Iceland - possible eruption due near the Blue Lagoon

[KenAdams]

Is anyone following this?

https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/11/03/coming_close_to_an_eruption/

The main concern is the power plant next to the lagoon.

There are constant mini eruptions happening too - https://vafri.is/quake/

You can try driving to Njarðvík, since you're on holiday and everything. Apparently you can see it from there and that road is open.

Look for Kambur in Njarðvík on Google maps. It's about 40 minutes to drive from Rvk.

The Vísir webcam is good right now, but they're playing the radio over it so it's a background of pop songs and light chat. Which is quite funny.

There's a digger apparently trying to build a wall in the 30 seconds before the lava reaches him. Crazy. I keep shouting at him to just leave. It's too late!

@CrunchyCarrot That guy is just nicking the Vísir feed.

He normally pays for access to feeds though so I doubt he is stealing it. I watched his reporting of the Gaza/Israel situation and he only ever used cams that he'd paid for access.

Lava's reaching the berm. Wow.

Fair enough!

The lava is about 1 km away from the pipe that supplies hot water for all the surrounding towns so it's a serious situation. Residents have been asked to turn down their heating and refrain from any showers/baths, turn off hot tubs etc. The hot water company have filled their emergency tanks in preparation.

Oh look at this, magnificent lava fountains!

They're trying to close the berm across that road (Blue Lagoon road?), goodness they'll have to be quick because the lava is motoring.

This account is about to become throwaway.

Beautiful clear day over there! Enjoy your trip @Bimblesalong

It's stunning. I don't think we'll see anything but smoke but even that is incredible.

Keep going to Kambur in Njarðvík, I definitely saw some people standing there watching the lava earlier. Have a lovely day anyway, it's superb weather for it!

Heating pipe breached by the looks of it:

This is going to be a huge issue. People can't stay there without hot water. I suppose the airport could be affected, too.

We saw lava!! On my big camera so will post when back in the uk.

Cool, where are you?

Hi everyone, I've been terrible at keeping up with my own thread!

Hot water pipe has definitely been breached. People are being asked to conserve water - https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2024/02/08/njardvikuraedin_er_farin_i_sundur/#Echobox=1707393638

Am I right in thinking the hot water provides heating too, not just hot bathing water? In which case no heating in winter in Iceland is a big deal.

@Puffinshop Steve just stating now he can't show certain cams that have a better view because he 'can't steal footage' that he doesn't own the rights to.

Unlike a certain geologist who DID steal footage from Isak last time.

Yes, this is exactly right.

Puffinshop, you win every good citizen of mumsnet going. Your tips were amazing! Thank you.

Just north-east of Njarðvík.

How big an area is supplied by the heating pipe which has ruptured?