Current Events IV: All The News That Fits

[kostgard]

The volcano looks cool. So far it isn’t a threat to nearby towns. I hope it stays safe.

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Mar 19, 2021 19:20:33 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Volcanic Eruption happening in Iceland now!

Apparently the region near Reykjavik, small earthquakes have shook the region in recent weeks in an area that hasn't seen volcanic activity for at least 800 years!


I’ve no idea whereabouts our Iceland Greecie @northernwolf is living but hope no serious impact for her.

Image from Helicopter

Hey @fitz! I live in the Reykjavík area so we are very aware of what is happening. It's not that far away from us. I can see the mountain Keilir from my living room window which is very near the area where the eruption is located.
It’s a small eruption but from the pictures I’ve seen it’s pretty. It is kind of perfect since it isn’t posing a threat to any structures or people. The location is remote. However, after having suffered through at least 30+ earthquakes above 4 Richter in the last three weeks I’m relieved. I am seriously suffering from PTSD. Jumping every time a truck drives by... feeling like my bed was riding waves. The last three weeks have been a very unnerving experience!

[bloomlover]

Mar 20, 2021 6:52:26 GMT -4 @northernwolf said:

Mar 19, 2021 19:20:33 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Volcanic Eruption happening in Iceland now!

Apparently the region near Reykjavik, small earthquakes have shook the region in recent weeks in an area that hasn't seen volcanic activity for at least 800 years!


I’ve no idea whereabouts our Iceland Greecie @northernwolf is living but hope no serious impact for her.

Image from Helicopter

Hey @fitz! I live in the Reykjavík area so we are very aware of what is happening. It's not that far away from us. I can see the mountain Keilir from my living room window which is very near the area where the eruption is located.
It’s a small eruption but from the pictures I’ve seen it’s pretty. It is kind of perfect since it isn’t posing a threat to any structures or people. The location is remote. However, after having suffered through at least 30+ earthquakes above 4 Richter in the last three weeks I’m relieved. I am seriously suffering from PTSD. Jumping every time a truck drives by... feeling like my bed was riding waves. The last three weeks have been a very unnerving experience!

I know how you feel. Last year we had a 5.7 earthquake and for two months I was a mess with all the damn aftershocks. Still to this day everytime a gust of wind or a big truck goes by that make my windows shake and a I start to panic.

[madangela]

It’s the anniversary of the day Mount St Helens started waking up in 1980. I’ve just read “Eruption,” which details a lot of the politicizing that went into some bad decision regarding restrictions to the area when it was obvious that danger was looming.

I remember the time so well; I was in Seattle, many miles to the north, and my bedroom window rattled when (as it turned out) the mountain exploded. It took awhile for information and footage of what was actually happening to reach the world and in our ignorance during that time, two friends and I hopped in the car and headed down to watch. We were so amazed to hit the roadblocks that stopped us many miles away from the mountain, but we could still see the ash plume going miles into the sky. When we finally saw the footage of the destruction, it was completely stunning and almost impossible to grasp.

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Mar 20, 2021 16:23:38 GMT -4 madangela said:

It’s the anniversary of the day Mount St Helens started waking up in 1980. I’ve just read “Eruption,” which details a lot of the politicizing that went into some bad decision regarding restrictions to the area when it was obvious that danger was looming.

I remember the time so well; I was in Seattle, many miles to the north, and my bedroom window rattled when (as it turned out) the mountain exploded. It took awhile for information and footage of what was actually happening to reach the world and in our ignorance during that time, two friends and I hopped in the car and headed down to watch. We were so amazed to hit the roadblocks that stopped us many miles away from the mountain, but we could still see the ash plume going miles into the sky. When we finally saw the footage of the destruction, it was completely stunning and almost impossible to grasp.

To me the 1980’s eruption (or more like the explosion) of Mount Saint Helens sounds like the stuff nightmares are made of! I remember reading about it when I was younger and fearing for something like that to happen in Iceland. Scary stuff!!
Thankfully, even though Iceland is a very active volcanic area we haven’t experienced anything like Mount Saint Helens in my lifetime. Fingers crossed! We have had our share of devastating eruptions in the past though, like Laki (1783-1784) which killed a quarter of the population and its climatic disruptions may have contributed somewhat to the French Revolution a few years later. We are always on the lookout for Katla though. It’s suppose to be her time now. She is a feisty one - she's a bit scary to be honest.

[madangela]

Mar 20, 2021 16:53:53 GMT -4 @northernwolf said:

Mar 20, 2021 16:23:38 GMT -4 madangela said:

It’s the anniversary of the day Mount St Helens started waking up in 1980. I’ve just read “Eruption,” which details a lot of the politicizing that went into some bad decision regarding restrictions to the area when it was obvious that danger was looming.

I remember the time so well; I was in Seattle, many miles to the north, and my bedroom window rattled when (as it turned out) the mountain exploded. It took awhile for information and footage of what was actually happening to reach the world and in our ignorance during that time, two friends and I hopped in the car and headed down to watch. We were so amazed to hit the roadblocks that stopped us many miles away from the mountain, but we could still see the ash plume going miles into the sky. When we finally saw the footage of the destruction, it was completely stunning and almost impossible to grasp.

To me the 1980’s eruption (or more like the explosion) of Mount Saint Helens sounds like the stuff nightmares are made of! I remember reading about it when I was younger and fearing for something like that to happen in Iceland. Scary stuff!!
Thankfully, even though Iceland is a very active volcanic area we haven’t experienced anything like Mount Saint Helens in my lifetime. Fingers crossed! We have had our share of devastating eruptions in the past though, like Laki (1783-1784) which killed a quarter of the population and its climatic disruptions may have contributed somewhat to the French Revolution a few years later. We are always on the lookout for Katla though. It’s suppose to be her time now. She is a feisty one - she's a bit scary to be honest.

The eruption of Mt St H really was a nightmare. The mountain blew out sideways in a way that not many geologists fully expected. For people in the blast zone (there was a restricted area which should have been MUCH larger), there was really no hope of escape. A few survived just through freak luck.

I’m glad what you’re seeing in Iceland is so different. Still astonishing and frightening, to be sure. The possible tie-in with historic events is intriguing!

[kostgard]

I was a little kid when St Helens erupted, so I don’t remember a lot of the details at the time. I remember driving down the highway with my parents and seeing the mountain and the ash plume a day or so after the eruption. At the time we were living SW of Portland, about 80 miles away from the mountain, and we got a coating of ash rain down us. My dad took us to a friend’s house who was closer, and I remember they had probably over an inch of ash on the ground at their house.

A few years later, my dad took us up to the mountain (including some areas where I’m pretty sure we weren’t allowed to go, but he snuck us in somehow). All the trees were still bare and scorched. There was just volcanic rock (like pumice, not the black glass) everywhere. It was like an alien landscape. And then he took us to a ridge that overlooked Spirit Lake, and it was still completely choked with fallen trees (this is the lake before). But I think I was still too young to appreciate the destructive power of it all. Looking back now, it’s completely terrifying. The north face of the mountain blasted off. What if it had blasted the southern face off, which faced more densely populated areas? And every now and again I wonder what would happen if Rainier or Hood woke up. They are both technically active and not dormant.

All that is to say I’m glad the volcano in Iceland right now is primarily just cool-looking, and I hope it stays that way.

[madangela]

If Rainier goes I think we say goodbye to Tacoma. It’s pretty chilling to think about. But I’m sitting here in my house which is basically on top of the South Whidbey seismic fault so it’s just another day of Russian Roulette here in the PNW. LOL.

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@northernwolf good to hear volcano isn’t threatening anywhere but Christ the before it all sound awful.
I had the absolute pleasure of enjoying Iceland ten years or so ago and it is on my I’m going back there for sure list. Thanks to snow and diverted plane I got to see a little of Akureyri as well as Reykjavík
Hope volcano behaves from now on and no more shaking the land and freaking you out.

[kanding]

Mar 20, 2021 16:53:53 GMT -4 @northernwolf said:

Thankfully, even though Iceland is a very active volcanic area we haven’t experienced anything like Mount Saint Helens in my lifetime. Fingers crossed! We have had our share of devastating eruptions in the past though, like Laki (1783-1784) which killed a quarter of the population and its climatic disruptions may have contributed somewhat to the French Revolution a few years later. We are always on the lookout for Katla though. It’s suppose to be her time now. She is a feisty one - she's a bit scary to be honest.

Welp! There goes my Sunday morning! Off to google Laki and how she managed to kill so many people and prod a foreign revolution.