Kilauea

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 05/17/2018 at 12:44 • Filed to: Valcano

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Some interesting pics of Kilauea on Twitter. Don’t mess with valcanos.

fintail > f86sabre 05/17/2018 at 13:02

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Judging by the pyro flows in that image, that’s not Kilauea. Edit, I see others in the tweet pointed that out.

Interesting note, tomorrow is the 38th anniversary of Mt St Helens eruption.

f86sabre > fintail 05/17/2018 at 13:22

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Good catch. Changed the pic

I always remember May 18. I watched St Helens erupt from my front yard on that day. I was out playing and we could see the cloud rising. My mom freaked.

fintail > f86sabre 05/17/2018 at 14:04

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I’m too young to remember the event, but I remember when I was a little kid in eastern WA in the early-mid 80s, there was still a substantial amount of ash around, especially on the roadside, it looked like light grey snow. I have some relatives who lived in Yakima at the time, and they have some cool pics.

f86sabre > fintail 05/17/2018 at 14:12

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I bet they have some good pics. Those folks got hammered. I was in Maple Valley, SE of Seattle. My dad built our house on a hill with an amazing view of Rainier. That meant we also had a pretty good view of St Helens when it went up.

fintail > f86sabre 05/17/2018 at 21:02

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I bet it was something. I have seen pics from Seattle of the eruptions later that month, and they are shocking.

At the time, my aunt and uncle lived just east of Yakima, with a clear view to the east. They took some time lapse pics of the advancing cloud. I was mildly obsessed with the event when I was a kid, and have visited numerous times. Going again with some oppos on Saturday.

f86sabre > fintail 05/17/2018 at 21:23

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fintail > f86sabre 05/17/2018 at 21:53

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Cool stuff, I am familiar with that one. I actually spent part of my childhood there, too - I think they had it worse than Yakima. I am not sure how this would work today, as cars have more complex air intake systems.

This would be hell for a clean car nut like me:

Cool looking skies that day, too: