La Palma Eruption

[Simbo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-58618487

Some spectacular scenes for the those that are into this sort of thing. Don't think too many are in danger, though there are residences nearby. Sounds like they saw this coming and everyone at risk were already evactuated.

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In true 2021 internet fashion - It turns out there is a pre-established nutjob theory that if La Palma eruptes, it has the potential to cause a landslide that would in turn cause a tsunami capable of devastating coastal areas around half the world. So now theres all sorts of daft fearmongering going around twitter etc.

 

[Carolina Red]

In true 2021 internet fashion - It turns out there is a pre-established nutjob theory that if La Palma eruptes, it has the potential to cause a landslide that would in turn cause a tsunami capable of devastating coastal areas around half the world.

Legit had a former colleague in a group chat claiming this would happen yesterday.

 

[Frosty]

To be fair, there is a high likelihood of a landslide causing a mega tsunami happening eventually. There's scientific research on the issue.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbre_Vieja_tsunami_hazard

It is just extremely unlikely that it will happen in our lifetimes, or in the foreseeable.

Something which is even geologically imminent could still be thousands of years off.

 

[Frosty]

Here we go:

"The recurrence rate of similar collapses is extremely low, about one every 100,000 years or less in the case of the Canary Islands. Other volcanoes across the world are at risk of causing such tsunamis."

 

[Ali Dia]

It’s mesmerising

 

[jojojo]

In true 2021 internet fashion - It turns out there is a pre-established nutjob theory that if La Palma eruptes, it has the potential to cause a landslide that would in turn cause a tsunami capable of devastating coastal areas around half the world. So now theres all sorts of daft fearmongering going around twitter etc.

It's not as fringe as nutjob makes it sound. It's a possible fracture mode for the volcano and the island. If it does start to go, you'll get warning, but you won't be able to do much about it apart from evacuate the area that the wave might hit.

How likely is to happen this year? Not very, but it's the kind of incident that gets measured in thousands in years rather than millions.

 

[Hectic]

Don't listen to them Simbo they are conspiracy nutters trying to draw you in. Frosty and jojojo are 5 posts away from saying La Parma did 9/11.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Lava flows are some pretty cool shit.

 

[jojojo]

About 5000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Some houses are in the path of the lava so they're expecting more damage. The monitoring stations are doing their jobs.

Don't listen to them Simbo they are conspiracy nutters trying to draw you in. Frosty and jojojo are 5 posts away from saying La Parma did 9/11.

9/11 you say? That anniversary lines up with some of the eruption reporting dates. Odd that.

Meanwhile, current thinking on the tsunami risk to the east coast of the US -
https://en.as.com/en/2021/09/19/latest_news/1632069096_343081.html
Is a remarkably good article including some recent research on past land collapses in the area and the lack of evidence for big tsunamis from those. So probably not this time either, even if the land does slip.

 

[golden_blunder]

I love the canaries. Isn’t there one on lanzorote too?

 

[4bars]

I love the canaries. Isn’t there one on lanzorote too?

All 7 islands are volcanic and all of them have their own volcano. 4 of the 7 registered eruptions since the islands were colonized by Spain on the XV century. 3 in the XXth century, 1 submarine eruption 10 years ago and now this. So the area still pretty active

 

[golden_blunder]

All 7 islands are volcanic and all of them have their own volcano. 4 of the 7 registered eruptions since the islands were colonized by Spain on the XV century. 3 in the XXth century, 1 submarine eruption 10 years ago and now this. So the area still pretty active

Wow didn’t know that thanks. My favorite island is Fuerteventura and I’ve always thought about having a holiday home there, thus would make me think twice

 

[4bars]

Wow didn’t know that thanks. My favorite island is Fuerteventura and I’ve always thought about having a holiday home there, thus would make me think twice

Yeah. People forget where they live. My guess is that is pretty safe depending on you put the house, like in Hawai. Last eruption in la palma in the 70s was at a few km from this one. Big cities are not afected. And you are lucky. Fuerteventura had no activity in centuries and is considered extinct....but who knows

 

[golden_blunder]

Yeah. People forget where they live. My guess is that is pretty safe depending on you put the house, like in Hawai. Last eruption in la palma in the 70s was at a few km from this one. Big cities are not afected. And you are lucky. Fuerteventura had no activity in centuries and is considered extinct....but who knows

But someday it’s coming. Just like I thought brexit wouldn’t happen, trump wouldn’t happen, a pandemic wouldn’t happen and the scousers wouldn’t win the league. I don’t trust anything anymore.

 

[FireballXL5]

I watched this a while back. Scary stuff, and it probably is going to happen one day.

 

[4bars]

But someday it’s coming. Just like I thought brexit wouldn’t happen, trump wouldn’t happen, a pandemic wouldn’t happen and the scousers wouldn’t win the league. I don’t trust anything anymore.

CR7 is back to Man Utd, the crown print is back on the glass pints and imperial system is bound to be back. we turned a corner, go buy your house. now!

 

[golden_blunder]

CR7 is back to Man Utd, the crown print is back on the glass pints and imperial system is bound to be back. we turned a corner, go buy your house. now!

Apart from the first thing, I consider the others a negative. FML

 

[4bars]

Apart from the first thing, I consider the others a negative. FML

How dare you... great brittain is back ruling the waves. time to invade fuerteventura to get your house

 

[golden_blunder]

How dare you... great brittain is back ruling the waves. time to invade fuerteventura to get your house

No chance, you’ve got those little bunker things all over the island. Plus I think one of those islands is like a secret James Bond bad guy island

 

[Simbo]

 

[Dans]

Not looking like calming down anytime soon.

 

[golden_blunder]

Looks a bit like @Dwazza Gunnar Solskjær anus after a curry

 

[Dans]

A closely inspected one, GB.

 

[golden_blunder]

A closely inspected one, GB.

True

 

[Dans]

Great drone footage

 

[4bars]

Apparently, measuring the levels of sulfur and the depth of the tremors, it will not end anytime soon, or at least to not before 2 weeks. This eruption is the biggest (by double) since there are registers from the XVI century in Canary Islands.

Also, there are 4 dogs trapped almost since the beginning and they will try to rescue them this week with drones with nets