VIDEO: Watch Mauna Loa explode Dean of Hilo looked out the window during his morning workout at about 4:30 a.m. Monday and saw a red light and said, “Oh, it’s explode.
Dean has lived on the Big Island all his life and seen many waterfalls, but Mauna Loa has not erupted since March 1984. Then he said, “Everybody sent ‘Oh my’.
I can’t see it now, but it’s so beautiful after dark.” At three o’clock in the morning, people flock to gas stations in Kona to get gas.
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But as time went on, it seemed as if the press repeatedly emphasized that there was no danger in the city. Schools are open and school buses pick up children on the streets of Kona. The crimson of the night sky made the dawn sky turn purple and blue as the sun rose. Watch Mauna Loa Erupting
Travelers from Kona to Maui see beautiful volcanoes. Now, he waits and watches. “You never know what he’s going to do.” said Dean. “You live here all your life and you know you’re going to leave here one day.
It should be temporary. We did something underground and thought it would explode at some point. It’s fun and scary, but you have to know that if you live here.
Michelle Ardila, who turned 26 today, said she woke up this morning to a message from a friend asking if she had jokingly exploded a volcano on her birthday.
“It’s very beautiful, really beautiful,” Ardila said. “About five o’clock in the morning and the sky was red and everything was shining.”
Ardila said that she and her boyfriend are planning to go see the sequins tonight and they will try to see the event up close and personal. Hilo resident Paula Pua said she woke up around 6:30 a.m. to the news. He said he was on sick leave and would keep an eye on the mountain.
He said he could see it from the driveway. He sees red flames and smoke rising into the sky. “I think we all knew this was coming,” Pua said. “At least the volcanoes are kind of slow and I think it’s good that we can see them.”
