{"id":80402,"date":"2018-06-01T11:57:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T21:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=80402"},"modified":"2019-03-25T16:05:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T02:05:15","slug":"kilauea-eruption-brings-hilo-graduate-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/01\/kilauea-eruption-brings-hilo-graduate-home\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u012blauea eruption brings <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo graduate home"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aUwyQzy_7V4?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80437\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hilo-mulliken-road-damage1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hilo-mulliken-road-damage1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Person standing on one side of a huge crack in the road\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hilo-mulliken-road-damage1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hilo-mulliken-road-damage1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine Mulliken surveying road damage. Photo: <abbr>USGS<\/abbr><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> graduate <strong>Katherine Mulliken<\/strong> was captured in one of the most dramatic photos taken of the eruption on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island. Mulliken was born and raised on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island and grew up in Volcano Village right outside <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Volcanoes National Park. She works as a geologist for the <a href=\"http:\/\/dggs.alaska.gov\/\">Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys<\/a>, a cooperating partner of the Alaska Volcano Observatory, but was sent back home to help with the <a href=\"https:\/\/volcanoes.usgs.gov\/observatories\/hvo\/\">U.S. Geological Survey\u2019s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory<\/a> response to the 2018 K\u012blauea eruption.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mostly what I have been doing is helping to monitor in the lower east rift zones, noting activity areas,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Whether flows have advanced or stalled. Whether there is new fissuring in certain areas or fountaining in certain areas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/kilauea-eruption-2018\/\">Read more <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories on the university&#8217;s work on the K\u012blauea eruption.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Important information in evaluating the hazards created by the eruption. Mulliken&#8217;s duties also include collecting samples from active lava flows. The 2012 <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo graduate in geology and anthropology went to graduate school in Alaska, where she lives and works. She says this homecoming is bittersweet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u02bbm really happy and grateful that I get to be here helping out. It\u02bbs been a little hard. You know, it\u02bbs hard to see people really impacted, friends and family,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mulliken is one of three <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo graduates working with the U.S. Geological Survey team responding to the eruption. On top of being well trained, the Hilo graduates have local knowledge that has been invaluable to officials. Mulliken says it\u2019s been nice to see so many familiar faces.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Professors I took classes from are now helping out with the response and providing long-term perspective on activities that they have observed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s not surprised that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/28\/uh-hilo-vital-role-historic-eruption\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo offered to house the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory<\/a> after it was forced to evacuate its building at the summit of K\u012blauea because of the explosive events occurring there.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;(It\u2019s) really reflective, I think, of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>i in general. Everyone wants to help out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a big reason why she hopes to return home for good and use what she learned at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo, to serve her community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80436\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hillo-mulliken-lava-collecting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hillo-mulliken-lava-collecting.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hillo-mulliken-lava-collecting-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine Mulliken collecting a lava sample. 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