Hello folks, i am fine, my family is fine, my trees are fine, there are no gases. Scariest have been all the constant small tremors. Yesterday there were 2 big quakes, one 5.6 and another 6.9. Missed both of those shakers as flew to Kauai on that day for vacation. My place is about 3 miles from active zone, maybe about 2.5 as the crow flies. Am not downhill from active zone, so am fine for now unless there are new fissures opening right above our place. Lava is like any liquid subtance, and flows downhill. So unless the breakout is right above us will not be affected.
Really most troubling of all, not brought up by any of you, is possibility of lava flowing over roads that lead to our farm. If that happens we are locked out. Roads are long things, so probability of lava flowing over them is way greater than it flowing over particular house or farm. If you can't access your place, then it's almost as bad as losing it. Unless you rent a helicopter.
There is a lot of misinformation and dramatization in the news, like the one about Pahoa belng evacuated. The best source of news right now is the USGS website. Good place to start
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/multimedia_chronology.htmlAbout Karen's point of stopping lava, i wish she were right, but she isn't. If she thinks she can do it i welcome her to fly over and try it. It has been attempted here several times before and always failed. It's sort of like people that think they can stop a hurricane or an earthquake. Well maybe some future century, but not possible yet.
Thanks for everyone's concern. Keep in mind that the greatest danger here is to property, land, roads, trees, wild animals, and not life and limb. This is a shield volcano, not like Mt. St. Helens. Lava here is usually very slow moving, there is plenty of time to get out of harm's way. Harder to move a house or a farm.