Rapid shifting of a deep magmatic source at Fagradalsfjall volcano, Iceland

nature.com ^ | 14 September 2022

[BenLurkin]

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Get a load of this, and note the last paragraph...

Reykjavík Excursions cancel Blue Lagoon trips for three days The head of the company tells RÚV the decision was guided by the interests of staff and customers.

Related...

There is no need to evacuate, but I am not going to the Blue Lagoon myself

Finger-pointing already...

They're from the government and they're there to help!

Some things are universal, aren't they.

The locals, and tourists, if needed ought to bone up on what happened at Heimaey in '73...

[dfwgator]

Or New Zealand in 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5fS76-guQM

[mewzilla]

Holy moly. I hadn't seen that one. Yikes. Thanks for the ping!

Meanwhile...

Increases the danger level in the power plant area and the defenses A geology professor says that the government should immediately give the green light to the construction of dikes due to a possible volcanic eruption. Too much is at stake. He is surprised at the fear of decision and the chaos of information in the whole process. This is best discussed with Ármann Höskuldsson.

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Another we're-from-the-governmemt-and-we're-here-to-help update...

May need to limit power consumption in case of eruption

Check out the bit about not charging your EV at home...

Oh, boy...

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I hope the folks who bugged out of the Blue Lagoon in the middle of the night last night left their cabbies a really big tip.

[mewzilla]

Check out L'il Rooter...

Rangers investigate the smoke in the lava

Okay, who's got the magma nip...

[mewzilla]

Wonder if they’re concerned about eruptions in more than one location...

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An eruption may have started or be imminent…

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https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-11-10-civil-defence-level-of-danger-declared-live-396249

[mewzilla]

FYI ping.

[mewzilla]

Update...

Emergency level of civil defense in Grindavík

They're evacuating the town.

[mewzilla]

Grindavík has been evacuated and the civil defense emergency level has been declared The police chief in Suðurnesj in cooperation with the Civil Defense has decided to evacuate Grindavík. This was announced at the twelfth hour. Residents are given 2-3 hours to evacuate.