Linked is the article to live feeds. News anchors are reporting a 100 meter tall eruption. Earlier this year, a town of 4000 people (Grindavík) was evacuated due to multiple earthquakes and a...
Linked is the article to live feeds. News anchors are reporting a 100 meter tall eruption.
Earlier this year, a town of 4000 people (Grindavík) was evacuated due to multiple earthquakes and a large crack going through the town. The eruption taking place now is the aftermath
Thankfully, the eruption occured North-east of Grindavik, and the lava is flowing away from Grindavik, The Blue Lagoon, and the Svartsengi power plant....
Thankfully, the eruption occured North-east of Grindavik, and the lava is flowing away from Grindavik, The Blue Lagoon, and the Svartsengi power plant.
I remember watching some behind-the-scenes content about Revenge of the Sith where they said a couple years before production there was some volcanic eruption (in hawaii i think?) & they flew...
I remember watching some behind-the-scenes content about Revenge of the Sith where they said a couple years before production there was some volcanic eruption (in hawaii i think?) & they flew there to get the footage they'd need since you can't exactly get volcanoes to erupt on-demand.
I wonder how long from now we'll still be watching footage from this eruption in Hollywood movies, or if CGI makes that not a thing anymore.
Been there, done that, would not recommend. We bought a house in Kapoho, Hawaii 10 years ago, knowing it was relatively cheap because it sat in Zone 2, 'areas adjacent to and downslope of active...
The only noticeably odd thing about it, is that the land was never 100% stable. Over the years, we noted that the house shifted slightly and there were small cracks that would appear and disappear in the ground. It was clear that the volcano was never fully asleep and there were lava tubes all over that area that were a hazard if you were ever to break through the upper crust.
On June 1, our tiny house and the adjoining cottage were inundated, as well as three vehicles that were on the yard. We had long term renters there at the time but they wisely evacuated several days before and rescued most valuable items with them.
Most of the time the lava flowed fairly slowly, creeping forward a few hundred feet in a day. But a couple weeks after our house was taken, it had formed an entire river from top of the mountain to the ocean and at places it greatly picked up pace. This is half a mile downhill from our lot on June 16: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tqaj56TbB4U
Our land, which we still own, is now 75 ft taller and still warm, 5 years later. Its black, VERY rough and looking pretty desolate, but in time it may recover the lush greenery that used to cover it. Not in my lifetime, but maybe some day. The gov has promised to buy out our property but 5 years later we haven't really heard much about that and knowing how fast things move in Hawaii, it may or may not happen in the next 5 years.
There aren't a lot of pros to losing your house and land to lava, other than being the only person in any social setting who has a story about losing their house to lava. Small win.
Oh, and no we didnt have insurance. The premiums for the house were about 14% of the total value of the house, which means we would've paid the entire cost of a new house in 7 years. Not worth it.f
I can empathize with the people living downslope from the iceland volcano. Its absolutely fascinating to watch it flow, and the pictures are absolutely spectacular. Unbelievable. But at the end of the day there is not a damn thing you can do to change it or stop it, so if it wants to take your land, it will.
Linked is the article to live feeds. News anchors are reporting a 100 meter tall eruption.
Earlier this year, a town of 4000 people (Grindavík) was evacuated due to multiple earthquakes and a large crack going through the town. The eruption taking place now is the aftermath
Thankfully, the eruption occured North-east of Grindavik, and the lava is flowing away from Grindavik, The Blue Lagoon, and the Svartsengi power plant.
https://twitter.com/SquigglyVolcano/status/1737091025057755286
There is some incredible video of the eruption, I've seen reports that the fissure was up to 4km in length.
https://youtu.be/p0msVJNPKNM
https://youtu.be/sCwOCr4aVhk
I remember watching some behind-the-scenes content about Revenge of the Sith where they said a couple years before production there was some volcanic eruption (in hawaii i think?) & they flew there to get the footage they'd need since you can't exactly get volcanoes to erupt on-demand.
I wonder how long from now we'll still be watching footage from this eruption in Hollywood movies, or if CGI makes that not a thing anymore.
Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy.
Your comment piqued my interest enough that I googled it. I didn't just know that already lol
Been there, done that, would not recommend.
We bought a house in Kapoho, Hawaii 10 years ago, knowing it was relatively cheap because it sat in Zone 2, 'areas adjacent to and downslope of active rift zones' The ground was cinder, mostly formed from an eruption in 1960 which was directly up the mountain from the village of Kapoho: https://static.ucraft.net/fs/ucraft/userFiles/pahoalavazonemuseum/images/19098565288-hikapohokilaueavolcanoeruption.jpg?v=1620847611. Our house would've been just on the other side of that active fissure, about 200 ft away.
The only noticeably odd thing about it, is that the land was never 100% stable. Over the years, we noted that the house shifted slightly and there were small cracks that would appear and disappear in the ground. It was clear that the volcano was never fully asleep and there were lava tubes all over that area that were a hazard if you were ever to break through the upper crust.
All was well til 2018 when Kilauea re-awakened at its summit. Lava started to flow out of the main rift on May 3. It flowed very slowly down the mountain, through the village of Pahoa, missing most of the houses, hitting quite a few in the subdivision of Leilani Estates and continuing down to the ocean: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/USGS_K%C4%ABlauea_multimediaFile-2062.jpg/1280px-USGS_K%C4%ABlauea_multimediaFile-2062.jpg
On June 1, our tiny house and the adjoining cottage were inundated, as well as three vehicles that were on the yard. We had long term renters there at the time but they wisely evacuated several days before and rescued most valuable items with them.
Most of the time the lava flowed fairly slowly, creeping forward a few hundred feet in a day. But a couple weeks after our house was taken, it had formed an entire river from top of the mountain to the ocean and at places it greatly picked up pace. This is half a mile downhill from our lot on June 16: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tqaj56TbB4U
Our land, which we still own, is now 75 ft taller and still warm, 5 years later. Its black, VERY rough and looking pretty desolate, but in time it may recover the lush greenery that used to cover it. Not in my lifetime, but maybe some day. The gov has promised to buy out our property but 5 years later we haven't really heard much about that and knowing how fast things move in Hawaii, it may or may not happen in the next 5 years.
There aren't a lot of pros to losing your house and land to lava, other than being the only person in any social setting who has a story about losing their house to lava. Small win.
Oh, and no we didnt have insurance. The premiums for the house were about 14% of the total value of the house, which means we would've paid the entire cost of a new house in 7 years. Not worth it.f
I can empathize with the people living downslope from the iceland volcano. Its absolutely fascinating to watch it flow, and the pictures are absolutely spectacular. Unbelievable. But at the end of the day there is not a damn thing you can do to change it or stop it, so if it wants to take your land, it will.