In the last 24Hrs this has escalated to significant lava flows
This on top of economic collapse due to cv19 related curtailment of tourist activities, the islands are having a rough time of it.
Will banana production be bunched too ?
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:48 am
by Seafields
Saw some photos on social media. Spectacular looking event but as you say likely to have economic consequences.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:54 am
by Del.Monte
Am I missing something here as I have seen coverage online but no mention on Newstalk, RTE etc.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:00 am
by isha
At least we are still here this morning and not washed away by a tsunami - come on, 2021!
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:40 am
by schmittel
isha wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:00 am
At least we are still here this morning and not washed away by a tsunami - come on, 2021!
When I saw this news I remembered watching a Discovery documentary years ago about megatsunamis. The name La Palma and Cumbre Veija rang a bell!
Thankfully it appears such doomsday forecasts have been since downgraded!
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:42 am
by Del.Monte
Saw that too and that's why I was puzzled by the lack of mainstream coverage.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:20 am
by isha
schmittel wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:40 am
When I saw this news I remembered watching a Discovery documentary years ago about megatsunamis. The name La Palma and Cumbre Veija rang a bell!
Thankfully it appears such doomsday forecasts have been since downgraded!
But soon Schmittel, sooon...
Fact is it is a very very tiny possibility that a large amount of rock could shear off and it would create a mega tsunami. Some day it might happen. So make merry in the meantime.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:27 am
by isha
Ncdjd2 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:22 am
Tsunami floatation frogs are available on Amazon if your worried about it Isha
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I live on a mountain
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:42 am
by CelticRambler
Ncdjd2 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:34 am
I'm a low lander, who can't swim, living in a bungalow with a hill about a mile away as the crow flies. I'm fecked. .
Time to head for high ground - RTE mentioned it on the news this morning as if the eruptions had just started today.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:19 am
by CelticRambler
dawg wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:01 pm
This on top of economic collapse due to cv19 related curtailment of tourist activities, the islands are having a rough time of it.
We stopped monitoring movement at the Cumbre Vieja in the early 2000s, so have no idea what has been happening since then, and especially in the build-up to the current eruption. Nonetheless, it is important to recognises that the west flank of the volcano remains an actively unstable rock mass that will fail at some point.
We continue to be confident that a major, tsunami-generating, collapse is perfectly possible - even probable - at this volcano, whether or not any tsunami impact is localised or extended. WE DO NOT, HOWEVER, PROPOSE THAT IT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS ERUPTION. It is likely that when the west flank fails, it will do so during an eruption, but this could be 10, 30, or 50 eruptions down the line. The chances that collapse will occur during the current eruption are very small, but we cannot say they are zero.
OK, I get that the chances of this causing a megatsunami are tiny, but having said that, I'm still a bit surprised there is not more chat about it in our news reports. If it did collapse in anything remotely close to the fashion they originally mentioned, it has the potential to devastate the coastal towns of Cork, Waterford and Wexford.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:50 pm
by dawg
Janet ( lives in Tenerife ) provides updates on her blog
Janet and Clio O'Flynn do podcasts from time to time. This is the latest
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:26 pm
by schmittel
It's getting worse today.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:40 am
by TheValeyard
Doesnt look great tbh, but we're far FAR away from an apocalyptic eruption that could affect Ireland.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:59 pm
by isha
Ncdjd2 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:49 am
Shock wave and bang.
Man, I would hate to be there
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:06 pm
by schmittel
TheValeyard wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:40 am
Doesnt look great tbh, but we're far FAR away from an apocalyptic eruption that could affect Ireland.
Are you sure we are far FAR away from such a scenario? I suspect we are far away, but I cannot be sure. Can you? The only thing we are sure of is the eruption and seismic activity seems to be getting more aggressive by the day.
Of course if you put your trust in fact checkers, then all is well.
Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that experts have predicted the eruption in La Palma will cause a tsunami....Experts have thoroughly debunked it....Experts said such a landslide is extremely unlikely
Thoroughly disingenuous article, like the vast majority of the current trend for pious fact checking nonsense. It might as well say: The experts we want to believe, contradict the experts we don't want to believe. So there you have it - thoroughly debunked.
Masca is one of the hamlets in the Teno region. Anyone going to Tenerife should consider bringing their hiking boots ( & day backpack ) and walk some of the trails of Teno area. Its totally beautiful and apart from a couple of routes easy and very safe
Lots of clips of the area on YT e.g.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:44 pm
by schmittel
La Palma coastline getting warmed up...
Translation: A small part of the cliff of #tazacorte in #LaPalma collapsed at 12 o'clock
Translation: A small part of the cliff of #tazacorte in #LaPalma collapsed at 12 o'clock
Their Sunday is certainly more exciting than mine!
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 2:51 pm
by dawg
Even in normal times cliff collapses and landslides are pretty common in the canaries
Many of the roads at risk of rockfall have protection e.g. ( above road on left hand side )
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 3:02 pm
by Del.Monte
Not a place that I've been to and even less likely to visit now,
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 3:32 pm
by dawg
Del.Monte wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 3:02 pm
Not a place that I've been to and even less likely to visit now,
My RPSI cousin tells me that there were no railways* in The Canaries so its probably not your cup of tea over there
* - I dont think he is totally correct about that. I'm pretty certain that there were some 'captive' narrow gauge tracks ( a bit like how Guinness had their train )
Here are a couple of yokes that clutter up ** the pavements of Santa Cruz
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** - If this is 'cluttering up' then we could do with some of it here
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 12:55 am
by quodec
Volcano firing on all cylinders at the moment. Check any of the live feeds. It's spectacular, frightening, loud and dangerous. Hundreds of homes destroyed. Why are people allowed to build homes on the side of a volcano? Just doesn't make sense!
