"It's time. To call. A real-tor."

obscure?

With a name like Kil-a-uea, the volcano gave fair warning.

Paris1127: doublesecretprobation: i think that guy was on one of andrew zimmern's shows, or no reservations. can't remember.

No Reservations. If it makes him feel any better, lava (although it varies from volcano to volcano) is verrrryyyyyyyyyyy sssssssssssssssssslllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

Hawaiian lava can travel very quickly at times; it all depends on how much gas is trapped in it when it reaches the surface.

Unimpressed:


/obscure?

Yeah. But the views are incredible.

I wonder what the resale value of the house is.

clapps for subby

If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because man, they're gone.

So what does that say about hurricanes?

Some people just don't get things like that.

/So is living below sea level next to a sea.

Does lava on the property violate HOA rules? Be careful cause those fines can really add up...

That's Hot!

\hot like Paris Hiltons's Cooter

Like Sam Kinison's view on world hunger.

Just move!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKNoJ2BzSRU&feature=related

If there is one thing I don't miss about living in Hawai'i, it is the endless stream of white people trying to talk in pidgin, pretending that they are somehow attached to the ancient culture through the purchase of property.

That's Jack Thompson's house.

I hope it burns down.

numbone: Like Sam Kinison's view on world hunger.

Just move!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKNoJ2BzSRU&feature=related

In a fine career, that was probably the most ignorant bit he's ever done.

/unlike most farkers, i've used ignorant properly here

inelegy: Unimpressed:


/obscure?

Isn't that the guy who refused to move away from Mount St Helens when it erupted? Can't remember the name.

It's been said once before
but it bears repeating.

So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddie, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself ... So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one -- big hitter, the Lama -- long, into a 10,000 foot active volcano, right at the base of a housing development. And do you know what the Lama says? 'Gunga galunga, gunga -- gunga galunga. Your house is going to burn'"

m1ke: If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because man, they're gone.

yes

/Jack Handey ftw

George Bush doesn't care about black people dudes who stay in their house a football field away from a lava flow just to prove a point.

inelegy: Unimpressed:


/obscure?

Still telling the world to get off his lawn while under 180' of debris..

Found it... Harry Randall Truman (new window)

haddie: If there is one thing I don't miss about living in Hawai'i, it is the endless stream of white people trying to talk in pidgin, pretending that they are somehow attached to the ancient culture through the purchase of property.

Considering it's a defense mechanism from getting attacked/passive-aggressively crapped on by the locals, what else is there for the "haole" to do? If they "go home" then suddenly the state is SOL, at least without the bases AND the "white" tourists.

/not from Hawaii
//know entirely too many people with horror stories from growing up there
///unofficial racist beatdown day in school is racist

inelegy: Unimpressed:


/obscure?

Harry R. Truman is obscured by about 100 feet of former mountainside.

Other than that, no.

Gin Rummy: TFA says it's near Jack Thompson's house. Is it the Jack Thompson I hate am thinking of?

potterydove: That's Jack Thompson's house.

I hope it burns down.


Sadly, no. I wished that Jack Thompson would DIAF and lava would be a REALLY cool way to do it but this is not he. See?

When the lava burns, mama you got to move, oh well, oh well.

m1ke: If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because man, they're gone.

Bendal: Paris1127: doublesecretprobation: i think that guy was on one of andrew zimmern's shows, or no reservations. can't remember.

No Reservations. If it makes him feel any better, lava (although it varies from volcano to volcano) is verrrryyyyyyyyyyy sssssssssssssssssslllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

Hawaiian lava can travel very quickly at times; it all depends on how much gas is trapped in it when it reaches the surface.

Cool Story time: When I went to the big island of Hawaii I got to look into a skylight down onto an active lava tube. Within this enclosed conduit the lava was flowing quite fast- almost as fast as someone could run, maybe? It was hard to tell because the hole we were looking through was only a meter or two wide. I imagine the velocity slows down once it erupts onto the surface, but I don't know how much.

Feel bad for this guy, though. Good for him for sticking it out, but probably time to leave!

Some advice for potential land buyers- the whole southeastern part of the big island is a high risk environment. There are a lot of active vents that could send a flow your way, and much of the area is made of crappy rock that is heavily faulted and prone to subsidence. Its really a question of weather a landslide or lava flow will get you first.

jayessell: m1ke: If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because man, they're gone.

I like how that guy is wearing heat-shielding gloves along with his shorts.

numbone: Like Sam Kinison's view on world hunger.

Just move!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKNoJ2BzSRU&feature=related

Why won't he stop yelling? Is that supposed to be part of the joke? Kinison's antics gave rise to Dane Cook, no matter how much his groupies refuse to believe it.

He. Just. Isn't. Funny.

Did anyone else read the URL as Hawaiian Ew Snow .com?

I blame Grand Theft Auto

I saw a show on Discovery channel one time about a guy doing volcano research. When it was time for his lunch break he got a Hot Pocket out of his backpack, wrapped it in foil and just put it on the ground by where he was working. A couple minutes later he picked it back up, unwrapped, took a bite of it and you could see steam coming out of it. He must've had really good shoes.

zez: I blame Grand Theft Auto

I was hoping it would be that Jack Thompson. A volcano burning his house down would make my day.

"Fires are burning on the Big Island of Hawaii as a surge of lava pulses down slope through as many as six tubes"

What in the Samhell does the Internets got to do with this??

They must have good speeds on the Big Island. That's 5 more tubes then I got.

haddie: numbone: Like Sam Kinison's view on world hunger.

Just move!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKNoJ2BzSRU&feature=related

Why won't he stop yelling? Is that supposed to be part of the joke? Kinison's antics gave rise to Dane Cook, no matter how much his groupies refuse to believe it.

He. Just. Isn't wasn't. Funny.

FTFY

BalugaJoe: Yeah. But the views are incredible.

I wonder what the resale value of the house is.

Probably higher now that the new maintenance free yard has just been installed.

/also free radiant heating
//and you automatically get to be president of the HOA
///too many benefits to mention!

So is the Hawai'ian internet a series of > tubes?

Anodos: So is the Hawai'ian internet a series of > tubes?

that was supposed to say Lava tubes... now the joke is staler than it was before. *sigh*

For some odd reason, I'm reminded of the man who said, he was going to build a castle in the swamp and everyone told him he was crazy. So he built it anyway and it sank into the swamp. So he built another one. That one fell over then sank into the swamp. So he built another one. That one caught on fire, then fell over and sank into the swamp. So he built another one... You know the rest of the story.

MorningBreath: I thought nature's way was in a song (new window)

Came for the spirit reference, leaving satisfied

This thread has potential.

Here's the second GIS result for "tubes":



That's Mars. Get your head out of the gutter.

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2002/046/realtubesII.htm