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@bardursveinbjornsson
7 ай бұрын
Hi Rob. I´m Icelandic and your information is very accurate as far as I can assert. Keep up the good work.
@3333927
7 ай бұрын
Well, now the road to Blue Lagoon is destroyed they hopefully won't reopen it again, because how dangerous it is, was shown today. Relying on only one heat source is a bad idea, too. Now they should not rely only on electric heaters, because if the grid fails, too, then this is even a bigger catastrophe. Having many diesel generators in this area would be a nice backup.
@grahamfisher5436
7 ай бұрын
Diesel and petrol ⛽️ Rules .... Hopefully this will shut up all those Just stop oil idiots Imagine if they'd got their way.. and the world had stopped using oil..
@SongMom8
7 ай бұрын
Iceland may have to look into other ways to heat their homes. Like coal or wood, or maybe propane. Maybe it’s hard to get that stuff to the island, idk, but if this volcano is going to start disrupting their infrastructure on a regular basis, they may not have any other choice. People can’t be freezing to death because of this.
@Deb-vu7gk
7 ай бұрын
Rob. Couldn't the Volcano erupt under the Blue Lagoon and Power Plant as they have risen each time before the Eruptions ?
@asbisi
7 ай бұрын
It certainly could.
@lauroralei
7 ай бұрын
It could. But I think the November event opened up this dyke system so if I understand right and the pattern holds from the last three eruptions, it might keep draining into that dyke and erupt further east than the centre of land rise
@ericfielding2540
7 ай бұрын
That is a beautiful satellite image. It passed over at a fortunate moment to capture the full length of the flow while it was still hot. The lack of clouds was also lucky. Thanks for the update.
@lindabriggs5118
7 ай бұрын
Loved the view from space.
@Rob_Tasker
7 ай бұрын
Amazing how quickly we get these images!
@Vulcano7965
7 ай бұрын
@@Rob_Tasker I even looked for new Sentinel-2 images thisoon/afternoon but there were no recent ones. Thanks for updating us on that :D You can also clearly see in that image, how the Sundhnúsgigar | flow helped divert the Sundhnúsgigar || flow from going straight to the power plant and even helped prevent it reaching the barriers.
@lindabriggs5118
7 ай бұрын
@Rob_Tasker I forgot to mention this. In that picture of how long the lava had flowed, if you look to the lower left, the actual "head" of the flow looks like the head of a venomous snake head. It has that shape of an inverted triangle don't you think?
@srf2112
7 ай бұрын
No hot water. Now that is ironic.
@katykircher7413
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your wonderful geology insights. You are great at communicating the basics to people without a geology background. I have a silly question about how long it takes for the lava fields to cool down. I guess it depends how deep they are. Nick Zentner, when he taught about the basalt formations, said it takes about 100 years for it to cool. I am guessing he figured that out by how deep the basalt columns go. The 2021 eruption's lava field filled up a couple of valleys to tens of metres thick. I'm not sure how deep the most recent eruptions are (although with substantial outflows, I am guessing quite deep). Do they have a system to figure out the cooling rates? How do the new eruptions compare with Fagradallsfjal in volume? It seemed to me that they pumped out much more lava in a shorter period of time. That's a guess, from the eruption rates, which were quite small in 2021 etc but look enormous in the current eruptions. Again thanks for explaining geology to people who never thought about geology until a little volcano in Iceland started doing interesting things.
@naturewatcher7596
7 ай бұрын
Can't imagine to live without a heat source through winter in Iceland. I guess a wood stove is not an option there because of lack of trees.
@paulcoverdale8312
7 ай бұрын
Cheers Rob, so the next big problem will be freezing pipes an the damage that will cause to homes an business. Bloody insurance people are goin to have a field day if the Gov doesn’t step in! All the best from Uk
@jacquietigar707
7 ай бұрын
Again thanks Rob for the excellent coverage on Iceland ❤👍👍
@AnnaMaria-zm8cv
7 ай бұрын
Ofn is both heating and oven in Icelandic I learned last week. :)
@surters
7 ай бұрын
With all those electric heater I hope there is a robust grid.
@roysigurdkarlsbakk3842
7 ай бұрын
Thanks - luckily it didn't flow straight into Svartsengi - that'd be - well - interesting…
Seeing the people desperately waiting in line for a heater .. hurts my heart. 💔
@marsaeolus9248
7 ай бұрын
If the lava did not touch the berms, we can't say that they worked... Except if lava is fearful of berms! 😅
@SafariNZ
7 ай бұрын
They also missed closing the gap where the road went by about an hour, and even then had to abandon it half done due to volcanic gasses. The drivers of the equipment were amazing still working with the lava flowing past them at a great speed something like 30m away.
@mbvoelker8448
7 ай бұрын
God be with all the people stuck in the cold tonight.
@LizWCraftAdd1ct
7 ай бұрын
Thinking of you all in Iceland🙏
@vronw5782
7 ай бұрын
Thanks Rob for the update much appreciated🙂.
@melvynbuckton6881
7 ай бұрын
if you watched it the lava never got up to the barriers. it followed a hollow in the ground that was always away from the barrier. The barriers will probably needed for the next eruption as the lava has filled the hollow.
@OurNewHampshireLife
7 ай бұрын
Hi Rob. I was a physical geography major back in my school days so I always take an interest in volcano-type news. I live in New Hampshire and enjoy your Iceland videos. Amazing stuff happening after so many years of dormancy. It is going to be interesting to see what happens to the Blue Lagoon as it looks like access is only through the small road north of Grindavik. That would put a lot of tourists at risk if a future eruption happened with so little warning. Besides the obvious problems for Icelanders, tourism may take a hit as many people don't understand volcanism in general and think an eruption could occur anytime in the Capital. Again, thanks for the updates and jeez, those Icelandic words! How do you deal with that living over there? Gene
@1GoodWoman
7 ай бұрын
Where is Iceland reaching out into the international community for aid?
@xaiano794
7 ай бұрын
They don't need aid yet
@asbisi
7 ай бұрын
Nowhere. But our cousins in Faroe Islands made a collection of money through their Red Cross. They sent the money to Iceland to help the evacuated people from Grindavik. That was a beautiful gesture and much appreciated. It is good to know you don´t stand alone.
@brucerieland1027
7 ай бұрын
lived there for 3.5 years i know the area. so sad.
@toady..9833
7 ай бұрын
fast moving lava this time round, wonder how much the lava composition has changed , or if its evolving in general
@samiatobdjli2149
7 ай бұрын
Lava fleisst Nacht Océan
@rogueplanet13
7 ай бұрын
Thats why they call it iceland 🤔
@frinoffrobis
7 ай бұрын
thanks Rob, lots to keep up with
@halpen
7 ай бұрын
Thanks, Rob
@lordomacron3719
7 ай бұрын
One would assume portable generators are also in demand.
@grahamfisher5436
7 ай бұрын
Suddenly petrol ⛽️ generators Shines. 😊 It's situations like this which prove why.... Geo, hydro, solar, wind can never be totally dependable
@jacquelinebell6201
7 ай бұрын
One would have thought the possibility of hot water pipes being damaged smat some point would have been thought of. And some backup prepared. Obviously the bigger picture of a newly awakened volcano 🌋 system wasnt really looked at. The pipes are all in the vicinity of the erupting areas.
@Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke
7 ай бұрын
One space heater for a whole house? Are these the same 1500 watt maximum power level as in the US or Canada, or might they have more powerful standard residential circuits like Europe does and bigger space heaters to go with it?
@inagnu5347
7 ай бұрын
Thanks Rob.
@Tugela60
7 ай бұрын
"Work is being done to identify all the weaknesses" means they are moving their savings offshore as fast as possible 😂
@DABmonger
7 ай бұрын
Any major issues for Keflavik airport as a result of the pipes being damaged?
@asbisi
7 ай бұрын
Yes. Temperatures are freezing, so they need to defrost the airplanes. They use hot water for that .- so, if they don´t fix the pipe problem and if they use up what is in the tanks - no flying.
@DABmonger
7 ай бұрын
@@asbisi Yes, de-icing planes was something I'd considered, aside from the inside of the airport being really cold!! I understand that they've been fixing up backup piping that they'd put in place for such a situation, so hopefully all will be fine by now, or at least very soon.
@asbisi
7 ай бұрын
People are getting heat back in their pipes plus there were no problems at the airport. They worked night and day fixing the pipes. In the meantime ppl used electrical heaters. I heard some used their laundry-driers for heat.... And during dinnertime, when everyone was cooking the grid broke down, no electricity.... Bu it seems to be back on track now. Just a couple of RATHER dramatic days.@@DABmonger
@DABmonger
7 ай бұрын
@@asbisi Thanks for that. I heard they had installed back-up piping in the case that lava ran over the existing piping. Sounds like they've got all this connected, so that's good. De-icing of planes was what I was most worried about!
@UncleJamie
7 ай бұрын
Shouldn't the water be hotter now that it's being heated by lava? 🤔😬🤗
@logiclust
7 ай бұрын
one can say these eruptions are 1-2 days or 1-2 months. both work in this case
@JelMain
7 ай бұрын
Structurally, you need to move to a ring main so loss of one side doesn't stop the other.
@kimcoon5614
7 ай бұрын
Soon Iceland is going to become very expensive to live in, the constant repairs that are needed just to keep them afloat.
@DABmonger
7 ай бұрын
It's already mega expensive for tourists (I've been). Not so bad I suppose if you're earning a wage in Iceland. And yeah, it may even start becoming expensive for locals as you say, due to all the repairs.
@eryck123
7 ай бұрын
Fortunately There are 5 more geothermal powerplants around the country and most electricity come from hydro power so that's not an issue. Electricity is quite cheap, but of course more expensive than geothermal heating. But yeah it's not an ideal situation for a small country like this.
@DABmonger
7 ай бұрын
@@eryck123 I was hearing that hydro produces 70% of the electricity, geothermal I assume will be 30% or so (perhaps they have some tidal and wind). But the repairs must be proportionately costly for a country with a population of 377K
@eryck123
7 ай бұрын
Yeah somewhere in those regions. Georthermal eletricity is around 25%. But Svartsengi(the affected power plant) is only at 75MW eletricity production, compared to 2935MW for the whole grid so only around 2.5% which is not a lot. If I have to guess they will extend existing pipes from the North towards Keflavik/Airport. Sure it will be costly but it's not something they will do overnight. Until then they will have to manage with direct heating or with some plumbing they could install water heaters and use their existing radiators @@DABmonger
@DABmonger
7 ай бұрын
@@eryck123 I think the backup piping is either fixed, or is getting fixed, so they should be fine soon. As for cost, it's not just the repairs but also the lost tax revenue from the Blue Lagoon. Iceland will be fine of course, but the volcanic and seismic activity could last up to 300/400 years on the Reykjanes Peninsula. They'll no doubt protect their infrastructure in time, and build other infrastructure in safe areas.
@sheilaathay2034
7 ай бұрын
Propane heaters are needed there
@grahamfisher5436
7 ай бұрын
Exactly 💯 This should be a warning, a lesson And shut up them Just stop oil idiots..
@jimmiller1686
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for all your work Rob.
@RAWGRIP54
7 ай бұрын
Mother nature wins all the time.
@RoadKing65
7 ай бұрын
Explain the hot water. You have one place that pumps hot water to each house? How do they keep this water hot for distribution?
@disadisa86
7 ай бұрын
The hot water from Svartsengi geothermal powerplant is transported via a pipe to water tanks in the town of Reykjanesbær. From there it's then distributed to the households.
@noraleestone2859
7 ай бұрын
The hot water comes from geothermal vents below ground. It's the same principal as some companies use in North America for heating/cooling: geothermal. 😁
@kimkennedy3524
7 ай бұрын
Thanks
@inagnu5347
7 ай бұрын
Thank you Rob
@catherinelee3298
7 ай бұрын
What a mess.
@DougGrinbergs
7 ай бұрын
3:40 sat image, explanation. i think "hraun" text is over north-south road 43; lava crossed the road, bern a bit south
@skyedog24
7 ай бұрын
The lava flows of been one to two days and they have typically been since November every 25 days.
@johneberhard8412
7 ай бұрын
Is there any obsidian lava erupting
@VentureNW
7 ай бұрын
Does no one in Iceland use hot water heaters? Just curious
@jamesbong4928
7 ай бұрын
I'm sure they do in remote parts but the most populous areas get hot water for free (or close to it)
@eryck123
7 ай бұрын
From what I understand the heat comes directly from the affected power plant through hot water pipes to each individual house. Hence they need to buy electric heaters to heat up their homes. The water flows back to the powerplant afaik, so you cant directly heat it yourself using a heater as in a circular system. So in this regard its different to normal hot water heating systems. Here in Sweden where I live we use heat pumps to heat the water, like air to water heat pumps or borehole heat pumps. Some have the same system as they use in Iceland, but it's not common.
@GormHornbori
7 ай бұрын
Most houses and public buildings (in the areas covered by the geothermal plants) is heated by hot water from the geothermal plants. So the main issue isn't hot water in the tap but that your house suddenly has no heating in the middle of winter. (also if there is no hot water for many days the water in the pipes may freeze, which can cause a lot of damages.)
@melvynbuckton6881
7 ай бұрын
and its minus 6 degrees in the daytime...
@Bonamici
7 ай бұрын
💛💙
@strongbelieveroftheholybible
7 ай бұрын
Everything will soon come to an end! Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon🙏🏼❤️🕊REPENT, believe in the Gospel, Be Born Again
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