Volcanic eruptions have occurred on the Island of Hawai‘i since its creation. Records of the eruptions exist since the beginning of human observation. Being an island home to active volcanoes, eruptions are an ever-present threat. The most recent major eruption event on the Island of Hawai‘i prior to 2018 was in 1984 from the Mauna Loa volcano. Since earliest Western recordings, there have been 33 eruptions on the island (Rubin 2018). While there has been a steady trickle of lava from Kīlauea since 1983 (Neal et al. 2019), the 2018 eruption was a major shift in the type of volcanic activity that most residents experienced in their lifetime.