Looks like something they fished out of a sulfuric hot pool. And not even a few drops of gravy on what looks to be mashed potato?
Someone needs to open a Popeye's in Iceland! People fight over their chicken sandwiches for a reason!
Posted on 03/07/2021 7:25:09 PM PST by amorphous
Even though Iceland seems to be getting more press… Superintendent Rögnvaldur Ólafsson is at the coordination center of the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, patiently waiting to see how things develop on the Reykjanes peninsula, where an eruption is considered likely.
He tells mbl.is that in case of an eruption, it is highly unlikely that houses need to be invacuated in the Reykjanes peninsula.
Most likely, a potential eruption would be a small one that would not put inhabited areas and infrastructure at risk.
“We’re just waiting,” he states. This, he adds, is similar to what he experienced leading up to the Holuhraun eruption in 2014. “Then, we were in a similar situation for about two weeks, I believe,” he states, sounding very patient.
“Someone joked earlier that this is like watching paint dry,” he states. “We’re making plans and plans B,” he adds. “It’s that sort of work we’re doing here.”
At a press conference held by the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management and the Icelandic Meteorological Office this afternoon, Chief Superintendent Víðir Reynisson stressed that no disaster is imminent on the Reykjanes peninsula and no one is in danger.
Kristín Jónsdóttir, natural hazards specialist at the Icelandic Met Office stated that if an eruption occurs, it is not likely to be dangerous. She added that people do not have to worry much about pollution from gases in case of an eruption.
However, look at the Laki eruption, which killed a quarter of Iceland’s population “In the 18th century, climatic conditions in Iceland reached an all-time low since the original settlement. On top of this, Laki erupted in 1783, spitting out 12.5 cubic kilometres (3.0 cu miles) of lava. Floods, ash, and fumes killed 9,000 people and 80% of the livestock. The ensuing starvation killed a quarter of Iceland’s population.” We pray that history won’t repeat…. (Wikipedia)
Volcano near Reykjavik “a ticking time bomb,” – (Video).
Iceland is a part of the mid-Atlantic Ridge which is above sea-level, the video reminds us (at about 2:50 into the video).
Mt Þorbjörn is where everything started 14 months ago. The entire mountain has been growing taller. And some of the nearby towns are actually built on lava.
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2021/03/03/like_watching_paint_dry/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki
Thanks to Winston Smith and Stew for these links
:)
All dead except Ron Howden now..
Great band
All dead except Ron Howden now..
Great band
Off topic I guess... But, out of curiosity, I looked up what they eat there. Boy would I lose weight there!
Beats watching paint dry, at the moment. :)
I'm curious, why would you lose weight there?
Looks like something they fished out of a sulfuric hot pool. And not even a few drops of gravy on what looks to be mashed potato?
Someone needs to open a Popeye's in Iceland! People fight over their chicken sandwiches for a reason!
That’s life. Sad, but boomers will be remembered for our music. Many teens today love our music. My granddaughters do.
[[“Like watching paint dry”]]
What? You don’t like watching paint dry? You’re weird!
“it is highly unlikely that houses need to be invacuated”
Invacuated - interesting word. As in, we’ve been invacuated in our homes for a year so a “crisis” wouldn’t go to waste.
“Then that Sunday morning everyone was surprised..especially when the ash cloud came through.”
And fleeing sasquatch reports were numerous, but that never gets talked about... (snark).
Now THAT, is interesting. I’ve been to enough pig pickings to observe the attraction to scraping away gums and tongues... it gets gnarly, but the hardcore love headmeat.
Actually, Iceland was in the news a while ago for (re 2008) tackling its banking crisis. Unlike a lot of other countries it tackled it by letting its big banks fail, several years of checking for irregularities throughout the banking sector, and sending people to jail for as much as 3 or 4 years. The link below is a fascinating analysis of how they turned their crisis around, how they did NOT follow less successful reactions in Europe and the US, which will allow the same troubles to burst out again in the future. They had to work on improving their tourism business since big companies are unlikely to want to deal with their careful governance policies. Tourism now is 3 times larger than it was before 2008. There are lessons here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35485876
No, the socialist regime scapegoated banks, and that’s all there is to it.
I lived in the Tri-Cities at that time. We barely got any ash since the prevailing winds took it more north east. But those upside down sand dune looking clouds were pretty awesome
I hope you read the article before commenting. I tried to find one that had some substance.
I hope you read the article before commenting. I tried to find one that had some substance.
None of them have substance, what I said is exactly what did happen.
what is that?
Lol
Sheep's head, I think. Hungry yet? :)
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