During the night, just before 03:00 local time, there was an increase in seismic activity near the town of Grindavík. Soon after an immediate evacuation was ordered. At 07:57 a volcanic eruption began near the town.
The inhabitants had been allowed to return after the end of the previous eruption but many had yet to do so. There had already been signs of activity and the town was supposed to be evacuated by Monday.
As I write this, the lava-flow is about 450m (about a third of mile) from the edge of town.
The best way to keep of with news of the eruption is at the RÚV (Icelandic state radio and TV) website. They also have webcams near to the eruption site.
I have decided that when I am writing more than a few lines about #Iceland I am going to use the #Wordpress site for my podcast #StoriesOfIceland instead of my personal Mastodon account. With the support for #ActivityPub I can now easily write for people who want to follow the site itself, #RSS or the #Fediverse.
This is what I hope is the future for #Creators.
@oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com
@oligneisti@social.linux.pizza @oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com and one thing I like about organizing writing this way is that over time we can build up a body of work. Social media has always felt like throwing work away to me. I put certain things on Masto and certain things on blogs & it feels good
Exactly, you centralize your own stuff while using #decentralized means of distribution.
@RMiddleton @oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com
@oligneisti funnily enough, my wife and I have just been chatting about the volcano as we've heard nothing recently. Thank you for the update. I hope everyone stays safe.
Right now we are just speculating which of our friends' and relatives' houses in #Grindavík might be in danger. One house been reached by the #VolcanicEruption. It was actually still under construction (therefore at the edge of town).
The main eruption is on the other side of barrier that was being constructed and might divert the lava from getting to the town, at least for now.
#Iceland
@oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com
I just read that normal Icelandic houses aren't built to withstand lava. Which doesn't seem like something people needed to be told.
A lot of the news is like that. People just keep saying things because everyone is reading, listening and watching. We keep hearing that the situation is uncertain which is also seems obvious.
People apparently need to be told that they shouldn't go near the eruption without permission and guidance.
#Iceland
#Grindavík
#VolcanicEruption
@oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com
@oligneisti@social.linux.pizza @oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com I thought lava wass famous for being able to destroy pretty much everything. Which is plenty of reason to not go near it, also. I am shaking my head over here.
@oligneisti@social.linux.pizza @oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com Probably confused with the 3 ‘tourist’ volcanoes , where people got quite close. 🤔
@oligneisti@social.linux.pizza @oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com “Withstand lava”, sure. Very glad everyone’s evacuated, but the loss of property is sad as well. Thinking of Iceland from the Netherlands…
@oligneisti@social.linux.pizza @oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com I saw cars directly next to the lava stream. I hope there are no people who did not want to evacuate. /o\