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U.S. NEWS Monday 7 May 2018

HAWAII VOLCANO About 240 people and 90 ized it was too soon to be
Continued from Front pets spent Saturday night sure when, or if, it would be
There was no indication at shelters, the American safe from the moving lava.
when the lave might stop Red Cross said. "I'm somewhat fatalistic: if
or how far it might spread. Officials let some residents it happens, it happens," he
"There's more magma in return briefly Sunday to said.
the system to be erupted. fetch pets, medicine and "And I'm enjoying life here,
As long as that supply is documents. so you know, you put up
there, the eruption will con- The number of lava-vent- with a lot of things here. This
tinue," U.S. Geological Sur- ing fissures in the neighbor- is one of them."
vey volcanologist Wendy hood grew overnight from Noah and Laura Dawn
Stovall said. eight to as many as 10, own a retreat center about
Traditional Hawaiian beliefs Stovall said, though some 3 miles downhill from the
say it depends on Pele, the have quieted at various most active vents They
volcano goddess who is points. Regardless, USGS were clearing out items
said to reside in Kilauea. scientists expect fissures to Sunday and relocating up
"You have to ask Pele," keep spewing. the coast indefinitely.
Steve Clapper said when The lava could eventually "We're just removing all
asked whether he had any be channeled to one pow- things of value to us and
idea when he'd return to his erful vent while others go precious things because I
Leilani Estates home. dormant, as has happened have the feeling it could Lava burns across the road in the Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Ha-
Clapper had to put his ail- in some previous Hawaii get real - real, real fast," waii, Saturday, May 5, 2018.
ing 88-year-old mother into eruptions, Stovall said. Noah Dawn said.q Associated Press
a car and leave shortly Kilauea (pronounced kill-
after hearing an ominous ah-WAY'-ah), one of the
rumbling behind the house. world's most active volca-
He believes he saw its roof noes, has been erupting
still standing in photos of the continuously since 1983.
area but can't be sure. Still, The USGS's Hawaiian Vol-
the California native was cano Observatory issued
sanguine as he assessed his a notice in mid-April that
situation. there were signs of pressure
"What can you do? You building in underground
have no control over it," magma, and a new vent
Clapper said as he started could form on the cone or
his day at a nearby evacu- along what's known as the
ation shelter. "Pele's the East Rift Zone. Leilani Es-
boss, you know." tates sits along the zone .
Cherie McArthur wondered The crater floor began to
what would become of her collapse Monday, trig-
macadamia nut farm in La- gering earthquakes and
nipuna Gardens, another pushing lava into new un-
evacuated neighborhood derground chambers that
near Leilani Estates. One carried it toward Leilani
of the year's first harvests Estates and nearby com-
had been planned for this munities. A magnitude-6.9
weekend. earthquake — Hawaii's
"If we lose our farm, we largest in more than 40
don't know where we're years — hit the area Friday.
going to go. You lose your It set Michael McGuire's
income and you lose your car rocking in his drive-
home at the same time," way, knocking things off his
said McArthur, who's had shelves and shattering glass
the farm for about 20 years. in his cabinets in an area
"All you can do is pray and near Leilani Estates.
hope and try to get all the He hoped to check on his
information you can." home Sunday. But he real-