MountainTiger

[quote]Do I hear breathing on the audio? What the hell is that?[/quote] Somebody sleeping. I see that Rusty is awake now....

Looking at the live stream right now. It's very peaceful...it's raining...somebody's sound asleep snoring...and then there's a fountain of lava in the back yard....

Video from yesterday: https://vimeo.com/271418485...

Did you notice the Hedonisia Hawaii Eco Community? I'm curious but I'm not going to google that at work....

The camera is at the house. It's currently pointed at fissure 20 but every once in a while they pan over to 17. 20 is erupting in a fountain but 17 is spattering. [link=(https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1rbnKKgPoFHcLPCyle_PVBDdAmVZqAdzy&ll=19.47292632073874%2C-154.87854904147127&z=15)]T...

If you guys want some perspective, you can plug these coordinates into google maps: House - 19.482500,-154.881000 Fissure 17 - 19.483889,-154.871667 Fissure 20 - 19.474444,-154.885556...

[quote]the guy talking in the video about how much of his property has lava on it.[/quote] The guy talking is a reporter. He doesn't live there. Rusty the Rooster, however, does....

[quote]There's always a way[/quote] Let's hear it then....

[quote]How long do they expect this thing to erupt? how much more damage is going to occur?[/quote] There's no way to know the answer to either of those questions....

[quote]Ran out of Gray Poupon and had to use French's mustard[/quote] I ran out of Maille and had to use Grey Poupon....

[quote]the problem with me is that I can never understand what the lead singer is saying with all the other stuff going on in the background.[/quote] Did you hear "laurel" or "yanny"?...

Off the top of my head: Steely Dan Bruce Cockburn Pierce Pettis Joe Henry Pink Floyd Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler Jules and the Polar Bears/Jules Shear Gov't Mule Elvis Costello Jackson Browne James McMurtry Kathleen Edwards Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry Paul Simon Randy Newman Genesis/Peter ...

Then there's this: [quote]Late last night, the fissure 20 lava flow reached the ocean. Hot lava entering the ocean creates a dense white plume called "laze" (short for "lava haze"). Laze is formed as hot lava boils seawater to dryness. The process leads to a series of chemical reactions that result...

I've got my spine. I've got my Orange Crush....

[quote]How cool would it be to be able to harness some of that energy?[/quote] There's actually a geothermal plant right next to these fissures. https://www.google.com/maps/@19.4751355,-154.8896982,2411m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4...

[quote]Wild to think that is rock. fricking rock that is so hot it is a liquid.[/quote] And some of those videos show it flowing like a river. Think about that for a sec...rock...flowing like a river....

[link=(https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/multimedia_uploads/multimediaFile-2082.mp4)]Overflight of fissure 20-22 complex[/link] [link=(https://vimeo.com/user17788687)]Various videos of helicopter overflights[/link]...

It depends on the music. For example Steely Dan lyrics are often very clever and full of nuance. As AlxTgr said, REM's lyrics are usually meaningless....

[quote]How do old people get so disconnected with the world around them?[/quote] It's a skill that takes some time to perfect. ...

Live feed of fissure 20 if anybody is scoring at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnUr5bhWrBc...