December 20, 20232 yr comment_925708 Thinking ... I don't even know what to think...Positive, lava-stopping, earthquake-gentling thoughts in a general Icelandic direction. Report
December 20, 20232 yr comment_925721 This seem to be slowing down but we really won't know as the weather is quite shit today. Report
December 20, 20232 yr comment_925726 This picture says quite a bit... That's how close it is to the town. Report
December 20, 20232 yr comment_925730 Yikes! Has it really stopped or just slowed? I can't find any references to the geothermal pipeline being affected, so hoping that is safe for now. Report
December 20, 20232 yr comment_925732 It's slowing down but it could also open up elsewhere... no way to know Report
December 20, 20232 yr comment_925733 16 minutes ago, spritzer said: It's slowing down but it could also open up elsewhere... no way to know Is there any way you can use the heat to bake bread? You know, to commemorate the occasion...? I bet that would be a hot seller. Sorry, completely inappropriate humour. Report
December 20, 20232 yr comment_925736 That's been done before. After the eruption in Vestmannaeyjar, which wiped out roughly a third of the town, people baked rye bread in the lava. It cooks at a relatively low temp (say 140°C) but for a long time so just dig a hole and leave it there for a day or two. Report
December 20, 20232 yr comment_925745 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1BlgiVoD5l/?igshid=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ== VID_32270722_233406_907.mp4 Edit: hmm that does not seem to work in my chrome browser - and it is big - sorry admins. Let me know if I should delete - or how to. Edited December 20, 20232 yr by mikeymad Report
December 21, 20232 yr comment_925773 ...and just like that it is over. Gotta love how bloody random all of this is. Report
December 22, 20232 yr comment_925820 14 hours ago, spritzer said: ...and just like that it is over. Gotta love how bloody random all of this is. Mother Nature is a fickle mistress. Report
December 22, 20232 yr comment_925826 Oh Man! Thinking on the safety of all people there. Thinking of Birgir and his safety. Report
December 22, 20232 yr comment_925851 On 12/21/2023 at 4:33 AM, spritzer said: ...and just like that it is over. Gotta love how bloody random all of this is. Let us hope that it is redirecting not building steam. Now that I live at a base of one volcano and about 60 KM from St. Helens, I have a newfound respect for 'do what the geologist say'. Stay safe. Report
December 23, 20232 yr comment_925872 On 12/21/2023 at 7:33 AM, spritzer said: ...and just like that it is over. Gotta love how bloody random all of this is. It probably went bonkers* several times over. *"goes bonkers" is a unit of time in chaos theory -- it's when the endpoint and the beginningpoint don't remotely look alike. Report
January 14, 20242 yr comment_926897 ...so here we are again and this time it is much, much worse. It started just before 8am here and this was taken just as day was breaking, around 10:15am. This is right next to the town and a second fissure has opened up inside the town so yeah... this is not good. Now the town was evacuated quickly but the first houses have already been consumed by the lava and it can go only one way, through the town and into the sea. There was a serious accident this week in the town where a man was buried alive when he was trying to stabilize some of the fractures in the earth. They searched for two days but couldn't find him so it was decided to abandon the town yesterday. Report
January 14, 20242 yr comment_926902 At least the residents are gone and presumably safe, but this is awful. Report
January 14, 20242 yr comment_926903 42 minutes ago, Voltron said: At least the residents are gone and presumably safe, but this is awful. This. Report
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