When the Kilauea volcano erupted in May, I was back stateside but immediately took in the news. It was only days after I returned from the Island of Hawaii, commonly known as the Big Island, where locals and visitors were abuzz in anticipation about the pending eruption. Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes, had been discontented for decades, but she was getting agitated in April when I visited. The pending eruption was evident in the bubbling and spattering […]
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