Hi Scott, It's nice you took Charles along with you. This video was like a night mare, and the road was freaky. It was sad seeing that statute sitting alone in that yard.I still can't believe how bad that road was.Thanks for taking us along.
As always, Scott, your video ends up making it so much more real than the ones where the videographer is concentrating only on the dramatic. My heart goes out to the people whose homes are underneath all that, or next to it and heavily damaged.
Oh wow....the chair...LOL. Great video. (We know what you're tryin to say, lol). Combined with all of your earlier videos this should be the stuff of a serious documentary about what happened. I got a chill seeing that house still standing in what is now F8's back yard. (Hi Charles)
Awesome shots. Not sure if you have the ability but it would be cool if you could put a little road map in the corner with a dot on it showing where you are standing relative to the Fissur in each shot. You would get the most views ever if you started doing that
Hi Scott and Charles Thank you for another amazing video. After seeing the damage to the house with the water pitcher, I don't see how any of the residents will be able to move back to their homes. The corrosion to the nails and supports and wires would be difficult to see and dangerous.
We never even considered that the sulfur would have such a long lasting effect and permeate everything or be as corrosive as it is. This has been a great learning experience for my husband and me. Mahalo Scott for all you have shown us.
Somehow it seems strange to be seeing these locations without all the smoke, clouds, and orange covering the sky. The contrast with today's video with blue sky and fluffy white clouds is quite striking
Thanks for sharing Scott!! Prayers to all that lost everything. Everytime you stepped over a crack i'd hold my breath! The tefra sounded like the road was collapsing.
Wow, Scott. This is so neat yet so sad to see all the devastation and so much lava! That house you showed at the start was probably the closest house to #8 still standing. That might be uninhabitable. It's really amazing to see the outcome around #8! The cracks in the road are so big and extend a good distance. That deep hole was really eerie to see. Oh boy! How terrible the damage is! Are you able to find the lone tree and see where it is streetwise? That would be neat to see. Thank you, Scott, for exploring! It is really amazing seeing things after the eruption. Very interesting. You take care! Til soon! ~ Barb :-) ♡
WOW Big Daddy looks so huge just like seeing Mt. St. Helens from the Johnston observatory 6 miles away from the Mountain in our State. And hey what was that Roar sound SO2 venting or wind? Seeing this was so staggering since I started watching your videos from day1 or 2 of this eruption. Thanks Scott Oh be safe in Hurricane Olivia sending prayers
Hi Scott & Charles. Still mesmerizing! The destruction is so massive. That chair has been on my mind for months!!! Weird that it survived when so much else is gone. Thanks for sharing.
Wow.. Awesome footage. Somehow I thought the flows around 8 would be taller! I think I still would have been quite nervous getting so close with all the steam and heat coming from the cracks. Thanks for your bravery!
Your caring reporting is fascinating. I learn so much from watching your videos. I'd rather look at your work than any government website. You care and it shows in your voice. It makes me sad to see the tragic destruction you and your neighbors face. I pray it will restore soon and that the volcano will leave you all alone to enjoy your lives. Please keep up the excellent work and stay safe! Best to you from Gainesville, GA.
Wow, another great video!! Looks like there is still a lot of hot spots out there. Those cracks are amazing. Keep safe while wondering around out there! So looking forward to the next video!!!
Gorgeous day, beautiful colors on the lava. Lots of new discoveries and old familiar places to get updates on. Mahalo Scott! By the way, it looks like your skinned knee is healing.
Great stuff as usual, though always sad to see so much destruction. It would actually be really neat to see a video showing the progression of the event at various locations, both to show how drastically the areas changed and all the temporary features you documented that ended up being covered later.
Thanks Gabe! Just what I was interested in. I stayed in Pa’u for July and flew over Fissure 8, something I will be grateful for for the rest of my life. You do a fantastic job explaining everything and giving us a view into how parts of Leilani Estates were devastated I like how you respect the residents, the volcano, and the spirit of locals dealing with this issue.
Incredible...just incredible....I wish the cones and cracks would stop steaming. Is one of those smaller cones #7? The one that kept "spitting" so much gas when 22(?) was so active?
It is likely to take years for thick lava to cool down enough for it to not steam anymore after it was raining - but I don't know how much rain there was in that area, and when.
I agree it takes a while to cool, but I don't think all of the steam is from the cooling process - I think that coming from the cones and fissures is from volcanic processes; it's not the lava field; it's the source.
I'm really trying to figure out how close you are to my old house on Luana when you're standing there at the edge. Quite sure my house would have been at the base of the backside of 8. ..To the south of it. It got covered
It is just amazing. Not only the physical devastation, but look how it has changed the actual topography. The power that was unleashed is just unimaginable; PS I always wondered what had happened to the chair. Mystery solved.. Hope you have a good evening.
Thanks for the update of the area post eruption. Are you already getting ideas for a future fissure 8 cone tour? I would think that eventually the USGS would have a trail put in out to it.
As is all the private property, it is also now Madam Peles and needs to be treated as such...no building or cutting through without the explicit okay if Pele. I know the Hawaiians respect Pele, but many of the "retirement" folk from the mainland just don't understand Pele and her meaning!
See the green trying to pop out again. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for it to come back all green. Creeps me out watching you walk around those cracks in the road. We remember how you had to wear a mask at times because of the steam. Be careful friend. Aloha!
Question - I assume that the original property lines sustain through the event; that number 8 is owned as private land by someone? Or does the National Park/State of Hawaii take imminent domain?
My parents bought property somewhere on the Big Island in the early 70's and it got covered by lava idk when but yeah...they still own the land and pay taxes on it too
Scott Wheeler: that's the law here. They'd have to change the law first - or condemn it (which they have not done in other areas with lava flows or fissures).
Amazing! I sure hope ‘Baby Cone’ does not land up being Big Mama... When you go up to those cracks and big holes, my stomach does little flip-flops. Stay safe. NH JoDe +4🐕
There was a house behind that rock wall, wasn't there? Is it totally gone? So sorry for all the folks that lost homes! Fabulous video. Is it smoke or steam up by big daddy and baby?
Scott the second to the last road you show was that where that shipping container was? that was covered? and can you get to and one house that was cut off I think you called it the pig house?
I don't believe so, he was on the opposite end of Leilani Estates. The dog house house (where the shipping container was) is covered with lava and the pig house is surrounded by lava. It would be too dangerous to reach either area.
I know the dog house house is gone I was asking if that road he was at was by where that shipping container was covered and I figured since scott walk up to the lava river the other day maybe he could get to the pig house should he would have to walk over a old flow to get there but since he was at the lava river the other day I figured it was possible
I don't think he has posted any video from the north side of the subdivision. The ones I have seen so far have been on the south side. I'm am interested in seeing how the end of Kahukai looks as well. When he was in the truck with the GoPro I was disappointed when he turned right on Moku to go to the south end. It's been a long time since we have seen the end of Kahukai (I think ;-) ).
I'm in a state of shock looking at the destruction. Scott, why do you think you are now smelling sulphur? It seems like you weren't for a while? The current signs of activity concern me. you are all in my prayers.
Watching this and seeing all the cracks, I couldn't imagine the fear and anxiety people had when this started not knowing where the cracks would open next. Before the fissures started opening, how long had the increased earthquake activity been going on?
Those steaming fissures remind me of steam locomotives waiting in the railyard with just enough fire in the boilers to keep steam up in case they are needed. Like a slumbering giant! Like I want to tiptoe around them.
Yes like a Rainbow, but this is the result of metal in the lava, like copper or lead and iron etc . It is wonderful to look at, but often unhealthy. Greetings from Germany
At about 50 seconds in or so, & viewing on my only device, ( 2 1/4" wide android screen ) those 2 barricades w/flashers atop appeared to me to be 2 geese afloat on almost boiling water. Our geese are flying south now with winter coming quickly though it is possible that some may decide to winter in Hawaii for a change of pace...Best get those flashers operating in case their vision is failing as is mine.
Your new camera equipment is great. You still pan a little quick for my eyes to follow....sometimes. Not all the time. Chair! Scott's leg! (You tease, you. Smile.) No...no fast zoom. Could see Mauna Loa on medium zoom...then whoosh! It was gone.
Scott because of your unselfish efforts this has been the most widely viewed Kilauea eruption in history.
I feel sad, awed,, amazed by the strange beauty and I feel saddened for residents losses. Different feelings at the same time.
Thanks for the tour scott, can't believe the plastic chair is still in existence.
Hi Scott, It's nice you took Charles along with you. This video was like a night mare, and the road was freaky. It was sad seeing that statute sitting alone in that yard.I still can't believe how bad that road was.Thanks for taking us along.
As always, Scott, your video ends up making it so much more real than the ones where the videographer is concentrating only on the dramatic. My heart goes out to the people whose homes are underneath all that, or next to it and heavily damaged.
The chair, the awesome zooms, #8 (big daddy), so much to take in. So glad your able to get there and show us all this. Amazing
Oh wow....the chair...LOL. Great video. (We know what you're tryin to say, lol). Combined with all of your earlier videos this should be the stuff of a serious documentary about what happened. I got a chill seeing that house still standing in what is now F8's back yard. (Hi Charles)
Thank you for showing us. Amazing! #8 IS HUGE!
Awesome shots. Not sure if you have the ability but it would be cool if you could put a little road map in the corner with a dot on it showing where you are standing relative to the Fissur in each shot. You would get the most views ever if you started doing that
I cannot believe the lava crossings are still steaming. Wow. So surreal. Fascinating video Scott- thanks for sharing.
Beautiful day with so much devastation. Mahalo Scott for taking us along.
Lost for words really so amazing. A whole new landscape
Stunning after images!
seeing "the chair" and thinking back to the beginning... WOW! Thanks Scott. ♥Aloha♥
Amazing footage, Thank you Scott. Saw the Angel sitting guard.😇
It was cool to see the angel sitting there untouched just beyond a flow of lava.
Hi Scott and Charles
Thank you for another amazing video. After seeing the damage to the house with the water pitcher, I don't see how any of the residents will be able to move back to their homes. The corrosion to the nails and supports and wires would be difficult to see and dangerous.
We never even considered that the sulfur would have such a long lasting effect and permeate everything or be as corrosive as it is. This has been a great learning experience for my husband and me. Mahalo Scott for all you have shown us.
I agree
Somehow it seems strange to be seeing these locations without all the smoke, clouds, and orange covering the sky. The contrast with today's video with blue sky and fluffy white clouds is quite striking
Thanks for sharing Scott!! Prayers to all that lost everything. Everytime you stepped over a crack i'd hold my breath! The tefra sounded like the road was collapsing.
Wow, Scott. This is so neat yet so sad to see all the devastation and so much lava! That house you showed at the start was probably the closest house to #8 still standing. That might be uninhabitable. It's really amazing to see the outcome around #8! The cracks in the road are so big and extend a good distance. That deep hole was really eerie to see. Oh boy! How terrible the damage is! Are you able to find the lone tree and see where it is streetwise? That would be neat to see. Thank you, Scott, for exploring! It is really amazing seeing things after the eruption. Very interesting. You take care! Til soon! ~ Barb :-) ♡
WOW Big Daddy looks so huge just like seeing Mt. St. Helens from the Johnston observatory 6 miles away from the Mountain in our State. And hey what was that Roar sound SO2 venting or wind? Seeing this was so staggering since I started watching your videos from day1 or 2 of this eruption. Thanks Scott Oh be safe in Hurricane Olivia sending prayers
Hi Scott & Charles. Still mesmerizing! The destruction is so massive. That chair has been on my mind for months!!! Weird that it survived when so much else is gone. Thanks for sharing.
That was most awesome! First look at the destruction in mid day sunlight. Thanks for exploring for us.
Hi Charles. You two do an amazing job. This video is great, can't believe the size of those cracks though. Thanks for everything you all do
But, THIS guy is Scott. LOL
Wow.. Awesome footage. Somehow I thought the flows around 8 would be taller! I think I still would have been quite nervous getting so close with all the steam and heat coming from the cracks. Thanks for your bravery!
Wow. As you go farther into things. So incredible. Isn't the steam worrisome?
Not to me.
Your caring reporting is fascinating. I learn so much from watching your videos. I'd rather look at your work than any government website. You care and it shows in your voice. It makes me sad to see the tragic destruction you and your neighbors face. I pray it will restore soon and that the volcano will leave you all alone to enjoy your lives. Please keep up the excellent work and stay safe! Best to you from Gainesville, GA.
Wonderful video to show us the after affects.
Dang #8 is so close to them! Hi Charles. Look at that there 😀
You aren't just whistlin' Dixie, that is some awful mess! Seriously mind blowing! Great stuff Scott! Mahalo
Ahhh the chair, I remember those vids
Wow it's like going down memory lane, I'd forgotten about the chair and seeing the rock walls. Happy tours.
Thank you for the update. The devastation is awful . I guess with time the land will heal.
That statue looked like maybe it was Saint Francis of Assisi . That's amazing it survived
Question: is the steam simply a sign of the cooling or is there still activity going on underneath the outer crust?
Thank you so much for this unbelievable video.
Thanks for the footage. You do a great job of covering everything.
Wow Scott! Quite a contrast from when the lava was flowing and you poked it with a stick! 🤣
Hi, did you see St Francis when you zoomed in on the wall?
I saw the statue of what I believe was an Angel, watching over thing's 🕊
There is so much beauty in these. Hope those that lost everything can find th beauty it these cones.
The chair was the first picture I purchased. Iconic
Funny enough, I was thinking about the chair earlier today as people mentioned taking lawn furniture inside for hurricane preparations.
Wow, another great video!! Looks like there is still a lot of hot spots out there. Those cracks are amazing. Keep safe while wondering around out there! So looking forward to the next video!!!
Gorgeous day, beautiful colors on the lava. Lots of new discoveries and old familiar places to get updates on. Mahalo Scott! By the way, it looks like your skinned knee is healing.
Another great video. Bravo!!
Great stuff as usual, though always sad to see so much destruction. It would actually be really neat to see a video showing the progression of the event at various locations, both to show how drastically the areas changed and all the temporary features you documented that ended up being covered later.
You always say that's enough for awhile and you come right back. lol......We know you will be back we can always count on you.
St Francis, still standing!
The cone you zoom on at @ 11:50 is the one that looks like a face looking skyward, when you shot it in the mist last week.
Looks like it’s still fairly active below ground if you are still seeing & smelling sulfur
Fantastic footage-I think I remember some of those spots from when you took footage during the early and middle stages of the eruption.
Me too! Keep juggling the memory Scott!
Just awesome. Thank you
I feel so sad for the people that lost their homes by lava flowing over it and damaged by the sulfur.
Great video. Thanks Scott!
Asked Goliath how his Summer went? He said, "Ruff."
hahaha ♡
Nice to see blue skys over there
I was wondering about the white chair. Thx for the update
aloha
Totally amazing. I remember the lava chair. Loved it Scott. Great job.
Thanks Gabe! Just what I was interested in. I stayed in Pa’u for July and flew over Fissure 8, something I will be grateful for for the rest of my life. You do a fantastic job explaining everything and giving us a view into how parts of Leilani Estates were devastated
I like how you respect the residents, the volcano, and the spirit of locals dealing with this issue.
Oh my Lord, Scott, so sorry to get your name wrong 🤭. But I do like your videos the best of all those out there on the volcano!
At 3:58 into the video on the right is what a appears to be a dog size house, what is that structure?
I was wondering about that as well.
USGS instruments
Incredible...just incredible....I wish the cones and cracks would stop steaming. Is one of those smaller cones #7? The one that kept "spitting" so much gas when 22(?) was so active?
It is likely to take years for thick lava to cool down enough for it to not steam anymore after it was raining - but I don't know how much rain there was in that area, and when.
I agree it takes a while to cool, but I don't think all of the steam is from the cooling process - I think that coming from the cones and fissures is from volcanic processes; it's not the lava field; it's the source.
The tephra chair needs to be shown some respect. Set it upright and place a "Leilani Strong" sign on it. LOL
Great idea :)
Wow!!Thank you 👍💜
Wow!!! the chair made it!!!!
"There's the chair... for those of you who know about the chair." Perfect!
I wonder how stable the chair is now after all that SO2? When I consider the rust in that house near F8...
A plastic chair that I commented on the day it was turned over I still think it was that one lady who did it. LOL
ksbear2 She seemed the sort ;-)
Show you the endurance of plastic. Those darn dinosaurs didn't know what they were doing whe they died and became oil. LOL
Amazing the transformation..must be really strange and sad for people coming back
I'm really trying to figure out how close you are to my old house on Luana when you're standing there at the edge. Quite sure my house would have been at the base of the backside of 8. ..To the south of it. It got covered
Wow the colours are amazing
It is just amazing. Not only the physical devastation, but look how it has changed the actual topography. The power that was unleashed is just unimaginable; PS I always wondered what had happened to the chair. Mystery solved.. Hope you have a good evening.
Looks like Mordor, such a huge contrast to the May 5th videos.
Wow..thanks for the tour
So fascinating to see. It looked like some grasses and trees are trying to grow.
Thanks for the update of the area post eruption. Are you already getting ideas for a future fissure 8 cone tour? I would think that eventually the USGS would have a trail put in out to it.
It is still on private property.
As is all the private property, it is also now Madam Peles and needs to be treated as such...no building or cutting through without the explicit okay if Pele.
I know the Hawaiians respect Pele, but many of the "retirement" folk from the mainland just don't understand Pele and her meaning!
See the green trying to pop out again. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for it to come back all green. Creeps me out watching you walk around those cracks in the road. We remember how you had to wear a mask at times because of the steam. Be careful friend. Aloha!
That was awesome Scott
Yay! The chair made it!
You need to bring that famous chair home with you!
It was cloudy or night when you went to Ho'okupu before, great to see it in bright colour and with a zoom in!
Question - I assume that the original property lines sustain through the event; that number 8 is owned as private land by someone? Or does the National Park/State of Hawaii take imminent domain?
tfb I believe it will become part of the National park or Property of the State
The property owner stills owns it. The state or park does not.
ApauHawaiiTours Thas awesome I hope it stays like that but knowing Governments who knows huh
My parents bought property somewhere on the Big Island in the early 70's and it got covered by lava idk when but yeah...they still own the land and pay taxes on it too
Scott Wheeler: that's the law here. They'd have to change the law first - or condemn it (which they have not done in other areas with lava flows or fissures).
A million and one things and places to see! You'll be busy for a long, long time! :-)
WOW! simply amazing!
Amazing! I sure hope ‘Baby Cone’ does not land up being Big Mama... When you go up to those cracks and big holes, my stomach does little flip-flops. Stay safe. NH JoDe +4🐕
There was a house behind that rock wall, wasn't there? Is it totally gone? So sorry for all the folks that lost homes! Fabulous video. Is it smoke or steam up by big daddy and baby?
Yes
Incredible, wow look how close you were to number 8. The cracks were so wide and deep.
Thank you for taking us to explore the un-forbidden zone.
Scott the second to the last road you show was that where that shipping container was? that was covered? and can you get to and one house that was cut off I think you called it the pig house?
I don't believe so, he was on the opposite end of Leilani Estates. The dog house house (where the shipping container was) is covered with lava and the pig house is surrounded by lava. It would be too dangerous to reach either area.
I know the dog house house is gone I was asking if that road he was at was by where that shipping container was covered and I figured since scott walk up to the lava river the other day maybe he could get to the pig house should he would have to walk over a old flow to get there but since he was at the lava river the other day I figured it was possible
I don't think he has posted any video from the north side of the subdivision. The ones I have seen so far have been on the south side. I'm am interested in seeing how the end of Kahukai looks as well. When he was in the truck with the GoPro I was disappointed when he turned right on Moku to go to the south end. It's been a long time since we have seen the end of Kahukai (I think ;-) ).
I'll be out there tomorrow. :)
Wao amazing thanks for the video
amazing destruction. unreal is right. what was the mound where the steam was really coming out of?
Just another cone or fissure
I'm in a state of shock looking at the destruction. Scott, why do you think you are now smelling sulphur? It seems like you weren't for a while? The current signs of activity concern me. you are all in my prayers.
Thanks Main Street Boxer.
Wow. Just... wow.
Watching this and seeing all the cracks, I couldn't imagine the fear and anxiety people had when this started not knowing where the cracks would open next. Before the fissures started opening, how long had the increased earthquake activity been going on?
Just before the big one we had dozens an hour.
I should have phrased my question better I guess. I was wondering was it just a few days or was it weeks of increased earthquakes?
Those steaming fissures remind me of steam locomotives waiting in the railyard with just enough fire in the boilers to keep steam up in case they are needed. Like a slumbering giant! Like I want to tiptoe around them.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Hi scott it appears the colours of the lava are very similar to the colours where oil has spilled.
Yes like a Rainbow, but this is the result of metal in the lava, like copper or lead and iron etc . It is wonderful to look at, but often unhealthy. Greetings from Germany
@@andyb.7520 Hi Andy from New Zealand - Aotearoa- Land of the Long White Cloud
@@eileenlynetteadams9182 Thank you! Greetings from Germany, right from the middle, where die Fairy Tales of the Grimm Brother were wrote down.
@@andyb.7520 I loved Grimm's fairy tales when i was a child
hay!!!! This is the first time I saw you in real shoes
Bet you can't wait to be able to actually walk up fissure 8 when it's safe to do so, bet you'd get a great view from up there.
At 5:18 to 5:22, there looks like a white statue of St. Anthony de Padua standing. Did it interest you by checking it out?
St. Francis of Assisi?
12:53 The "flies" are a lot louder at that location.... :/ Thanks for the "after" footage!
What's with the doghouse in the road?
The lava chair made it in one piece. Its shocking to see all the devastation that was caused
No aloha? Incredible shots as always, helping me pass the time I'm not in therapy. And Scott...... Nice leg.....!
At about 50 seconds in or so, & viewing on my only device, ( 2 1/4" wide android screen ) those 2 barricades w/flashers atop appeared to me to be 2 geese afloat on almost boiling water. Our geese are flying south now with winter coming quickly though it is possible that some may decide to winter in Hawaii for a change of pace...Best get those flashers operating in case their vision is failing as is mine.
Would love to see someone now do Before and After shots of many of the areas where you were videotaping in the beginning!
Fascinating.
Your new camera equipment is great. You still pan a little quick for my eyes to follow....sometimes. Not all the time. Chair! Scott's leg! (You tease, you. Smile.) No...no fast zoom. Could see Mauna Loa on medium zoom...then whoosh! It was gone.
Chair, yup I remember. As for Moneloah, you couldn't see because of trees before the eruption.