The author moves away from his discussion of Iceland's 1973 lava eruptions to talk about Hawaii's volcanoes. Describe what he writes about the U.S. Army Air Corps' attempts to stop lava from burying Hawaii's towns and cities.

The author states that in 1935, the U.S. Army Air Corps bombs an insulating vent on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii in an attempt to protect nearby communities from lava flows. The lava flows are redirected because of the resulting debris. It is not clear how effective this approach is, however, because Mauna Loa soon stops erupting.