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Seismic activity La Palma Island
Seismic activity La Palma Island
Yesterday the reports were of seismic activity
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 ?
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 ?
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Saw some photos on social media. Spectacular looking event but as you say likely to have economic consequences.
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Am I missing something here as I have seen coverage online but no mention on Newstalk, RTE etc.
'no more blah blah blah'
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At least we are still here this morning and not washed away by a tsunami - come on, 2021!
Thinking out loud, and trying to be occasionally less wrong...
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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!
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Saw that too and that's why I was puzzled by the lack of mainstream coverage.
'no more blah blah blah'
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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.
Thinking out loud, and trying to be occasionally less wrong...
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I live on a mountain
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Time to head for high ground - RTE mentioned it on the news this morning as if the eruptions had just started today.
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And the one guy who comes up with a creative solution gets a metaphorical kicking: Tourism minister derided for suggesting La Palma volcano could lure visitors to Spanish archipelago
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^^^
Nature is powerful, that lake was boiling over like a pot of water on the stove
I hope everyone got to safety alright.
Nature is powerful, that lake was boiling over like a pot of water on the stove
I hope everyone got to safety alright.
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One of the original megatsunami scientists brings us up to speed:
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.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.
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Janet ( lives in Tenerife ) provides updates on her blog
https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/yell ... palma.html
Janet and Clio O'Flynn do podcasts from time to time. This is the latest
https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/yell ... palma.html
Janet and Clio O'Flynn do podcasts from time to time. This is the latest
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Doesnt look great tbh, but we're far FAR away from an apocalyptic eruption that could affect Ireland.
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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.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.
Of course if you put your trust in fact checkers, then all is well.
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.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
Utter nonsense.
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Janet Anscombe blogs an update.
https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/yell ... palma.html
Also new in her blog today is a piece on the trail from Masca to the beach below Masca.
https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/masca-barranco.html
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.
https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/yell ... palma.html
Also new in her blog today is a piece on the trail from Masca to the beach below Masca.
https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/masca-barranco.html
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.
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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
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Their Sunday is certainly more exciting than mine!
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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 )
Many of the roads at risk of rockfall have protection e.g. ( above road on left hand side )
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Not a place that I've been to and even less likely to visit now,
'no more blah blah blah'
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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
** - If this is 'cluttering up' then we could do with some of it here
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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!