Seismic activity La Palma Island

[dawg]

.... Why are people allowed to build homes on the side of a volcano? Just doesn't make sense!

Listen to podcast linked post 18 for why

see a car crash and ask 'why are people let drive cars' ? ( es lo mismo situación )

[quodec]

Calm and peaceful now - like a sleeping baby!

[dawg]

Further update by JA
https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/yell ... palma.html

and another podcast from JA & CO'F

[quodec]

Fireworks tonight. Its fully venting with substantial lava flows that seemingly will reach the coast shortly. Who knows how this is going to play out!!

[quodec]

Still VERY active! Some interesting inserts on the screen too!

[quodec]

I see Volcan de Fuego in Guatemala is kicking off too!

[quodec]

The lava stream on La Palma has now reached the sea, cutting off the main coastal road in the area. And with recent significant activity in the area who would want to be on that island at this time?

[schmittel]

it's looking pretty lively this afternoon

[quodec]

Still firing on all cylinders tonight. There’s just no stopping this! And how anyone could live even close to this with the noise it’s making! It’s like a battle going on up in the hills!

[quodec]

Mesmerising fireworks tonight!

[CelticRambler]

Still firing on all cylinders tonight. There’s just no stopping this! And how anyone could live even close to this with the noise it’s making! It’s like a battle going on up in the hills!

I find it quite a soothing sound - a sort of white noise. Might be different if I was there on the ground, though! Some of the noisier noise at the moment is actually due to strong gusts of wind hitting the microphones, nothing to do with the volcano.

[quodec]

Some drone footage of the devastated area taken today, with a nice piece of Palma real estate developing from the lava flow into the sea!!:

[dawg]

Clio and some of her pals nattering about local stuff including La Palma

https://www.radiosuradeje.com/programs/englishtime ( 30 Sept edition )

[quodec]

Its getting complicated up there tonight! The recent second vent to the left has closed off but a new vent has appeared beneath the large uppermost one. Its all happening!

[quodec]

I wonder how much distance is there between the top vent and the one in the centre of the live cam?

[quodec]

A lot of extrusion from the top vent seems to be falling into the one below - gradually filling it in?

[quodec]

Or maybe I'm gawking at it too long ha

I know! It can quickly become addictive! It would be great to watch it from another perspective though. We seem to be watching from the same camera for over a week!

[CelticRambler]

Yeah, I was thinking the top one seemed to be more active these last few days. Also have the impression that the lava is flowing faster, but some of that might be a trick of the camera settings.

[quodec]

This volcano just keeps giving and giving! Some pour on this evening! You would have to worry for the inhabitants below!

[CelticRambler]

This volcano just keeps giving and giving! Some pour on this evening! You would have to worry for the inhabitants below!

You might want to pace yourself, quodec! It's expected to keep giving for another 40 days yet.

And there are no (longer) inhabitants below - they've all been gone since the eruption began. Unless you're talking about some of the wildlife that'd struggle to move fast. Watching a few minutes of the daytime feed earlier, I noticed that all the trees on the nearby mountainside were distinctly orangey brown, unlike those on the hills further away.

[CelticRambler]

Some drone footage giving a couple of different perspectives on the scene downwind from the fissures.



When this is all over, you'd wonder how anyone with one of the few houses that have been spared destruction would move on, e.g. the one seen at 3:10-3:20. Would you even try to go back and give it a good clean? Would you try to re-establish services, or opt for off-grid future? Could you cope with a lava field as a view from your front windows instead of a lush landscape?

[CelticRambler]

Also have the impression that the lava is flowing faster, but some of that might be a trick of the camera settings.

Apparently not - was looking at some of the footage posted by Instituto Geológico y Minero de España today, and reading their video notes; and it seems that the lava from the second (and third?) fissure is indeed less viscous than that which came from the first eruption.

Unfortunately, the channel doesn't invite comments, so I'm left wondering if basic physics applies in this case, and this implies that the freer-flowing lava is coming out at a higher temperature? Which would mean it's coming from deeper down and ... what's the likely effect of that on the duration/severity of the eruption?

[isha]

Maybe ye have seen this one. Video at daily Mail - increase quality at settings cog.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... sions.html

[dawg]

https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/yell ... palma.html

updated to today, el 4 de octubre

[dawg]

No. All evacuated. Killer fumes. Usually bananas growing under cover, sometimes tomatoes.

Some pictures posted over on pprune by a Canarian based photographer e.g. https://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/642769 ... st11119113