[HN Gopher] Iceland declares state of emergency, braces for volc...
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       Iceland declares state of emergency, braces for volcanic eruption
       [28 min ago]
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2023-11-12 16:38 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.ft.com)
        
       | bookofjoe wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/3jsQ0
        
       | sbarre wrote:
       | Non-paywall story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67387827
        
         | mock-possum wrote:
         | > Thor Thordason, professor of volcanology at the University of
         | Iceland
         | 
         | Whose parents clearly had a sense of humor
        
           | sbarre wrote:
           | I work with a "Jonathan Johnson" so yeah..
        
           | HalfCrimp wrote:
           | Iceland uses patronymic naming [1] so you get a lot of this
           | sort of thing. A child's surname will be their father's name
           | plus a suffix depending on the child's sex. So the son and
           | daughter of Thor will have surnames like Thorson and
           | Thorsdottir, literally "Thor's son" and "Thor's daughter"
           | 
           | [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name
        
           | maxnoe wrote:
           | Iceland still mostly uses "<name of father>{son,dottir}" last
           | names.
           | 
           | Nothing about humor, just a father calling his son similar to
           | himself.
           | 
           | Seems his full name is Thorvaldur Thordarson.
        
       | alboaie wrote:
       | Is there a possibility of flight disruptions in Europe?
        
         | benj111 wrote:
         | There's a possibility.
         | 
         | Seems more of a risk to transatlantic routes.
         | 
         | I don't know how easy it would be to reroute them though.
        
         | t0mas88 wrote:
         | Yes, the London region already published a test advisory to
         | verify that all systems are working. It illustrates what a real
         | one could look like:
         | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/data/vaac/vag/pfxd01_egr...
         | 
         | The northern part of the Atlantic route system (EU-US) goes
         | through there. And big parts of UK airspace could be affected.
        
           | solardev wrote:
           | Lol, I like it. I kinda wish we'd do that in software status
           | pages too. "This is a test of our emergency status page. This
           | is only a test. It's also the only time you'll actually see
           | red on this page."
        
         | devoutsalsa wrote:
         | There's always a chance, although the annual eruptions over the
         | past three years had a negligible impact on air travel.
         | 
         |  _The eruption site is only around 20 km (12 mi) from Iceland
         | 's main international airport, Keflavik International Airport.
         | Due to the eruption's effusive nature with little to no ash
         | production, it is not considered a risk to air traffic._ [1]
         | 
         | [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagradalsfjall
        
           | xg15 wrote:
           | Wasn't there another problem this time, that the eruption
           | site is close to the geothermal plant that _powers_ Keflavik?
           | 
           | At least that would only affect traffic from/to Iceland and
           | not half of Europe though.
        
       | everybodyknows wrote:
       | As seen from NASA FIRES satellites:
       | 
       | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-22.4,65....
        
         | bookofjoe wrote:
         | Wow. Great resource.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | The same emergency from 2 days ago?
       | 
       | More discussion and good resources in this thread:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38225019
        
       | xg15 wrote:
       | Eyjafjallajokull sends its regards.
        
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