Leilani Estates Lava Update with USGS 3:51 AM May 28, 2018 Fissure 8

[@joyleenpoortier7496]

USGS staff are so great with information. They have just answered one of my big questions I have had. You asked my question for me thank you and that was about the 2 different kinds of lava and when they are erupted. Great move Scott.

[@jessewarner7962]

I’ve learned more from these impromptu updates on your videos, than from the official press conferences!

[@donhayward9825]

Scott, you are doing a great job being our voice to the geologists. I think thye trust you now. I'm glad you thanked them, and thank you again.

[@Sparky-Tim]

Great insight again from the geologists. Well done Scott for chatting to them so frequently. Keep your stick with you as well, it helps with the videos.

[@Ddgi-u73]

USGS are nice/professional folks. Kudos to any USGS scientists reading this. Well done.

[@Jan96106]

I bet these videos and this event are going to cause many more young people to consider geologist as a career. If what I looked up is correct, the pay is good too.

[@Ddgi-u73]

Agreed, Jan!

[@lesahanners5057]

These USGS ladies are the greatest. They explained more in a short time than I heard anywhere else. You are really good at asking the best questions. Mahalo

[@J.Cameron.Stuart.Adams.]

This video really does look like what, I imagine, an a apocalyptic wasteland would be after a meteorite impact. The debris in the atmosphere blocking out the sun and everything on fire. Excellent filming. Thank you. Cheers from Seattle!

[@janetdoten4489]

You could be an investigation reporter! I believe you know more than they do, they hear what other USGS people say on the radios etc. Good interview! Stay safe! Love your videos!

[@daveaustralia1]

Your discussion with USGS was a great insight. Thanks Scott

[@markattardo]

Great info from the USGS. Learning is cool.

[@syndeefry853]

Thank you so much for being tenacious (sp) about showing us this stuff. being from Minnesota I had never heard of a lava river let alone see one. Have learned a lot. Don't forget the popcorn next time!

[@bjbonin624]

The North Shore of Lake Superior is made up of billion year old lava rivers. If you know what to look for, you can see the aa (all 3 layers), pahoehoe, and solidified gas bubbles nearly everywhere along the shore. Watching videos like Scott's gives insight into how the old lavas formed, and to what the Kilauea lavas will look like many millions of years from now.

[@lesahanners5057]

Man Scott that is really hardcore! As the days go by it seems so unbelievable how fast this has all developed. You should get a medal for all of the great footage you ahve been getting or a contract with National Geographic. In fact I am amazed they haven't been all over this. In the old dayss they sure would have. I did not want to say this but we are not returning to Hawaii. We have sold our home and 1 acre and have moved to our other property in Lyle, Washington. The reason I said nothing before is that I did not want folks to think we had fled because of the eruption. It was not the reason, but for reasons of my health I won't bore you with. The folks that bought out place, far from being discouraged in buying, were excited to be arriving at such an interesting time. I encourage folks to listen and learn from what you are telling them and to understand that sad as this is it is only a small part of Hawaii and everything was pretty much business as usual everywhere else on the Island when we left a few days ago. Mahalo

[@lesahanners5057]

whitemannativemind We lived about ten miles from Scott in Hawaiian Paradise Park, and watched the red glow in the sky grow every night. Several of our close friends have lost their homes in Leilani Estates and have moved in with friends and relatives elsewhere on the Island. We had sold our home a week before this all started and were somewhat surprised our buyers didn't back out after this all began. However they were very aware of the Island having been there many times and they knew how the lava zones work. They were really happy and excited to be moving to the Island at such an interesting and exciting time. I on the other hand have asthma which was worsening from the vog and neighbrhood garbage burners. It was better for me to move back to our property in Washington state. However, we have fire seasons here that are hideous sometimes, so I will have to travel elsewhere when that occurs. Life can be hard wherever you live, so you just have to enjoy your life as much as possible and roll with it.

[@TheSWolfe]

When I look at this, I keep hearing Wesley Willis in voice-over singing, "Lake of Fire - Lake of Fire - Lake of Fire - Lake of Fire!" What a Hellscape this sliver of Paradise has become. Rock in Peace, Wes. We miss u. And thanx for the lava lesson, Team USGS. Stay safe, Scott, creeping around in that glowing amber darkness.

[@lookinq4truth389]

Those gals were so nice! I'm so glad it wasn't the police. I was getting anxious for you Scott. Good work. I know it totally looks like hell on earth but it really is absolutely amazing and beautiful. Stay safe out there.

[@LoveWinterMaineWoods]

Great information from the USGS. They are doing an amazing job.

[@lisbee23]

Thank you so much Scott. Really appreciate the information. So great to hear from the USGS team again.

[@Diysid]

Oh Boy! USGS guys are awesome, Even I was wondering what causes that bulldozers lava act such action. What a wonderful creator my Mother Nature is. She got endless lessons to teach. Take care you Scotty boy!!

Incredible video, Scott. The distant fire places look much like "city lights." Just amazing. STAY SAFE.

[@JimInYamaguchi]

HEY thank explanation by the geologist was AWESOME. (So were your questions, too; y'know that?)

[@mrackerm5879]

Very interesting listening to the USGS ladies.

[@Stacey67320able]

Scott. Wow. Just wow!! Lol Excellent discussion with USGS, but you damn near gave me a heart attack when you got so close to the field of fire!! Not that I didn't appreciate it lolol

[@Acts--wn9zq]

Keep the news coming as long as you are safe Scott. We on the mainland appreciate this, but we want everyone to stay safe and not risk your health with fumes and possible ash. Glad you are wearing a mask!

[@gee1118]

Hope you don’t get fined but this video is spectacular and humbling. Hope they aren’t towing your vehicle!!

[@rogandbingofbingalahtravel3680]

Once in a lifetime...thanks much for your efforts!

[@rnkim2564]

thank you for your updates, first one i saw was last nights fast moving lava down the road, it was amazing. so sorry this is happening to your beautiful island but glad you are keeping us informed. there is a large incentive to act like everything is officially ok, so its great we can see for ourselves,

[@brendaarritola5897]

I had to chuckle after hearing you tell the USGS to be careful! 😝 I can only imagine how many times they must hear something like that based on the amount of times you’ve been told in the comments. LOL

[@leeponzu]

Thanks so much for your efforts. Please stay SAFE!. And it would help me if you said North/South/East/West once in awhile, as in , "I think I am looking down (north or south) Luana, now."

[@subiedoo7011]

Thank you for bring us on this awesome adventure Scott! Well said by the USGS gals! Great, need to know, information!

[@hillarys.k8518]

Wow! And Wow! Such an incredible development. Much appreciation for your efforts Scott. And additional appreciation to those Geologist. We learned a lot this video.

[@dsatt57]

At beginning of tape, fissure on left is 8 according to map. 24 is to the right but it is between roads so will be harder to see.

[@matthewpless4773]

Ignore the snowflakes worrying about how close you are and the danger. You have more than enough common sense to get away from the slowly moving lava. Your video footage is awe inspiring and those of us on the mainland will not have any other opportunity to see this. We are in your debt. Thank you.

[@yvonnebest1823]

Oh my goodness this is insane!! It's unimaginable all of this. Thank you for sharing all of this with us. Wowww!!

[@critic2000]

Wonderful explanation of the types of lava. Thanks for taking the time to ask her questions.

[@gaylenemorley916]

Scott now your new tour doings is showing off the lava river now

[@LardGreystoke]

Excellent input from USGS on the types of lava. So basically it's just the physical form and motion. Makes it easier to understand.

[@vspinkboi]

Thank you kind USGS workers

[@rwnelson51]

Amazing......makes a steel mill look like a toy! Imagine what the basalt flows in eastern Washington and Oregon 30 million years ago that covered hundreds and hundreds of square miles in hours. Thank you for giving me a tiny peak into such immense earth forces......BE safe brother!!!

[@Egosu]

Good zoom, you can see the river flowing.

[@jasonmero2245]

Great that they took the time again to explain, they’re fantastic!

[@joemiddleton9376]

If you get a fine, could you write it off as a business expense (note: I am not an accountant)?

[@morrisminor56]

You're going to need a faster turtle.

[@Nita____]

Those USGS folks were awesome! They actually explained things pretty well without the usual scientific jargon. I'm so glad that piece didn't hurt your eye, and Oh man, was I happy for you that it wasn't the cops!!

[@markm6488]

Great video, good questions for usgs. Thanks

[@mikedsjr]

Amazing shots. Great information from the ladies. Thanks for the videos.

[@robyngriffin8318]

Wow, the sky is so yellow! I don't recall it being this hot and active in any of the previous videos.

[@stephendennis8739]

God bless you scott and others on Hawaii

[@elainemarie9470]

The geologist is amazing! Never thought of a geologist as rockin' it, but she surely is.

[@maryfagan9592]

Great questions Scott kudos to you for asking good questions and the nice manner in which you ask them great footage as always keep cool !

[@elizabethortiz7740]

wow! it looks amazing but hellish at the same time. the sound coming out of those fissures is loud. I feel like I'm there walking along with you as you show us what's happening .

[@jeanettekulick5394]

Amazing. Very welcome information. Thanks for you and for the USGS. Awesome is right.

[@danaj9336]

Wow! That lava river is really moving fast!

[@drutsmith]

USGS awesome info. Great questions Scotty.

[@beavis6363]

8 is on Luana, 24 is just east of Nohea between Nohea and Kupono.

[@shaungur]

Your videos are very unique and human. We get to go out with you and discover and learn and it's awesome! When you are talking to the girls, you had your camera pointed up East Leilani and I could see lava aggressively flowing right to left where the lava crosses the road. Amazing.

[@danachappell3861]

Wow! Scott, just remember that molten sulfur burns blue, and methane will burn blue or yellow, depending. Please stay safe.

[@egnralnc]

Great discussion on the flow types. Thank you!

[@marciahellen5740]

Such good info on the different lava!

[@christinebrilliant9236]

that's just crazy insane!!! be careful Scott!!!! great video and thanks for all your doing!! God bless and keep you safe!! I'm praying for all of you!!

[@arrienl6372]

calm footsteps, birds chirping, and that other noise behind you, I don't know what to say. (PS and that river .... amazing)

[@jtalbot34]

arrie NL that’s actually Coqui Frogs chirping not birds. 😊

[@arrienl6372]

ooops ... my ignorance, thank you Jennifer :)

[@joemiddleton9376]

I learned something new -- the difference of lavas. Thank you.

[@drwangch]

that whine USGA was awesome with information, mahalo to you too, Scott

[@miaombak655]

It has ramped up so much. That lava river is truly flowing fast. Just watching this is frightening to see. It's fascinating but sadly so destructive. Please be careful with those fumes.

[@kyjo72682]

Incredible scene. Truly incredible sight. Thx for sharing.

[@rpmfoto]

Good to remember where you park. Great interview. Caterpillar track analogy! Looks like it’s getting worse not better. You need some sleep. Drinking a Monster in your honor! YOU DA BEST!

[@jokerzwild106]

An amazing video. Really look forward to seeing the progress each day, but please dont put yourself in danger Scott. Looking really scary out there today. STAY SAFE!! btw, that was very interesting what the usgs lady was saying about the lava.

[@ryans413]

I'm happy they shared there information with you very interesting

[@allthingsharbor]

"I'm perfectly safe here," as he stares at a scene from Dante's Inferno and wipes debris from his eye! Lava Ninja Supreme! Actually, I think things had progressed around this time to the point that the mainstream media had my mother convinced that the entire Big Island was in flames.

[@cherylamie]

This has to be one of my all time favourite ‘s Loved your talking just like beside you

[@user-sn4js6nh9h]

Wow, what awesome power on display.!

[@capt2278]

tell the usgs lady that I love her

[@karenbrooks4189]

Wow that’s intense 😬 It seems to me geologists walk back and forth roads a lot hmm it may be part of the job description. Very informative, great questioning Scott!

[@vickysue5660]

Scott thanks so much for all these videos! Their neat but scary too. Be safe:)

[@ThinkingManNeil]

Do you feel any ground vibration while recording this?

[@ApauHawaiiTours]

No, not really

[@marygeorge8969]

that lava river is moving!!!

[@RIchardleepr]

I can here the coqui singing in the background. It is very weird for me to hear them outside Puerto Rico. Thanks for your videos.

[@LardGreystoke]

World's greatest frogs.

[@raitisfreimanis]

0:45 Correct 24 would be to the right. This is to the left.

[@sunnysun1300]

Ooooh Scott , you are so charming to the ladies. I like this so much !

[@wendybanner7888]

Do you have one of the dogs with you? I keep hearing little dog feet walking, claws clicking on the pavement. Just curious. Yes, a lot happened last night. I guess b/c of the lava from F24? I can't believe how LOUD the lava is! Sounding more like the waves crashing in the ocean. It sounds really windy! Once you backed up a certain amount then you could hear the frogs chirping loudly again.

[@elainemarie9470]

Wendy Banner No furbabies. Is far too dangerous. Perhaps you're hearing the walking stick?

[@wendybanner7888]

Maybe, not sure, but I was hearing it a little after he had already stopped walking.

[@barbkitts759]

OMG!!! This is definitely NOT getting any better! Are you still feeling confident that your house is not in danger??? We appreciate your updates, but please put your safety first.

[@taffypulller]

my only worry for you is if you get stranded while you're out filming. whether it's a forest fire or the lava that traps you.

[@Trobynski]

Did Victor become a Lava Mold?

[@Trobynski]

whitemannativemind I thought he might be completely surrounded by lava, it looks like that on the aerial photos, I presume he escaped. But it is very weird being an armchair participants in somethings so dangerous so very far away, we have no control.

[@tk4music]

Brother, I see blue flame right in front of you. Good channel and footage, but safety first. You seem like nice person and getting a little too close.

[@teresitabuenaobra5168]

Is Apau a name? Does it have a meaning? Like a storm of fire, it so unreal. Been watching again your vids Scott

[@ApauHawaiiTours]

Apau means total.

[@zed1stwizard]

Lad there is no such thing as perfectly safe in a volcanic zone. Just areas or greater or lesser risk. Stay safe and thanks for the up dates.

[@zed1stwizard]

Main Street Boxer True but not in the same extent as the above mentioned. It like equating this to the danger of crossing a street. Both can be dangerous. However, crossing the street the danger is obvious and some what predictable. Not so in the case of volcanic activity.

[@neretaireamenhotep2186]

Cool to learn about lava@@!

[@dirkhoekstra727]

What happens if a crack suddenly opens up right under you or next to you with exploding lava?

[@carolstefan7662]

Dirk Hoekstra I think you know the answer.

[@kyjo72682]

It probably doesn't happen that fast. But there was this one guy who parked his car on one of these streets and when he returned half of it was in a crack. :)

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

he dies... obviously

[@LardGreystoke]

You heard he's got a mask. My guess is he's got a cape as well. You know what that means. Super powers. "Lava Man".

[@rocket60saturn7]

You are looking into Dante's inferno. Damn!!

[@joygonzales7630]

Amazing!!

[@maryl2305]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@dianawright8334]

What a lesson

[@alexmaxim82]

thank you for the update

[@lancethegimpyfisherman1050]

Is that the power plant it's awful bright and smoky looks different than everything else you shown so far

[@marleabd]

Wow! Fires, fires, everywhere! Intense on this night!

[@wlfrnfdjf]

At 11.23...there’s two faces at the top of the trees close to the right side of the frame😃

[@timweatherill3738]

But arrest you for what, exactly? That seems quixotic and silly to arrest you for watching.

[@fisheatinweasel]

Awesome vid!

[@Legndricky1]

it looks like hell

[@suethomas6719]

How close is anything to do with the volcano to your place? The lava is on the move again. Thanks for the update, Scott.

[@alisonthomas47]

Counted up the street intersections as Scott was driving towards the action in the previous video and when lookin at a map I’m pretty sure he’s way the opposite end of the estate. BTW, thanks Scott if you do read to this comment for videoing from closer to your home as it gives more of an idea of how far you are away from everything happening. It’s not that we don’t believe you but just adds mor3 comfort that you are safe and ok

[@MarieSmith-hn3qt]

This looks like a bad nightmare. Unreal is so right. Praying for your safety and safety of all effective

[@cats.crafts.cookie]

You won't get trapped? What about delivery of goods to the island?

[@Ddgi-u73]

Hi Cookie, this lava flow is covering a small part of a large island. It's difficult to convey tone through text but I mean this most helpfully with no disrespect meant.

[@Ddgi-u73]

I'd link you to the USGS Volcano Hazards Program Lower East Rift zone map, but KZbin won't let me. Search it out on Google to get an idea of the scale. Cheers.

[@cats.crafts.cookie]

gravitycavity I've seen an over view, but with these videos it's like omg since they are so close.

[@Ddgi-u73]

Yeah I follow you. It's definitely a huge item of concern. I'd hate for Scott to get in a situation where he's cut off. Fortunately, he seems to have a lot of situational awareness and is on top of it. Cheers.

[@smartalex2578]

cookie Yes, Scott is taking a calculated risk. As for goods to the island, the lava has covered about 8 square miles. The Big Island is 4,028 square miles (larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined) and growing. The affected area is no where near the ports and airports.