Mauna Loa iyashukumisa. Kule veki ngaphezulu ibubu leenyikima ezincinci ishukumise incopho yeHawaii, kulandela ukwanda kwenyikima kwindibano iinyanga. Ezi nyikima zisenokuthetha ukuba yeyona volcano inkulu ehlabathini ukuvuka , Oko kunokuthetha ukuqhuma kweMauna Loa ukusukela ngo-1984.
Ngoku, usenokucinga, Hee, ingaba intaba-mlilo yaseHawaii ayizange idubule nje kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo? Ayikhuphi, luhlobo lwangoku? Ewe ulungile, uKīlauea ngu-c ngokukhawuleza kuqhuma ngokukhawuleza kwaye sele inamashumi eminyaka. Kwaye kukho Ukuqhuma okukhulu kwi-2018 (ifanekisiwe) ethe tyaba indawo yokuhlala yonke kwaye yahambisa abantu abangama-2000 ngelixa isongeza iihektare zomhlaba ezingama-800 kwiSiqithi esikhulu. Kodwa iKīlauea ayifani neMauna Loa.
Isiqithi esikhulu saseHawaii si yenziwe Ntlanu zahlula mlilo : IKīlauea, Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, Hualālai, kunye neKohala. UKohala akasekho kwaye IMauna Kea ihlelwa njengeleleyo kwaye khange iqhume kangangeminyaka eliwaka, kodwa ezinye iintaba-mlilo zisasebenza, kubandakanya nentaba-mlilo yesithandathu esemanzini, ubukhulu beLō‘ihi .
IKilauea yeyona ntaba-mlilo isebenzayo emhlabeni kwaye ibisekhaya ukuqhuma okuqhubekayo ePuʻu ʻŌ'ō crater ukusukela ngo-1983 ukuya ku-2018. Intaba ende , esenza isiqingatha sesiqithi esikhulu, yeyona ntaba inkulu ehlabathini kunye neyona volcano inkulu. Idubule amatyeli angama-33 ukusukela ngo-1843 kodwa ayikaze ibone kuqhuma okanye ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo kwintaba yengqungquthela, eyaziwa njengeMoku‘āweoweo Caldera, ukusukela ngo-1984.
Wonke lo msebenzi, kwaye, enyanisweni, ubukho bonke besixokelelwano sesiqithi saseHawaii, kungenxa yesitya sePasifiki somhlaba esihamba kancinci siwela indawo eshushu kwingubo yomhlaba ziisentimitha ezimbalwa ngonyaka, esidibanisa ukujikeleza Iimayile ezingama-32 kwisigidi seminyaka. Imagma inyuka kwindawo eshushu iyatyhalela phezulu kwaye iphume Iintaba-mlilo ezikhuselekileyo zaseHawaii , zikhula rhoqo kwezi ziqithi. Njengokuba imagma kunye neegesi ezingaphantsi kweentaba-mlilo zinyuka zize zikhuphe, zenza ukuba umhlaba ushukume. Ke iinyikima ezingaphezulu sisalathiso sokwenzeka kokuqhushumba. Ngaphambi kogqabhuko lwangaphambili, bekukho iipikisi ezinkulu zenyikima.
Uqhushumbo lweMauna Loa ngo-1984 lwalulukhulu kwaye lunamandla, kunye nokuhamba mlilo komlilo kusongela elona ziko likhulu labemi kwiSiqithi esikhulu, isixeko saseHilo. Ilave yamisa kuphela i-7 yeemayile ukusuka esixekweni, eyayinethamsanqa. Ngoku iMauna Loa ishukuma kwakhona, i I-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory e-USGS ikhumbuza abahlali ngoku lixesha lokuphinda ujonge izicwangciso zokuqhuma. Kuyafana nokulungiselela ixesha lenkanyamba, ukuba nesicwangciso sogqabhuko kwangaphambili kunceda ngexesha likaxakeka.
Kwaye kuxhomekeke kwindawo kunye nendlela uqhushumbo olwenzeka ngayo eMauna Loa lwenzeka, kukho umahluko omkhulu kwisantya apho udaka lwentaba-mlilo lunokufikelela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo, njengoko kubonisiwe yile mephu isuka kwi-USGS.
Ngoku, inyikima eseMauna Loa okwangoku ayisiyonto xa ithelekiswa no-1984, okanye olunye uqhushumbo… okwangoku. Kodwa ngezi ntaba-mlilo, yinto enkulu ukuba nini kwaye ayizukuphinda idubule, xa unikwa umsebenzi oqhubekayo eMauna Loa, kunye nezinye iintaba-mlilo zaseHawaii.
Kufanelekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba asinakuqiniseka nokuba ungagqabhuka phi udaka lwentaba-mlilo. Ukugqabhuka kwentaba-mlilo okuphuma kuqhushumbo lwaseKilauea ngonyaka ka-2018 akuzange kuphume kumngxuma odumileyo kodwa kwaphuma kwiindawo ezininzi ezaqhekeka kwindawo ekuhlalwa kuyo. Oososayensi banethemba lokuqikelela nokulungiselela olu dubulo, kwaye balumkise abantu ukuba bahlale belumkile, kodwa kukho intetho eHawaii malunga nothixokazi wentaba-mlilo ekwabelwana ngayo nam ngumhlobo wam owafunda ngeentaba-mlilo apho: uPele uya apho afuna khona . Xa uPele eqala ukuhamba, konke esinokukwenza kukuphuma endleleni kwaye sinethemba lokuba uya kulumkisa.
(nge: UMaui ngoku , umfanekiso: Mario Tama / Getty Izithombe)
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