"Lava from the Kilauea eruption has boiled away Hawaii's largest freshwater lake in just a matter of hours.
In a statement released on June 2, the U.S. Geological Survey explained that lava from the eruption's fissure 8 entered Green Lake and boiled its water away, sending a white plume high into the sky.
USGS tweeted that lava entered Green Lake at 10 AM local time. By 3PM, Hawaii County Fire Department confirmed that the lake had filled and that its water had evaporated." foxnews.com/science/2018/06/12/hawaii-volcano-kilauea-lava-boiled-away-big-islands-largest-freshwater-lake.html
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 13 2018, @11:48PM (3 children)
Actually, they probably could. Though this was the largest fresh water lake in Hawaii, there were only two fresh water lakes in Hawaii. This lake measured less than 100m X 100m.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14 2018, @05:21AM (2 children)
So they call little ponds "lake" in Hawai... hmmm
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14 2018, @02:59PM (1 child)
Maybe "lake" was the native word for "pond" and it just stuck?
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday June 14 2018, @05:09PM
I think a left wing liberal conspiracy is a more likely explanation for using the word lake to refer to a pond.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.