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Was that a D11 dozer ripping lava on the island, shown on national news last night [may 31,2018]?
Kinda like farting against thunder I Imagine Seen the aerial footage of the lava glowing below the sea water.Does anyone think squirting a little water on that lava would have any real effect? I mean where do you think those islands came from in the first place? If the lava was able to push up from under the ocean and form all those islands do you think a couple thousand gallons of water is going to do anything other than steam the guys holding the hoses like a bunch of lobsters?
I'm thinking it is like dry ice submerged in a tub of water. One might think that the dry ice would cause the water to freeze solid but it doesn't. The water causes the gas to come off the dry ice so fast it more or less does not allow the water to get cold. You can actually touch the dry ice under water and feel the pressure coming boiling off it. Just don't try picking up and out of the water.Kinda like farting against thunder I Imagine Seen the aerial footage of the lava glowing below the sea water.
I'm thinking it is like dry ice submerged in a tub of water. One might think that the dry ice would cause the water to freeze solid but it doesn't. The water causes the gas to come off the dry ice so fast it more or less does not allow the water to get cold. You can actually touch the dry ice under water and feel the pressure coming boiling off it. Just don't try picking up and out of the water.
I have a feeling that the lava causes a layer of steam to form to keep the water separate from the majority of the water forming a protective bubble around it. Might not be the most scientific way to word it but might get the idea out.
I figured some one would have a better explanation of what I was trying to put in words.
And like it says in the article the success may have been in part from the slow speed of the lava or simply it was going to be stopping anyhow!Water has been used in the past and was even successful once in Iceland.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29136747
When I was at a port stop in Sicily a local told me of it being tried on Mt Aetna.
What I see it comes down in Hawaii is money. The neighborhood it is tearing up are blue collar and low income people. So what do you think the response would be if there was a swath of multimillion dollar homes in the way?