[ghsc-seminars] GHSC Seminar, TODAY, Thursday, September 20 @ 2pm: Kris Ludwig, USGS

[Rigler, Erin (Josh)]

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*Assessing the Cascading Consequences of the 2018 Kilauea Eruption**"*

*Kris Ludwig*
*USGS, Golden*

The 2018 Kīlauea eruption, which began on May 3 and paused on August 5, is
the longest and largest recent eruption in the lower Puna district of
Hawaii. Over 700 homes have been destroyed and frequent seismicity and
deformation at the summit has caused damage to the USGS Hawaiian Volcanoes
Observatory as well as to critical infrastructure within the Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park, which remains partially closed. To support the
Department of the Interior (DOI) and state and county authorities in
response to the eruption, the USGS activated the DOI Strategic Sciences
Group (SSG). Established in 2012, the SSG is designed to complement ongoing
response efforts by providing strategic science to identify potential
consequences and potential interventions of a crisis event affecting
Departmental resources. This was the first official activation of the SSG
since it supported Hurricane Sandy recovery in 2013. From July 17-19, 2018
the SSG convened a multidisciplinary team of 13 experts to examine the
short- and long-term social, economic, and environmental cascading
consequences of the eruption to DOI resources, employees, and facilities as
well as to the surrounding communities. The SSG Kīlauea team developed
three scenarios focused on the impacts of 1) continued seismicity and
deformation at the summit; 2) vog; and 3) the eruption in the Lower East
Rift Zone. This presentation will provide an overview of the SSG methods,
initial results of the Kīlauea scenario-building process, identified
knowledge gaps, and potential actions that were identified to mitigate
cascading consequences. .

*Thursday, September 20th**, 2018*
*2-3p*
*m*
*  (Mountain Time)*
*USGS, 1711 Illinois Street, Golden, CO*
*Entry Level Seminar Room (204)*

*Note: Please arrive *~5 minutes early* and *bring photo ID* for
airport-style security measures now in place at the USGS building.

Thank you,
GHSC Seminar Committee

Ben
Mirus - bbmirus at usgs.gov
Josh Rigler - erigler at usgs.gov
Oliver Boyd - olboyd at usgs.gov <oboyd at usgs.gov>
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