Hawaii volcano lava flows into power plant, sparking fears of deadly gas release
cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-kileaua-volcano-lava-...Posted May 22, 2018, 3:08 PM UTC
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Looks like they will have to build that power plant again somewhere else or after this is all over in the same spot.
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Because building on or near an active volcano is smart
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For geothermal power? Actually, yeah, kind of clever!
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Except when it's one of the most active volcanoes in the world. But for rolling the dice it's fine but don't be mad when mother nature comes back with craps
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So is building in the middle of Tornado Alley.
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Literally half the continental United States is in tornado alley.
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Some people don't understand tornado alley isn't what it was 30yrs ago just being in TX and Oklahoma..
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Or a fault... Wise
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And earthquake zones
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Ever been to the big island? Do you know of any places there not near a volcano?
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There are 9 zones ranging from highly likely to highly unlikely. The northwest part of the island will probably never see lava again.
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Nope but they are islands where there are not active volcanoes and my point is they are interviewing people who lost their life there. But are acting like how did this happen? You built your house near one of the most active volcanos in the world.. there's always a chance and funny be Suprised
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As cool as the videos look of flowing lava, the impact of damage is not well understood
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How is lava burning everything in its path not well understood?
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Next time you are at Home Depot or Walmart grab randomly 100 different types of items and they throw them in to a raging fire. Nobody will know all the types of chemicals that were made, released, and what effect it would have on people and the environment.
That's also why career firefighters have a nasty habit of get weird types of cancers, and or other types of illnesses. And they have high rate of dying before they reach retirement or really shortly after retiring.
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Combustion of modern building materials is pretty well understood.
This was understood prior to 9/11 and yet firefighters didn’t take particulate/dust and combusting materials seriously enough to wear proper PPE. Edit: Some did, many didn’t.
If something is on fire you shouldn’t be close unless you’re wearing a mask or SCBA.
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SCBA is only going to protect you from inhalation hazards. The potential chemical releases/reactions from the various solvents and chemicals found at a Walmart or Home Depot could have additional methods of entry and hazards that would be extremely hard to identify in the event of the hazard. Likely wouldn’t know exactly what you were exposed to until after it was already over.
I think that’s the point he was making, not so much about typical building materials.
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Because the gasses associated with the eruption are completely safe. Click baity title.
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Bullshit. It's essentially an acid, which while weak enough to not do much to your skin, will totally fuck up your lungs.
Toss in what's essentially glass dust on top of that.
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Mind blown that my comment needed a sarcasm tag, especially with me ending with a comment about the title being clickbait.
The locals got their panties in a bunch after the plant released 35lbs of H2S long before this eruption.
Add to that, the plant shut down a few days ago.
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Sorry, but there's been plenty of people ranting about how it's nothing but steam and the guv'mint is just overreacting and instilling fear for no reason.
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The locals are facepalming about media exaggerations, they're not complaining about under reporting.
On the other hand, the locals were whining about a 35lb H2S release by the geothermal venture.
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There was just a deadly gas release behind me
Yeah, but that was from a fissure deep in the crack!
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