxide
emmisions...the ash mask could
help filter our ash particles
should the winds drastically
change late
Sunday.
Volcano Observatory:
27:08 With the Wind weakening
and potential are versing in the
next few days the whole region
needs to
be ready to deal with gas
hazards and be ready for
reaction 27:16
JUSTIN:
WHILE THE WINDS MAY BE CHANGING
THE ONE
THING THAT HAS NOT HAS BEEN THE
WILL OF THIS
COMMUNITY TO POWER THROUGH THIS
ADVERSITY.
AGAIN HERE AT KAKAUHI STREET,
NORTH OF
LEILANI AVENUE WHERE LAVA
ENCROACHED THE
ROAD BLOCKING ACCESS TO MOHALA
AND KAUPILI
STREET.
AN AMAZING SIGHT TO SEE A LAVA
FLOW, A FLOW THAT NOBODY REALLY
KNOWS WHEN WILL END.
MCKENNA?