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20 hours ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

They’re finally paying the price for centuries of Iceland-green, Greenland-ice mindfuckery . You reap what you sew.

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User name does not check out.  Maybe Degenerate Tailor would be better for you.  :)

 

13 hours ago, Bevo said:

I was originally thinking the fat female gym teacher in Porky's could plug the volcano hole but I couldn't remember her name.

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*sow

User name does not check out.  Maybe Degenerate Tailor would be better for you.  :)

 

I don't know. I'm thinking username does check out since it should be Degenerate Gardner Gardener if spelling and grammar were things.

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9 hours ago, Slacks said:

Not gonna lie... 

I clicked on a volcano thread... And landed on Beulah...  And I shit you not, instead of my mind ignoring the childishness, I immediately thought, "I wonder what Wolfie is up to..." 

This place is a mystery. 

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9 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

And most of the people live close to this area. Flying over Iceland at night there are very few lights away from the SW area. 

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It's nuts how small their population is, but they've had some incredible musicians come out since the late 1980s. Hell, Bell County (Killeen, Temple, Belton) is more populous than Iceland, and what the fuck have they given us in the last 35 years?

 

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It's nuts how small their population is, but they've had some incredible musicians come out since the late 1980s. Hell, Bell County (Killeen, Temple, Belton) is more populous than Iceland, and what the fuck have they given us in the last 35 years?

 

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11 minutes ago, bolverk said:

 

It's nuts how small their population is, but they've had some incredible musicians come out since the late 1980s. Hell, Bell County (Killeen, Temple, Belton) is more populous than Iceland, and what the fuck have they given us in the last 35 years?

 

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24 minutes ago, bolverk said:

 

It's nuts how small their population is, but they've had some incredible musicians come out since the late 1980s. Hell, Bell County (Killeen, Temple, Belton) is more populous than Iceland, and what the fuck have they given us in the last 35 years?

 

Nothing worth pissing on, says this KHS 72 grad.

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It's nuts how small their population is, but they've had some incredible musicians come out since the late 1980s. Hell, Bell County (Killeen, Temple, Belton) is more populous than Iceland, and what the fuck have they given us in the last 35 years?

 

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4 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

fucking volcanos a such a tease

I was told there would be a disaster of biblical proportions, fireworks, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria, real old testament shit

Well, I may be eating some frito pie this weekend, so don't give up just yet.

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6 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

They have an app/database that tracks everybody's genealogy, so that they know how closely related they are to someone that they want to date.

 

SEC fans: Wait, does this app help you find cousins to date?

We don't really need an app for that, we do fine on our own. 

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Nothing to see here. Move along.

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Volcano’s Eruption Threat Is Ebbing, but Iceland Continues to Wait
A fishing town that was evacuated this month will probably be spared, but residents can’t return until all danger has passed.

The likelihood that a volcanic eruption will engulf the fishing town of Grindavik, Iceland, is decreasing by the day, officials said on Friday, even as they continued to warn that an eruption could still occur.

Grindavik, with more than 3,000 people, was evacuated this month after it was determined that a nine-mile-long underground river of magma was moving beneath the town to the ocean.

Residents are now allowed to go home during the day to check on their properties and belongings, but until scientists give the all-clear, people cannot permanently return, Jon Thor Viglundsson, a spokesman for Iceland’s Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, said.

Seismic activity has caused Grindavik to sink and has damaged the sewage system. As a result, the town cannot access cold water, he said. “Sewage is a problem, and sewage lines are ruptured,” he added.

While damage to individual buildings has been limited, Mr. Viglundsson said, because Grindavik sits on a fault line, “the damage to infrastructure is great and affects most of the town.”

Since late last month, tens of thousands of earthquakes have been reported in the Reykjanes Peninsula in the southwestern part of Iceland, sometimes more than 1,000 in a single 24-hour period. That seismic activity led scientists to conclude that an eruption might be imminent, and for much of the past couple of weeks, officials warned of an eruption “within days,” putting Iceland in a holding pattern. The emergency level has since been lowered.

About 300 earthquakes were detected in the area on Tuesday, followed by about 100 on Wednesday, according to the Icelandic Met Office, the country’s weather service, which it said was “considerably less than in recent days.”

The magnitude of the earthquakes has decreased as well. If that continues, “the likelihood of an imminent volcanic eruption diminishes with time,” according to the weather service. Still, it said, an eruption along the underground magma river remained plausible.

Iceland has also been fortifying a power plant that supplies electricity and hot water to about 30,000 people, work that was expected to take about 30 days to complete. The plant also powers the popular geothermal Blue Lagoon spa, which has closed until at least next Thursday  as a precaution.

Iceland, a country of fewer than 400,000 people and about 130 volcanoes, has a long history of seismic activity. Most of its volcanoes are active. The country straddles two tectonic plates, which are divided by an undersea mountain chain that oozes molten rock, or magma. Earthquakes occur when the magma pushes through the plates.

If an eruption does occur, it is expected to be a localized event that probably would not disrupt flights the way the Eyjafjallajokull volcano did in 2010. Its eruption produced an ash cloud that grounded much of the air travel in Europe.

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Fuck.  Hope that this one doesn't impact air travel like the big one before did.  The boy is supposed to fly home from the UK in three days.

I'm no vulcanologist, so don't hold me to any fancy science words. But if I recall correctly from doing extensive wikipedia and twitter research, they expect this one to be the oozing kind and not the 'splosive. In other words, it shouldn't be like that unpronounceable volcano from a decade ago.

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I'm no vulcanologist, so don't hold me to any fancy science words. But if I recall correctly from doing extensive wikipedia and twitter research, they expect this one to be the oozing kind and not the 'splosive. In other words, it shouldn't be like that unpronounceable volcano from a decade ago.

If there’s anything I trust Surlsters to be experts on, it’s “oozing.”
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Those videos are fuckin' metal.

Ah-ah, ah!
Ah-ah, ah!

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

Ah-ah, ah!
Ah-ah, ah!

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
How soft your fields so green
Can whisper tales of gore
Of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ahh, ah
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

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3 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Those videos are fuckin' metal.

Ah-ah, ah!
Ah-ah, ah!

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

Ah-ah, ah!
Ah-ah, ah!

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
How soft your fields so green
Can whisper tales of gore
Of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ahh, ah
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

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What to Know About Iceland’s Volcanic Eruption
The eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula sent lava gushing into the night sky. Air travel did not appear to be affected.

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After weeks of anticipation, a volcanic eruption in Iceland’s most populated area sent lava spewing into the night sky late Monday and pushed the authorities into action mode Tuesday. The eruption, which was larger than volcanologists had predicted, happened not far from an evacuated town and a power plant.

Iceland is no stranger to volcanic eruptions, and the authorities quickly moved to reassure the public that there was no immediate threat to life. “We are prepared and remain vigilant,” President Gudni Johannesson wrote on the social platform X.

They also stressed that travel was not affected — a clear attempt to fend off concerns of a repeat of 2010, when an ash cloud from another eruption in Iceland snarled flights across Europe.

Here’s what to know about the eruption.

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What happened?
The eruption began late Monday, with fountains of lava pouring from a fissure within a volcanic system on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the most populated region in Iceland and home to its capital, Reykjavik. Helicopter video shared by Iceland’s Civil Defense showed steam rising from a glowing, snaking river of lava.

Volcanologists initially said that the eruption had occurred in one of the worst possible locations. The fissure, which is about 2.5 miles long, is not far from the Svartsengi power plant, a geothermal facility that supplies hot water to the whole peninsula. And it is just under two miles from Grindavik, a town of more than 3,500 that was evacuated last month after heightened seismic activity prompted concerns that an eruption was likely.

But after flying over the eruption site, volcanologists said that the immediate situation appeared less dire than initially feared.

Are people at risk?
Volcanologists noted that the direction of the lava’s flow was unpredictable. Although the Icelandic Meteorological Office said on Tuesday afternoon that the eruption’s intensity “continues to diminish,” with the flow estimated to be about a quarter of what it was initially, it was not immediately clear how long it would go on.

“The fact that the activity is decreasing already is not an indication of how long the eruption will last, but rather that the eruption is reaching a state of equilibrium,” the Meteorological Office said in a statement.

Yet because the affected area had previously been evacuated, the eruption “does not pose immediate threat to people,” Iceland’s tourist board said in a statement on Tuesday morning.

The area was closed to traffic, and the risk to nearby energy infrastructure was being assessed, Iceland’s government added in a statement.

The authorities nevertheless warned against getting too close, with Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, a spokeswoman for the Department of Civil Protection, emphasizing that this was “no tourist volcano.”

And the Meteorological Office said that some gas pollution could be detected in the capital later on Tuesday as a result of the eruption.

Is it affecting travel and tourism?
Iceland’s authorities had raised the aviation alert to orange, because ash from a volcanic eruption could pose a risk to aircraft flying in the North Atlantic.

But as of Tuesday morning, all flights to and from the country were operating on schedule, according to a statement from Iceland’s tourist board. It also noted that previous eruptions in the area had not affected air travel.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it was “closely” monitoring the situation and stood “ready to take any action if required.”

But Dave McGarvie, a volcanologist at Britain’s Lancaster University, said that “lava dominated” fissure eruptions like this one tend to “produce little or no ash.”

The eruption did catch some in Iceland by surprise, given that concerns of an imminent eruption had diminished in recent days. The nearby tourist meeca, the Blue Lagoon, which had closed in November because of earthquake activity associated with potential volcanic eruptions, had just reopened for guests on Sunday.

On Tuesday morning, the site issued a statement saying that it would again temporarily shut down.

Overall, Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, the country’s infrastructure minister, told RUV, the national broadcaster, “We seem to have been quite lucky,” adding, “We hope that will continue.”

Scientists will be taking measurements to try to see whether new subterranean magma is flowing toward the eruption site. That could determine whether this is likely to end in days or to last for weeks, according to Mr. McGarvie.

“An aspect of major concern is where the lava will go,” he said by email. “Anywhere northward is helpful to the evacuated town of Grindavík.”

For now, the lava appears to be flowing in the best possible direction, Iceland’s prime minister, Katrin Jakobsdottir, told RUV. But “this can change with short notice,” she added.

How often do volcanic eruptions occur in Iceland?
Volcanic eruptions are not uncommon in Iceland, which has fewer than 400,000 residents and about 130 volcanoes. In just the past two years, there have been four eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the scene of the latest eruption and home to about two-thirds of Iceland’s population.

One of Iceland’s most memorable eruptions involved the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in 2010. Although it was relatively small and caused no fatalities, the impact was widespread because a resulting ash cloud grounded much of Europe’s air travel for more than a week.

Iceland straddles two tectonic plates, which are themselves divided by an undersea mountain chain that oozes molten hot rock.

Earthquakes occur when the magma pushes through the plates, and starting in late October, a rise in seismic activity was detected, with tens of thousands of earthquakes reported in the Reykjanes Peninsula. At one point there were as many as 1,400 in a single 24-hour period.

That raised concerns that a significant eruption would soon occur. But when Grindavik was ordered evacuated on Nov. 11, the authorities said that the country was “highly prepared.”

“Iceland has one of the world’s most effective volcanic preparedness measures,” Iceland’s Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management said on its website.

 

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In Iceland, a Fiery Show of Lava and Smoke
Icelanders had been girding for an eruption. When it happened, they wanted to see it.

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Pall Viggosson, a tour guide in Iceland, was driving a van carrying nine British tourists on Monday night in search of the northern lights. But instead of the greenish glow of the aurora borealis, he saw red — flames and smoke from a volcanic eruption that Iceland had been uneasily awaiting.

The area, the Reykjanes Peninsula, had been experiencing strong seismic activity since October, a harbinger of an imminent eruption. The earthquakes — there were as many as 1,400 in a single 24-hour period in November — prompted the evacuation of the town of Grindavik and the temporary closing of the Blue Lagoon, a top tourist attraction. With these shaky warnings, Icelanders were girding for the eruption that came Monday night.

“I realized quickly this was no ordinary light pollution,” Mr. Viggosson said. He pulled over on the highway so the tourists could take photos.

Soon, the highway, which connects the capital to Keflavik International Airport, became busy, as other curious spectators drove from Reykjavik and nearby towns to catch a glimpse of the spectacle for themselves: reddish and orange skies, billowing smoke and lava fountains reaching over 300 feet into the air.

“Against the mountains the flames were huge, and the fissure length grew larger and larger,” Mr. Viggosson said.

One of the spectators was Bjorn Steinbekk, the head of a marketing and consulting company, left his Reykjavik home as soon as he heard about the eruption on Monday night. Using a drone, he captured footage of the lava shooting into the sky. Even for someone who has chased many eruptions in the last two years, “last night was a whole new chapter from anything we’ve seen before,” Mr. Steinbekk said. “It was much more violent for two or three hours, with bigger strokes and a lot of lava coming out.”

Iceland is prone to volcanic activity. It straddles two tectonic plates, which are divided by an undersea mountain chain that oozes molten hot rock, or magma. But the Reykjanes volcanic system in southwestern Iceland had been dormant for 800 years. In the last few years, however, magma began to gather under the surface.

José Alvarado, a pilot with the low-cost Icelandic airline Play, got a view of the eruption from the cockpit of his plane. He described what he saw as a big glow.

“The amount of light you got through the clouds was pretty amazing — it was completely red,” said Mr. Alvarado, who was flying to Reykjavik from Lisbon. Once he heard from air traffic control that the eruption would not produce ash clouds and therefore posed no risk, he gave passengers an update and suggested they look out of the right side of the aircraft for a view.

By 2 a.m. on Tuesday, the eruption had started easing. By later on Tuesday, lava was spewing at a much lower intensity, Mr. Steinbekk said, speaking from near the eruption, as he prepared to launch his drone to get more footage.

Kjartan Adolfsson, an accountant living in Grindavik, a town of more than 3,500, evacuated with other residents last month after heightened seismic activity prompted concerns that an eruption was imminent. The eruption on Monday was “uncomfortably close to town,” he said, although he was relieved that the lava was flowing away from Grindavik.

For weeks, Mr. Adolfsson, 59, said, he had been bracing for the worst. He said that the first time he had to evacuate because of an eruption was 50 years ago. His parents woke him up in the middle of the night at their home on the island of Heimaey, Iceland’s largest island settlement. They packed quickly and sailed away from the town, only to find out later that their home had been destroyed by lava.

The local authorities have not yet indicated when Grindavik will be safe enough for residents to return. Almost everyone had evacuated at the time of the eruption.

Stefan Kristjansson, who owns several fishing boats, was unwinding in his outdoor hot tub in Grindavik on Monday night when he saw the horizon light up. He quickly got dressed, left some food out for his sheep and drove to Reykjavik. “I would like to be back before Christmas,” he said.

 

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17 hours ago, bolverk said:

Those videos are fuckin' metal.

Ah-ah, ah!
Ah-ah, ah!

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

Ah-ah, ah!
Ah-ah, ah!

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
How soft your fields so green
Can whisper tales of gore
Of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ahh, ah
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

You could have just posted a YouTube clip of The Immigrant Song. 

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