the mystery question here. he hit on the part that so many authorities are telling people to prepare for, and that s the unexpected. they cannot really predict the randomness, and that s what makes this so frightening to the people who live on the big island right another now. the roar of molten rock exploding through the earth. new vents spewing lava up to 100 feet into the air like a fountain. the volcano explosion says the explosion at the crater is portion one that could shoot rocks and debreathe size of refrigerators into the air in any direction with ash plumes over a 12-mile area. new evacuations ordered as a 17th fissure opened up sunday morning with steam and lava spatter activity on the kalapana side of highway 132. the first thing i notts noticed was i heard what sounded like a jet turbine. this happened about a mile away from the venture.