Tell that to the people on #HawaiiIsland who could be endangered if an eruption of #Kīlauea encroaches on homes and communities nearby — as it did in 2018.
An eruption of #Kīlauea in 2018 encroached on homes & communities, destroying over 700 dwellings. Luckily, no one died, though 24 people were injured. Only it wasn’t luck.
Eleven #HVO scientists provided 24/7 guidance at the county #EOC in #Hilo & at the state #EOC on Oahu, to assist local #EmergencyManagers & decision makers, so they could safeguard lives and property. The work of #USGS scientists at #HVO and #AVO SAVES LIVES. https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2020/1041/ofr20201041.pdf
"Geologists believe that the Yellowstone supervolcano could explode at any moment... Therefore, it suffices to push... the impact of the munition megaton class to initiate an eruption. The consequences will be catastrophic for the United States; a country just disappears."
Who is actually deciding what is worth funding and what isn’t? Is it the 20-year olds? Are they spending more than 5-minutes looking at the details and workings of the service before canceling it, or do they just look at the name of the service and think CANCEL?
They absolutely are not investing any time in looking at details. Their mad dash through the agencies evidences their goal of "move fast and break things". They are incredibly sloppy and lie. Wish we had a politically body that would put an end to this. But No.
“The Trump administration is in the process of closing at least two federal buildings used to monitor #volcanoes in Alaska and Hawaii. The #scientists and equipment in these offices provide critical information about possible eruptions, as well as the release of ash that could interrupt aviation.”
I wonder if their voters know that while federal taxes won't go down (for them) their state taxes will DEFINITELY go up in order to pay for those necessary services DOGE thinks are unnecessary.
I live less than 20 miles from erupting Kilauea on the big island. This is unconscionable given this Volcano has been erupting since 1982 and in 2018 took out over 700 homes and devastated our sacred areas. This is insanity.
Are these people really so afraid of science? Or are warnings of volcanic eruptions against divine will - and it would be better to let the residents die? What do Trump and Musk have against civilization (which, after all, made them „great“)?
Hmm. No humans > no resources for them. Or do you think these people are going to harvest wheat, raise cattle, dig lithium out of mines, drill for oil or build airplanes? Parasites take care to keep their host animal alive.
Freeing volcanoes from government control. The Volcanoes are so happy now. Volcanoes will donate to the GOP, and vote for GOP candidates. Volcanoes will travel to Mar-A-Lago to have dinner with Trump, and buy crypto from Trump.
Where do you see that they are shutting down the monitoring stations? This is bad, but it's relocating the offices for two observatories, not (from what I can tell) shutting them down. They might eventually do that, and then I'll be first to yell about it, but I don't think that's what this does?
Trump plans to terminate leases for buildings that are used to monitor active volcanoes close to population centers.
The scientists and equipment in these offices provide critical information about possible eruptions, as well as the release of ash that could interrupt aviation.
Yes, everybody knows that there’s a promising business proposition for private volcano observers to take over for the bloated federal government. All we have to do is free that untapped potential. 🤪
They imagine a world where if people want volcano monitoring they will pay for it from private VC funded silicon valley start ups. Then .... Profit. It is a truly ridiculous view of the world.
During the last eruption on the big island, Hawaii Volcano Observatory scientists- one in particular whose name I can’t recall- gave briefings 2x/day; helped explain the eruption impact and patterns etc. So now what? One of the strengths of HVO AVO etc was staff stability and comm between offices
If a foreign adversary were to shut down volcano monitoring stations in Alaska and Hawaii in a cyberattack, it would be called an attack on the United States. What is happening now is an unelected individual in partnership with the POTUS is facilitating the adversarial attack from within.
There seems to be no reason for states to send federal tax dollars to Washington, DC, because the federal government is no longer using them to benefit the American people.
Most of us are not interested in paying taxes just to increase the wealth of Musk, Bezos, the Trumps, and members of Congress.
They truly believe that the USGS is standing in the way of a profit centre for a silicon valley, VC funded, start up who could be making bundles of cash if only those evil welfare geologists weren't doing the job on tax payer dime. 🤣
Well traditionally private media has never misinformed the public by over or under reporting scary threats in order to drive up engagement and viewer eye minutes. Say, with a color code perhaps?
So you disbelieve this. I mean weird since it was in the NYT last week and was based on a series of reports from employees of the USGS. Some notional savings associated with USGS buildings were listed on the doge website before it melted down. So I assume your skepticism is in bad faith?
To explain: a private company certainly has every reason to over or under report coming disasters in order to drive clicks and engagement, whereas government stations would not. Therefore, yes, outsourcing this stuff to Silicon Valley would be truly heinous. We good?
The US Treasury is already in technical default but luckily the markets are ignoring it. The foundation of the financial world is rotting junk but demand for it is strong. Mispricing on a solar system scale.
All of this is payback by Karma and Find Out for the many decades that Americans have assumed that the super rich are all geniuses. Some of them are fucking idiots.
Bunch of bureaucrat huggers! This can all be done for way less money with a sack full of bones and the entrails of seabirds.
As long as you know what you're doing.
DisasterX combines AIX, Starlink & exclusive NexReich Douchepanzer technology to alert subscribers to not only volcanic and seismic activity but weather events as well, all through the same embedded Neuralink receiver that monitors their activity and meters their air consumption for billing purposes
There needs to be close coordination between volcano monitoring stations weather forecasters abd tgw FAA since ash clouds from eruptions can have serious consequences for aircraft if the ash cloud development is not accurately monitored, movement predicted, and aircraft routed to avoid them.
I don't even understand the logic of billionaires.
Their definition of "Pornography" is pretty bad, too. Especially when they are the ones caught doing it and still shaken over the surprisingly sincere Star Trek Zorn Parody.
Hypocritical sods and their "my house, my rules!" rhetoric.
Suggest moving the white house from Washington DC to a loacation between Mauna Loa and Kilauea. This would ensure a proper monitoring of volcanic activity.
DOGE, dep of gov extinction, is the most stupid thing ever imagined.
Have we already forgotten that Bobby Jindal’s crack about volcano monitoring as government waste basically wrecked his national ambitions? What a quaint time time early 2000s were.
Christian Nationalists in Washington are cheering on Armageddon! Yay volcanoes!
Yay earthquakes! Yay war in the Middle East!
Yay Antichrist in White House!
Yes, don’t monitor volcanoes. It’s not like they pose a danger to humans(Mt. St. Helens) or property(Kilauea) or can cause planes to fall from the sky…not that you need help with that one. Incredibly stupid and dangerous
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https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/news/volcano-watch-2018-eruption-kilauea-was-big-global-scale #HI #AK #Volcano #USGS #EM #EmergencyManagement #greysky
"Geologists believe that the Yellowstone supervolcano could explode at any moment... Therefore, it suffices to push... the impact of the munition megaton class to initiate an eruption. The consequences will be catastrophic for the United States; a country just disappears."
See what I did there?
Look into it.....💥💥💥
Wait until you get a load of Big Volcano.
https://www.abc27.com/news/us-world/ap-lava-fountain-height-soars-in-latest-episode-of-hawaii-volcano-eruption/
"Volcanos are people too, my friend."
The scientists and equipment in these offices provide critical information about possible eruptions, as well as the release of ash that could interrupt aviation.
Most of us are not interested in paying taxes just to increase the wealth of Musk, Bezos, the Trumps, and members of Congress.
I love it!
Guessing Musk doesn’t care about planes falling. /s
https://simpleflying.com/gallunggung-glider-the-story-of-british-airways-flight-9/
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/iceland-volcano-recalls-near-tragedy-alaska/2010/04/18/
https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/07/alaska-volcano-observatory-sees-50-50-chance-of-eruption-near-anchorage-soon/
As long as you know what you're doing.
This country sucks.
Their definition of "Pornography" is pretty bad, too. Especially when they are the ones caught doing it and still shaken over the surprisingly sincere Star Trek Zorn Parody.
Hypocritical sods and their "my house, my rules!" rhetoric.
He can take care of it.
DOGE, dep of gov extinction, is the most stupid thing ever imagined.
https://bsky.app/profile/tvhilton.bsky.social/post/3liuylcvoc52x
through removal of
news we are entitled to know
isn't that a breach of the
Constitution
& an assault on Democracy
& it's people?
Like it was said by others,
this is
what an enemy would do to us
Turning all that is good to puree
Though the German right wing
May be mainly his thing
Now he also takes cues from Pompeii
Or closer to my home (Portland) when Mount St. Helen's killed 57 people?
Yay earthquakes! Yay war in the Middle East!
Yay Antichrist in White House!
The Church of the Holy Hypocrite
"Instead of monitoring volcanoes, Congress should be monitoring the eruption of spending in Washington DC."
https://www.science.org/content/article/2010s-volcano-induced-air-travel-shutdown-was-justified
A convergence of extreme greed and stupidity