ramit Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) The flow is moving fast, at 500 meters per hour, it has crossed the Grindavík road and running beside the barrier around the power plant. There is great risk that the water pipe supplying 25 thousand people with hot water will be severed, that is Keflavík, Njarðvík, Sandgerði, Garður, Hafnir and Vogar. The houses are heated with this hot water. Switching to electric heating is not really an option, the power station cannot handle that output. My wife and I were looking at houses in Sandgerði and Garður, almost bought one. Glad we chose Stykkishólmur. There is work going on that started some days ago, laying a new pipe in case this pipe goes, it will take a few days to finish it though. Edited February 8 by ramit Added Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) This eruption is over, but things are going from bad to much much worse. Geothermal hot water pumped from the Svartsengi power station supplies house heating for the entire outer peninsula. The old pipeline got eaten by magma, but work had started in January to lay another pipe underground in case of the first one being ruined. There has been a race against time to get that extra pipeline finished, so that during this frosty time, peoples houses wouldn't get damaged and water freeze in pipes. The electric output of Svartsengi is very limited now, heating with electricity creates blackouts and so therefor not a viable option. Last night, just after the new pipe was finished it got destroyed by magma and so now 25-30 thousand people are in freezing homes and all gas heaters are sold out. It will take many days, if not weeks to lay another pipe. Emergency meetings are being held of course. Oh and land has again begun rising under Svartsengi. Edited February 10 by ramit typo Comrade 86, I know nothing and Grumpy Git 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 (edited) Here we go again. Popped just a few minutes ago... Currently, people evacuating the Blue Lagoon (again) Edited March 16 by Eddie ramit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 There was barely any warning time of this eruption, one minute after the warning of imminent eruption was announced, the eruption began. It is somewhere between Hagafell mountain and Stóra Skógfell mountain, in a similar area as the last one. Choppers are flying over to give precise location. Map on this link https://nyr.ruv.is/english/2023-12-27-chance-of-new-eruption-increases-daily-grindavik-residents-stay-at-own-risk-400774 Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 Unlike the previous fissure eruptions over the last couple of months, this one is beginning to look a little more substantial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 Almost 3 weeks in, it's still going strong with a nice spatter cone being assembled. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEMz0hwyfFs ramit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) An explosive eruption began today at Sundhnjúkagígar, close to Grindavík. It had been expected as, magma chamber under Svartsengi continued to fill up while the previous eruption was sputtering to a halt, with a so far record amount of magma quantity built up, at last count being 13-20 million cubic meters. Wind is carrying gas pollution to Reykjavík and east of Reykjavík. @Eddie How it began: Edited May 29 by ramit wording Eddie and Comrade 86 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 Exactly the same spot as before. The earthquake swarm last night seemed to indicate that we were in for another show. Well, it is tourist season, of course. ramit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Nice footage here, but 50 meter lava fountains this was not, earlier today more like 200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 7 hours ago, ramit said: An explosive eruption began today at Sundhnjúkagígar, close to Grindavík. It had been expected as, magma chamber under Svartsengi continued to fill up while the previous eruption was sputtering to a halt, with a so far record amount of magma quantity built up, at last count being 13-20 million cubic meters. Wind is carrying gas pollution to Reykjavík and east of Reykjavík. Beautiful and mildly terrifying at the same time. Never seen this sort of fissure eruption before, only the more traditional volcanic stuff. As always, I trust you and yours and your fellow Icelanders foer that matter, are staying safe. ramit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Yet more spectacular footage. Just wow... Eddie and ramit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 17 hours ago, Carl Sagan said: Yet more spectacular footage. Just wow... This series of eruptions has seen many collapses and spectacular footage 9 minutes of awesomeness. Could not be embedded, click the link instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOIJFFT9kw Carl Sagan and Eddie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 10 hours ago, ramit said: This series of eruptions has seen many collapses and spectacular footage 9 minutes of awesomeness. Could not be embedded, click the link instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOIJFFT9kw Woah! Sounds like quite a crowd - how safe is it to be that close, or does the guy just have a massive zoom lens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) 8 hours ago, Stive Pesley said: Woah! Sounds like quite a crowd - how safe is it to be that close, or does the guy just have a massive zoom lens? It is not safe at all. For a second you can see the heads of people standing on the edge of the lava spread, it can seem hardened, but magma can spurt from under it at any given instance. People are warned repeatedly not to get too close and always stay upwind, but many don't listen, it is a minor miracle no fatalities have occurred..yet. Edited June 4 by ramit wording Stive Pesley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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