Dusty Chalk Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Thinking ... I don't even know what to think...Positive, lava-stopping, earthquake-gentling thoughts in a general Icelandic direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Hang in their Birgir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinsettawong Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Hope all is well. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 This seem to be slowing down but we really won't know as the weather is quite shit today. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Stay safe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 ^ This. Keep us informed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 This picture says quite a bit... That's how close it is to the town. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 It's slowing down but it could also open up elsewhere... no way to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 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. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 I'm hoping that's Grindavik, not Reykjavik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Hoping for the best. Things look quite scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) 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, 2023 by mikeymad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 I can see it on my phone. Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted December 21, 2023 Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 ...and just like that it is over. Gotta love how bloody random all of this is. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggil Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 Oh Man! Thinking on the safety of all people there. Thinking of Birgir and his safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 ...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. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Via redderp: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Stay safe, Birgir. This time the city seems doomed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 At least the residents are gone and presumably safe, but this is awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 42 minutes ago, Voltron said: At least the residents are gone and presumably safe, but this is awful. This. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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