Where's River

[A-1 (imported)]

Good for you!

I have moved to a new place, too. Same city, though. The rent is about $900.00 a month cheaper. A great landlord, too. MY son...

[Riverwind (imported)]

GLad tohear you raised your son right.

River

[Riverwind (imported)]

I will not be able to attend the MOM event this year, it will be the first one I have missed.

My landlord/friend is going to Chicago land for 6 weeks, the last two weeks of July and the month of August. I will be left behind on a lonely part of a island, taking care of Nelly and Betty (the cat).

Aloha

River

[Dave (imported)]

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>>http://dailydigestnews.com/2014/05/new- ... in-hawaii/

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According to a statement from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, researchers recently found that O‘ahu, the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands, actually consists of three major Hawaiian shield volcanoes, not two, as previously believed.

The island of O‘ahu is the leftovers of two volcanoes, Wai‘anae and Ko‘olau. But stretching out nearly 100 km from the western tip of the island of O‘ahu is a sizable region of shallow bathymetry (“submarine topography” or the depths and shapes of underwater terrain), known as the submarine Ka‘ena Ridge, that is the region that has now been identified as a precursor volcano to the island of O‘ahu.

Previously, the Wai‘anae volcano was assumed to have been unusually big and to have developed an exceptionally great distance from its next oldest neighbor, Kaua‘i. LiveScience notes, for example, that when the U.S. Navy surveyed the seafloor during World War II, scientists believed the ridges were continuations of Wai’anae.

“Both of these assumptions can now be revised: Wai‘anae is not as large as previously thought and Ka‘ena Volcano formed in the region between Kauai and Wai‘anae,” explained lead author John Sinton, Emeritus Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the UHM School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.

In 2010, researchers made note of the strange chemistry of some odd lavas of Wai‘anae.

“We previously knew that they formed by partial melting of the crust beneath Wai‘anae, but we didn’t understand why they have the isotopic composition that they do,” Sinton posited. “Now, we realize that the deep crust that melted under Waianae is actually part of the earlier Ka‘ena Volcano.”

New data from the Research Vessel Kilo Moana revealed that Ka‘ena Ridge had a strange morphology, different than that of submarine rift zone extensions of on-land volcanoes. Researchers then started gathering samples from Ka‘ena and Wai‘alu submarine Ridges. The data confirmed that Ka‘ena was not part of Waianae, but was actually a third volcano.

“What is particularly interesting is that Ka‘ena appears to have had an unusually prolonged history as a submarine volcano, only breaching the ocean surface very late in its history,” noted Sinton.

Oregon State University’s “Volcano World” notes that beneath the oceans a worldwide system of mid-ocean ridges generates an estimated 75 percent of the yearly output of magma. In addition, an estimated 0.7 cubic miles of lava is erupted. The magma and lava supply heat and chemicals to some of the planet’s strangest and rarest ecosystems.

According to researchers, there is still much to be learned about this large volcanic edifice. The latest samples from the Ka‘ena Ridge will likely help them determine the timing of the most recent volcanism on Ka‘ena.

[Riverwind (imported)]

As the crow flies, the most active volcano in the world is just a few miles above where I live. The current lava flow is just down the road, about 4 miles, this is better then living in tornado country.

The oldest church in Hawaii has been moved twice we pass it going to town its about a mile off the lava flow.

River

[Paolo]

When the parents move back home...oh the horror...

[moi621 (imported)]

Hey River,

Please share what Hawai'i life has done for your old man and service connected ills & pills Rx.

I imagine you have lost weight and feel less aches and pains.

But, that is just my guess.

AND

What do you miss most so far?

Live Long and Prosper

Moi

[Riverwind (imported)]

Rupert, my son, the -20deg temp, the snow, OK the last two are a lie. I have lost weight, and my aches and pains are less its true, its been in the 90s far several days but today is overcast and cool, its noon and only 82. Nelly loves it here, loves rolling in the grass and going on walks its not bad on the old man either, the the walks, I do miss Rupert but don't have a place for him yet, at least I know he at a place where he is loved, and will greet people at the MOM demanding a pat and scratch from all who attend.

The best thing is when I go to bed at night and listen to the waves crashing on the shore.

River

[A-1 (imported)]

When the parents move back home...oh the horror...

...watch who you are calling a horror... only my wife can call me that and even then she prefixes it with the word "man"... LOL!!!

[Riverwind (imported)]

...watch who you are calling a horror... only my wife can call me that and even then she prefixes it with the word "man"... LOL!!!

There you have it people, we always knew it was true, A1 answers to A-Woman.

River