Yesterday, I posted about Loihi, our future eighth Hawaii island (actually there are about 130-plus "islands" in the Hawaiian Archipelago) anticipated to break above the waves in roughly 10,000-plus years. 

To my complete surprise, Loihi was mentioned on today's news. Apparently swarms of earthquakes began occurring within the Loihi Seamount yesterday! That probably means that it is growing, or at least groaning. Who knows?

I just think it is really weird that this would occur the day after I p...
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