Loading ...News tonight is that 30 people who previously refused to leave Kapoho were airlifted out today. They were each cited by the County for failure to leave a declared disaster zone, and will be required to pay for their helicopter rescue. The Hawaii County (this island) Mayor, Harry Kim, was the civil defense director here back in 1983 when lava consumed Kalapana and next year Hilo was threatened by a Mauna Loa lava flow, so Harry has lots of disaster management experience, and he believes in protecting his first responders as well as the people.
And yet there are still some holdouts staying in the Kapoho area.
Mr. Copper… dunno how to trim a search for my posts, but I would recommend you send your friend the USGS link I post with my pictures. The USGS multimedia site has the entire eruption sequence in pictures, and there is a wealth of other info and maps on that site… all at one link. It’s the best source.