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Police don't think anyone is still alive on the island.
ah that isn’t good
What makes you say that?
Read more about what actually happens during an eruption. It's very scary. Not survivable if you are anywhere near to it.
Have you seen a video of the eruption? I didn’t know one existed?
I read that the scientists who measure these things said that the volcano was close to eruption, and that it was now too dangerous for them to risk going on the island to do further close measurements. Somehow tourists were still allowed on it, though. Someone is going to lose their job over this, if not go to prison.
With an pyroclastic eruption like this it's typically hot and or poisonous gases.
If you're close to the crater, you're immediately done. If you're further out, you're still going to be in trouble from all the heat and ash and gases. There's a reason 5 out of the 18 (IIRC) who were evacuated from the island died. Those who weren't evacuated were dead fairly quickly, I reckon.
One clip showed some helicopters that had been destroyed (not necessarily out of the air, probably parked), so I'm assuming there were some early blasts that did harm.
It’s constantly coughing and spluttering. It’s cultural name is (almost literally) ‘Dramatic Volcano’.
These eruptions are made up of chunks of rock, ash and gas. They move a a fantastic rate of speed and the shockwave itself does a lot of damage.
Fair enough, but this time it killed 20+ people.
I don’t know what you’re saying Nimic.
Highly likely to have perished.
I'm saying "they signed waivers" might be relevant for the criminal aspect of it, but not the "good, sustainable idea" aspect of two dozen dead tourists. How well were they aware of the danger? Getting a tourist to sign a waiver probably isn't very difficult.
Only 8 missing? That's a lot fewer than they said earlier, unless they've identified some other dead people. That's "only" 13 dead, then.
According to The BBC article yeah. 34 people rescued, 31 still in hospital.
Oh, that's a lot more rescued than they said earlier too. It was only 18 or something rescued, and then they said whoever was on the island was probably dead. I must have missed the others being rescued. Norwegian media is covering this surprisingly little, considering we're talking about a volcano killing western tourists in a western country.
They were on a volcano mate. It billows smoke all the time. It goes pop pretty often. It’s not England.
Dead and likely never to be found.
A bit defensive, aren't we? I don't think I'm challenging the honour of all of fair New Zealand, but sure seems like you're taking it that way.
Well people died and you’re pissing on about someone losing their job or getting in trouble.
"People died and you're taking it too seriously!"
No. Just about the right human amount I’d say.
Bunch of footage of eruptions. Bunch of volcanoes in Iceland and we've got footage going back almost 100 years. Surtsey, a literal birth of an island, was capture on film in 1963.
That’s rough. It’s not like the tourists knew they were going to a volcano that was about to erupt. They would have thought, logically, that it must be safe if they were allowed to visit.
Those at the site? Everything
For anyone that doesn’t really know what your ignorant line of thinking is, it must be a pretty big shock to see you say that.
Well, I'm glad you took some time out of your busy day to let us know.
