Rumblings from another Icelandic volcano

[GloriaSmud]

and it's a big 'un!
This time at Bárðarbunga, with over 200 earthquakes recorded so far and last night, the Icelandic Met Office raised the aviation colour code to yellow to reflect the unrest that's going on.

Thanks Nannynick.,wonder what will happen next.....

If anyone fancies some light reading then I have found

Volcanology and Geothermal Energy (1992) available online. It has info about Caldera's and Iceland.

That looks pretty good :)

at that shockwave!

Jón Frímann's latest post ~ he's "almost certain" there's going to be an eruption from the Bárðarbunga caldera.

twitter.com/mauquintanilla/status/509153228202967042

Lovely picture, maybe it is,computer generated or maybe real but it's lovely anyway,

Jon Fr thinks a subglacial reuption is under way. Sadly im off to work so I'll have to find out later if he is correct or not.

I read that on Jon's blog. Seems to be a waiting game now and everyone's watching the webcams!

Signing in to mark my place, I've been following this thread since it started and reading volcano cafe and watching webcams but I never comment because I have nothing of use to add. This thread is my first thing in the morning and last thing at night check in! It's just so fascinating seeing the earth doing what it's always done via webcam. I don't give a damn if it affects my future holiday plans either, it's far too interesting for me to want it to stop and I've stockpiled water and flour and tins of food just in case we have a long cold winter because I like that sort of thing.

LostinWales I feel the same way about this thread!

Mmm : a supplies stockpile, there's an idea.

One of the comments on the page about the sub glacial eruption is talking about a plan b evacuation for all of Iceland, I wonder if it could really come to that?

I find it gives a warm, fuzzy feeling stockpiling food for a possible cold winter, Lost!

Over on volcanocafe, Carl thinks he can see the beginnings of a lake on the webcam from the lava making a natural dam in the river.

It's always good to have a plan B..

I think knowing how volcanic Iceland is and from looking at what's happened in the past, I think the authorities have to consider an evacuation if the worst happens.

Just reading Jon Frimann's latest (17.32 UTC) and from his tone he sounds like he is getting quite excited by it all now (excited? Not sure of the right word, his last missive sounds like it was written in the presence of an adrenaline rush!)

Norway are apparently suffering with so2 stench.

That concerns me, mainly because I have asthma and so it'd be bad news if it was the same here. Luckily we're down in the south west so have time to find the inhalers emigrate.

Dd has well controlled mild asthma. When we visited some fumaroles on Vulcano a few years ago I have to be honest, she did struggle a bit. It might be worth checking your inhaler stock though the levels would be much more dilute than we experienced.

Thanks, I have a good stock and sure it'll be fine. It's not a massive concern but just a little issue I need to be aware IYSWIM - I noticed it a little with all that pollution last year.

I' m another one who checks this thread last thing at night and early morning.
In early August they had closed part of one of the glaciers we were walking on in Iceland because the glacier edge had started to split and was producing icebergs and also the levels of so2 were higher than normal in the river - which was called the "smelly river" - it did stink.

It is well worth being aware of :) better to prevent an asthma attack than fight one off.

Hello everyone.

So, does anyone have a view on whether JonF is right or not? He seems to be very well regarded.

I'm another one who follows this thread religiously. I finally saw what R2d2 is. It made me smile when I figured it out. I also try and follow volcano cafe and JonF but don't really 'get' it all. Doesn't stop me being completely hooked though.

I'm a but shocked that if bad enough an eruption would warrant iceland being evacuated. I'm still at that.

Nannynick, the PNG sound shock video is amazing. I love watching the sound waves travel through the clouds. Amazing! Thanks for linking to that.

I can't access the webcams from mila on my ipad but can on a laptop. Does anyone know why? I love the scenes at dusk and nightfall, it is so beautiful.

Thanks so much to Gloriasmud, OYBBK, glacé and Nannynick for keeping us all updated. You're all brilliant.

Have just come across this thread. Haven't had time to read the whole thing yet, but I will.

We are due to fly out to Iceland for the October half term. Starting to worry whether that will happen after all. Just glad we haven't told the boys about the trip yet

I feel the sudden urge to stockpile......chocolate!

Whereabouts in Iceland are you planning to go? This is a long way from most of the tourist areas. At the moment the so2 cloud is going over to Norway and Russia and I think that is likely to be the biggest risk depending where you are going.
Reyjavik and pingvellir are fine. This isn't affecting the golden circle tours.
The foreign office aren't saying don't travel.

Civil Protection Agency is "Gravely Concerned" about Bardarbunga. Jon Fr posted that "when they get 'concerned', he gets terrified."