La Palma is rumbling - What are the implications of a 40 foot Tsunami along the east coast?

[Michael Janke]

Ummm? You don't seem to get it

my point was that this place is a potential liability. maybe its beacuase of the way the land in the area forms, but i said it could fuck a lot of people up within 10,000 years.
my point is to emphasize the potential danger it poses. not to get into the specifics of sesimc events and volcanic eruptions.

 

[12345]

New Bushcraft Bear video:

 

[MadStan]

So just how big has the volcano gotten since this started?

It has hardly grown at all.

It has put out perhaps 100 Million Cubic Meters of Lava.

The island is about 400 square Kms.

If the lava thus far that has emerged was evenly spread it would rise the entire island height by...10".

 

[The golden neckbeard]

Damn shame about all this volcano

Ive learned that the canary islands literally appear to be heaven on earth from all bears videos.

He literally just picked up parsley and ate it out of the ground.

It has hardly grown at all.

It has put out perhaps 100 Million Cubic Meters of Lava.

The island is about 400 square Kms.

If the lava thus far that has emerged was evenly spread it would rise the entire island height by...10".

The vent that is erupting has grown about 200 feet high

 

[MadStan]

The vent that is erupting has grown about 200 feet high

Of course it would. It is the vent.

But to say the Volcano has grown 200 feet would be incorrect. that would be like saying the field as a 10" higher elevation because of one offer mound. The vent is a small part of the volcano, like a tip of the iceberg and the amount of magma required to grow a vent 200 feet by and large is relatively small.

To grow the volcano to 1000 feet wouldn't just require 5 x 200, it would require probably 1000 times more lava.

 

[The golden neckbeard]

Of course it would. It is the vent.

But to say the Volcano has grown 200 feet would be incorrect. that would be like saying the field as a 10" higher elevation because of one offer mound. The vent is a small part of the volcano, like a tip of the iceberg and the amount of magma required to grow a vent 200 feet by and large is relatively small.

To grow the volcano to 1000 feet wouldn't just require 5 x 200, it would require probably 1000 times more lava.

Of course not

Lots of people forget the volcano is the actual island not the vent eruption

 

[RodgerDodger]

Bushcraft Bear's evening report, where he fights off a bat. Oh and there's a Volcano

 

[FatalTater]

Earlier there was a 4.2 earthquake in the Mediterranean Sea near Greece. Tonight the volcano on La Palma is quieter. Did someone poke the African Plate with a broom and tell it to settle down?

 

[BillyGoat2]

I estinated About 30 or 40 stories

It fluctuates alot because of collapses

Got any good before /current images on hand? Tried looking for some examples myself, but didnt have much luck.

Of course it would. It is the vent.

But to say the Volcano has grown 200 feet would be incorrect. that would be like saying the field as a 10" higher elevation because of one offer mound. The vent is a small part of the volcano, like a tip of the iceberg and the amount of magma required to grow a vent 200 feet by and large is relatively small.

To grow the volcano to 1000 feet wouldn't just require 5 x 200, it would require probably 1000 times more lava.

Well pardon my lack of knowledge on correct terminology in the fields of Volcanology and or Geology, But I refer to that large smoky bit spurting molten rock everywhere and not the entirety of the landmass sticking up from the Ocean floor.

 

[MadStan]

Damn shame about all this volcano

Ive learned that the canary islands literally appear to be heaven on earth from all bears videos.

He literally just picked up parsley and ate it out of the ground.

I imagine life is probably pretty nice on La Palma and will be again once the island is not erupting. It is funny when you think about it - there are thousands of "lovely" islands in the Pacific much like La Palma and I have visited half a dozen of them.

They all have this magical quality to them and I think many of us who got here think the same thing - it is a bit like heaven. But after a few weeks there is something you miss about a mainland and you get tired of it.

But for some, they remain. They go native and stay.

I have no explanation for wanting to leave such places where people are generally nicer, life is generally easier and calmer for want of returning to a mainland where things are more chaotic. I have none to offer as I can not explain why I chose not to stay.

 

[Nique la mere de Macron]

it's instructive to compare the situation in France, where the national CP retained significantly more independence from Moscow during the Cold War, and where the concept of nuclear power is deeply integrated into how French kids are taught to be French. I don't know anything about how people living around French nuclear power plants are prepared for disasters but if we have any frogs who know I am really curious.

Not prepared at all for disasters. I live between two nuclear plants, the closer of which is a bit less than an hour away, and people looked at me like I had two heads when I asked if there was anything I should know about disaster prep (in the very unlikely event that something were to happen....)

 

[12345]

When the cement plant got engulfed by lava, there was a lockdown of some of the towns, they had to stay inside, no air conditioning while a volcano was going off.

They can leave now! Can't imagine what it's like there right now, but I am glad the whole thing is getting more coverage overall.

Day 24 btw:

(This one has all the charts and a bunch of angles, but they tend to nuke the fun comments if that's your thing though.)

 

[Prosopagnosia]

I have no explanation for wanting to leave such places where people are generally nicer, life is generally easier and calmer for want of returning to a mainland where things are more chaotic. I have none to offer as I can not explain why I chose not to stay.

And life is cheaper there, they have a more advantageous economic and fiscal regime. They are considered “outermost regions” of EU, so they have a special legal status.

New evacuation order for the 1.500 residents from La Laguna (Source). There is a third pouring from the northwest that threatens urban lands. Residents have permission until 19:00h (local time) to collect their belongings.

 

[T0oCoolFool]

Watching the live stream, it sounds really creepy right now, like a soundtrack to a horror movie.

 

[mold]

Not prepared at all for disasters. I live between two nuclear plants, the closer of which is a bit less than an hour away, and people looked at me like I had two heads when I asked if there was anything I should know about disaster prep (in the very unlikely event that something were to happen....)

well that's depressing

 

[BoobWhiskers]

Got any good before /current images on hand? Tried looking for some examples myself, but didnt have much luck..

It's one of those things where I can't imagine that there aren't some day-by-day montages out there, but hell if I could tell you where to find them. I recently went and sort of looked through the thread here from the start (I think actually because of your comment), and you can sort of cobble together a rough idea between the various bits of footage and screenshots of the livestream.

It's been pretty interesting to see. Started as just a random (if dramatic) fountaining of lava from an otherwise unremarkable hillside, built right up into a pretty stately looking and pristine cone, and then the last few nights that's been breaking down step by step as the lava carves its way through the sides piecemeal. If you do happen to find any sort of progression gallery, I know most people here would be super interested.

 

[12345]

New Bushcraft Bear video:

 

[The golden neckbeard]

well that's depressing

How can you prepare with that scenario?

All you can do is flee. Or install lead shielding but your air amd water still come from outside.

I guess stock up on iodide tablets atleast that will buy you time with your most sensitive body parts.

Maybe a sealed off shelter next to your house


Its an interesting thought experiment on your end.

 

[mold]

How can you prepare with that scenario?

All you can do is flee. Or install lead shielding but your air amd water still come from outside

you can be prepared to flee, first of all, but also like was pointed out earlier, iodine pills

 

[MadStan]

I've been in Lake Toba - or the Caldera there.

It is so large it has it's own weather system, clouds etc. Standing in there it is hard to believe that it was the site of an explosion that made such a gaping hole in the Earth. I'll never forget it. Or my trip to the hospital after eating the food there.