I was watching the Discovery channel the other day, and they said that there is a lot of underwater volcanic activity around the periphery of the Hawaiian islands, and that in the next century Hawaii will add another major island the size of Oahu. Have you heard anything about this?

-- Heather Hiddleson (heather_hiddleson@albertsons.com), January 17, 1999

Answers

Yes. It's Loihi and definitely won't be visible above the surface within our life time 8(((

-- Roy Inouye (roy@bothi.com), January 17, 1999.