The man who fell in the fissure was not found and Grindavik will be evacuated again
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ม.ค. 2024
- After a serious accident where a contractor fell into a fissure it can be rightfully said that the situation has never been so difficult for the residents of Grindavik who will be forced to leave the town again on Monday. All business activities will be stopped and no one will be allowed to go to the town except for parties working on research such as Ground Radar Scanning. It has been terrible for us all to refresh the browser day and nigh for 3 days while the search was ongoing until it became clear that this was a lost battle. The hearts of Icelanders are with the man's family, who leaves behind 2 children and 2 foster children. He was born in 1973. We also think of the others who died in the last few days in a traffic accident, and all residents in Grindavik, this is extremely heart braking for them all.
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I'm so sad for this poor man, I was hoping they would at least find his body. My sympathy goes to his family and friends. At least no more live was lost during the researches, it would have made all this even more horrible than it already is.
Yea extra tragic when the family can’t even lay him to rest .. 😞💔
You’re a moron laughing at this.
Let's be honest here: this was suicide.
@princessofthecape2078 and you say this because?
@@belindaeaglestone9127 Common sense? It's a hole in the ground. How do you just randomly fall into it?
I can hear from the tone of your voice that it is bad news, indeed. Sending love and light to all of you.
This was a horrible accident, of course, and a terrible way for anyone to lose their life. I feel so sorry for this family. And thank you for once again updating us all on the current status of the situation. As always, objective reporting of the facts without trying to sensationalize the losses, including of this man's life.
But as someone with some experience using GPS, let me explain a few basics. This is a VERY labor-intensive technology, requiring people to take the devices across an area of interest at a very regular pace. Even if you're doing just the parts of Grindavik where you have open ground fractures, going back and forth across this entire system, through the entire town, will take multiple teams at least a week. To do the entire town, including those areas where there may have been earthquake epicenters but no visible cracking, would take weeks to months. The imagery comes in to your recording computer, but then it requires some significant mathematical analysis to make visual sense of the returned results.
ALSO, the depth of "reading" and degree of fine resolution are inversely related: the deeper you can read the subsurface, the less detail you can see. So, equipment that can "see" the subsurface 10 meters down, will likely give you an image resolution with a one-meter resolution. Equipment that can only read three meters down may be able to give 10-cm resolution. It all has to do with the wavelength of the radar projection device used - longer wavelengths penetrate more deeply, but provide less resolution.
Hope that the situation does not deteriorate, and that the eruption, when (not if) it comes, will be spectacularly captured in your videos, while also being sufficiently distant from homes and infrastructure (including the Blue Lagoon and adjacent power plant) as to cause no significant local economic damage. At least your eruptions in Iceland tend to be more predictable and nonexplosive, compared to those of the Pacific Ring of Fire, most of which are spectacularly explosive - risking death to anyone within 5-10 km (or even farther away).
Thank you for your very informative post. You explained it very well. This is not a simple technology. I hope no one oversimplifies this problem or politizes this issue. Everything in America seems political now.
Gylfies youtube research about radar makes it sound like it is a quick and easy fix without any limitations, just buy a lawnmower sized thing and your set! I somehow doubt it is that easy, but going by comments now half Gylfies viewers now also think it is because Gylfi is a nice guy so it must be true.
@@scania9786 Yeah of course when a tragedy happens it often first comes to mind to find someone to blame at. "How did this happen, why it wasn't prevented?" I think it's human nature so no offence to anyone. Often times the easy solutions to tragedies and problems might not be as simple as people think.
@@aksei
Thank you for such a thorough explanation. This is one of those situations where it is a great learning opportunity for scientists and geologist; but also can have a terrible toll on humans.
Blessings to his family and friends. 💐
I am from the Pacific Northwest in the US (the top left corner of the country) and grew up with Mount Saint Helens and the threat of other dormant volcanoes.
We are accustomed to knowing where the lava is gonna pop out. Having a fisser just open up and in the open land is so terrifying.
Geologist here:
I'm working on a void investigation under a dam in the USA right now and we're looking at $400k to do the study. In Grindavik's case, there isn't a river and dam with a history of problems to work around, so without knowing the details I'd cut that cost to $100k. it's a large area with buildings, pipes, conduits, etc. to consider. It's a big job.
Off the top of my head I would have several questions before being too critical of the officials: 1. who is funding the study? 2. Is that money better spent building lava barriers? (IMO yes- that harbor is critical) 3. Are deep fissures like the one the dreadfully unlucky equipment operator fell into something that is common in Iceland? (If not, who would think that a geophysical study would be worth the expense or even necessary) and 4. will the investigating geologists, geophysicists, and engineers be held liable if something unexpected pops up after the study is complete? (in the USA, they sure would, and because of that no sane consultant would touch that project without outrageous additional compensation to cover insurance and liability risk). If all of these were known or settled in advance, then the officials should face the music for not conducting the study. If not, there are lessons to be learned to be better prepared when the next fissure opens.
EDIT: Having worked on projects in basalt lava fields before, the unfortunate worker could have fallen into a previously unknown lava tube. These things can be tens of meters high or more. Figuring out where those things are might require a seismic or gravity survey, so add another $100k to the above to conduct one of these studies (double it for both) with the same caveat as above for liability.
Thank you for your work, even though the news is sad.
I have worked with GPR. It is a very slow, laborious process. The results are dependent on geology and conditions - ground water pretty much makes it ineffective. It would take many months to scan the entire town. It would be hugely expensive. Any results would be negated by the next earthquake swarm and would be totally pointless if the next eruption takes out the town.
Thank you for this comment. It's very easy for those of us who don't work with the technology to wonder why it's not being used more widely.
I wonder also whether within a town any cables that are around would mess with the radar signals.
Modern ground radars are not that slow. There are self-propelled devices, field work with them is quite fast. The evaluation really requires experience and a lot of time.
I also do not think this technology is where this guy thinks it is. We can't even really scan to detect Mexican cartel tunnels in the US, and we have a great need and great technology from oil companies that should make it easy to do so, if possible. I don't know, geophysics is not my field even though I'm a geologist.
There are wide scan vehicle mountable GPRs, but these are designed for highway use - without huge great fissures across them. If you are surveying gardens, pavements, car parks etc, on uneven ground, you would be reliant on a machine that can only work in 50cm to 100cm strips. Hand pushed carts are more easily available, but still hard to get. We hired one in Spain last summer for a project, there was only one company hiring them and when ours broke it was a major problem getting a replacement. You are talking 20 to 50 thousand pounds to buy. I've never found a self propelled one in the UK, hence why I'm designing and building one at the moment. Another huge cost is the software to interpret the data, before you even start thinking of the cost of someone with the skills necessary. Surveying the whole of Grindavik would cost in the region of 2 million pounds and would take upwards of a year.
Gylfi, I share your shock at the possibility that the ground was not scanned before the work began and before people started moving back. The fear of falling into a fissure or crevasse created during an earthquake is one that the movies take advantage of but that rarely occurs. And now this sad event has happened. I’m also saddened by the traffic deaths. I send my prayers to the people of Grindavik and Iceland.
You could scan one day, declare it "safe", and have people fall into a new rupture the next day ...
Exactly. It could be as little as a couple of minutes later, and you wouldn't know the new cavity was there.@@Wannes_
That sucks. I have been hoping he would be found.
Sad news. Poor man. My heart goes out to his family and friends.
very sad for the town and this unfortunate man God rest his soul
It seemed self evident that there would be hidden fissures under the surface. A hole could open up anywhere, and people or animals could fall in, and nobody would ever find them again. So sad. I agree, it is too dangerous for people to just go about their business as if this risk was not real. Perhaps the fishing workers will have to come in by bus, but live elsewhere for the time being.
Completely agree. I understand it is important for the Grindavik port to remain open for the fishing industry. But there does not appear to be any way that residents can permanently move back to the town.
@@VolcanoGroupie And considering the nature of the damage, I can't see that it will ever be successfully inhabited again. Maybe at most a 4th of the town.
There has been some mention of moving operations to another bay. That may very well be the only way to salvage the fisheries there in the long term.
It is not an unknown fissure, the subsurface was just much more eroded than the surface crack might indicate.
This could have taken place over the last two months or weeks.
Rest in peace.
A sad tragedy of the man who was killed. Sad as well to know the residents of Grindivik must vacate again. I hope the coming scans show the majority of the town is safe to inhabit.
Sorry for the loss of this man. Praying for safety for you and the community.
@@doublewhopper67 why ask
God please comfort those who are in mourning. 😢🙏🏻🙏🏻💖🌹🌹
With all that water under Grindavik, if the magma decided to come up under the town, seems like it could be an explosive event.
It is really sad that a lot of these common sense fail safes and safety measures are usually considered AFTER someone loses their lives in a preventable accident. My sympathies to those that lost their loved one and friend. And serious respect for the response and effort put in by emergency personnel regarding this accident.
Ever heard the saying "you learn from your mistakes"
This is a brand new problem that no one has anticipated nor thought of.
Iceland is a frontier in that sense.
It sounds to me like your country is responding to this tragedy as best as possible.
@@jase4270 Yeah that was kind of my point, it's sad that that is the reality of how things work though
Don't be ridiculous. The issue of cavities re-opening in unstable ground was something I was dealing with forty years ago. Despite all the precautions we took, we still lost two excavators in a cavity (not the drivers). The very nature of unstable ground makes it unpredictable.
@@mikeconey2164 i agree, but I am not an expert nor do I have experience. Experience counts the most. Two excavators! Wow.
Oh wow so sorry to hear this. 😞
Very sad that the man dissappeared. May be they didn't scan everything because that will be quite a big job. I have seen this being done for archeological survey, it takes a lot of time to scan such a big area. The estimate of 3 weeks for the entire area of Grindavik I would call very optimistic. And in addition there are places where you cannot fully scan, because there are buildings standing there.
What even worse: such caves could be everywhere, especially in the earthquake regions. There is no way to scan all that in a reasonable time frame. So such incidents can always happen, no matter how much efforts are undertaken.
And traffic accidents... they also happen all the time. The more people are driving around, the more accident happen. You can set speed limits, tell people not to use their phone when driving, not to overtake - someone will always act stupid and cause a tragedy regardless.
I suspect the area would be restricted to the main fracture running through the town where the accident also took place.
Still a large area but not the whole town.
Maybe 20.000m² or so.
If I remember right, the ground penetrating devices work very slowly and give difficult results.. but it’s helpful when focused on specific areas. It would definitely be helpful around homes.
There are at least six smaller fissures running roughly parallel through the whole town on either side of the major one the missing person presumably fell into. I think the whole town will ultimately have to be written off as future quakes will likely cause all of the other fissures to get wider and ruin everything in their path every time there is a non-trivial quake.
And yes, GPR mapping seemed like an obvious thing to do before allowing anybody to return. So obvious that the thought of NOT having done it hadn't crossed my mind until this tragedy highlighted that the people working on filling the crack apparently had no clue how deep it actually went.
im surprised they didnt do other geophysical survey methods like seismic or electrical resistance. both would show voids very easily.
@@alexdrockhound9497 electric tomography could face too much interference from all the sub-town infrastructure like cables and pipes.
I heard no warnings before it happened. So this might be more obvious in hindsight than to forecast.
This is a frontier town: unanticipated developments are happening.
@@edwardlulofs444 Using GPR isn't "obvious in hindsight", it is so obvious that the thought that they hadn't done it never crossed my mind. Doing a geological survey is the first thing you should do before working on compromised ground. Someone may get sued for criminal negligence over this.
@@teardowndan5364 thank you for your reply. It sounds like this could be considered by a court of law in Iceland.
After seeing the fissures opening in Grindavik with significant land rise and subsidence I was convinced the town would have to be abandoned, but the building of the berm to protect the town made the threat of lava less likely. Still, the town is directly above the fissure and even if the berm is able to protect from town from lava coming from the north the probability of more earth movement and even lava venting in the town I can't see how Grindavik will survive in the long run.
I voiced the exact same concerns on Silki's channel. It seems strange that the "experts" appear to only take action after questions and suggestions are voiced on the social media channels covering this situation. Just looking at that building next to the rescue site shows that the change to the ground is far more extensive than would first appear. Homes, businesses, and schools could literally be sitting on a wafer thin crust of soil, teetering on the edge of collapse during the next earthquake or volcanic shift.
The "experts" that are able to make any decision or official announcement are public servants.
So yeah, of course they are under pressure from public opinion. They are supposed to.
The "experts" that are able to make any decision or official announcement are public servants.
So yeah, of course they are under pressure from public opinion. They are supposed to.
It’s downright frightening
I agree and have said the same thing on her channel but my response was blocked.
"It seems strange"
that's just it. it SEEMS strange to YOU, but you must admit, both you and EVERYBODY here is pretty much ignorant as to how these things actually work and are decided. Please, stop trying to guess how things work. it's a learning process, meaning you must rely on fact first, not guesses.
Sending heartfelt condolences to Iceland for all those suffering from the recent losses. Thank you for the update.
Hi Gylfi ! Thank you for the update. The loss of this man is really a drama for his family and the whole country, but I understand that after 3 days in such an environment the rescuers, if they found him, would have found a dead man... The safety of the courageous rescuers was absolutely necessary. As far as Grindavik is concerned, I must say that I have always been astonished to see that the autorities authorized the inhabitants to go back in the city for a while... It is impossible to face Nature, particularly when it is so strong ! Of course it is a pity for the persons who lived there but I think that the government must help them to rebuilt their house or company elsewhere, but not on an active fissure. Of course it is far easy to say that when we live comfortably near Paris... Take care of you !
The man's death is a tragedy,as well as the couple in the accident. The evacuation also weighs heavily on my heart. Everyone can hear the compassion in your voice as you tell us the news. I wish you peace and healing.
Thank you for your clear reporting of the facts. All love and prayers to his family. Stay safe dear Grindavik!
I don't know if you will see this comment as TH-cam frequently blocks me ... but I am praying for you and your families there and am riveted by your devotion to updating the world to what is happening in your community. I hope you can continue to provide updates and that you are safe while doing it. You are documenting history for all to come and you should be proud of your efforts.
TH-cam will censor comments seemingly randomly. A couple of days ago I did a comment that only said "yup", and it was auto-deleted.
@@nian60 there's a lot of bots around that put only a couple of vaguely affirmative words on videos. I'm not sure why they do that, maybe an effort to make them look like a real user. But that's probably why you were filtered.
If youtube autodeletes, it does so after 20 seconds, so you can just refresh to see if it's going to stay, then reword
If youtube autodeletes, it does so after 20 seconds, so you can just refresh to see if it's going to stay, then reword
If youtube autodeletes, it does so after 20 seconds, so you can just refresh to see if it's going to stay, then reword
The loss of life is tragic adding to all the other troubles you've had recently. And now you face another evacuation. I hope things will improve for you all soon.
Heartbreaking that the man was never found. This is also sad that the town has to be evacuated again. That must really be taking a toll on the livelihoods of the residents there. I hope there will be a fix for all those deep cracks somehow. Stay safe there everyone.
My condolences on the lost of your countryman. I hope Grindavik can be saved and the residents can return home permanently soon. I still wish I could have gotten off the plane, even for a few minutes, the one time I landed there while in the Navy.
Sadly I would disagree about Grindavik being a safe place after being scanned. It won't. Even if you know where gaps and caverns are ATM, you won't know how rain and frost, and other processes will effect them over the next few years further destabilizing the ground under the town. The only real option is to rebuild the town slightly east of its present location, on the other side of the small peninsula the harbor is on, where the ground didn't sink and that seems not to be quite on as many fault lines. At least then they would still have the advantages of the location for fishing without the future fears.
My deepest condolences to the man's family and friends! So terrible to lose him and not be able to say a last goodbye! But no one would want that tragedy compounded by the loss of rescuers if they attempted further searches. His loss leading to the realization that there may be unknown, deep fissures running through the town may end up saving other lives. It's sad Grindavik will have to be evacuated again. I wonder whether the government could have the dock area and fish processing plant areas checked first so that potentially they could operate or conduct business in some way so that their livelihood won't be totally lost but also protect them as much as possible. Continued prayers for everyone!
My heart breaks for this mans family, friends & coworkers that knew him. I had tears this morning when I saw the new fissures this morning. 😢😢😢
My deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of the man that fell into the crevasse. Know that you are in my prayers.
To be honest, i was amazed how quick people were able to go to Grindavik again, with those earthquakes and cracks which have appeared.
I agree fully with you that it should have been scanned first in order to guaranty the safety of the people and above all those working there in the area.
It seems that the next eruption is imminent and i see cars driving there still, hopefully everyone is out of the area when it starts.
Thanks for all the updates.
I wasn’t surprised how fast people wanted to return.
I was alive and following news reports during the Mt Saint Helens 1980 eruption.
People demanding to return. Geologists saying it’s not safe. No one likes to be told what to do.
People were sneaking around the closures and I think some died.
Volcanoes are unpredictable and dangerous.
When I was young and Mammoth Lakes, CA closed some areas for CO2 dangers, I went in anyway. I was lucky and didn’t understand the danger.
Even in my 50s, a companion and I went on a dangerous backpacking trip in the arctic.
My companion was killed and I was lucky to survive.
In real life, people do foolish things!
Thanks for the update!
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@@JustIcelandic Gylfi! Earthquake swarm at Grindavik! I can’t take it anymore! Hope everyone is safe!
Thank you for update, really appreciate your work.
Thank you very much...
Sad day for all involved. Thank you Gylfi for bringing this news so clearly.
My condolences go out to this man's family, friends and community. It shows that the earth is more complex a structure than we imagine even with the best of intentions and expertise. I am confident renewed study with patience will reveal options for the people of Grindavik. Thank you for all your work.
Very sorry to hear about this accident. Prayers for his family and friends and everyone. Your question about scanning is a good one. Be safe😔
Very sad. Prayers out to his family and the search and rescue team. I was hoping he would be found.
💙💧💧big loss, so crazy underground River, God bless his family.
🙏🏻 appreciated!
I feel so sad for his family & friends, thank you for the update Gylfi. I will be glad when it is safe for residents to go home.
Gylfi my best regard for you too and for all your great Country:ICELAND. All my best wish for all people who lives or visit Iceland. 🙋🌎From Brazil my condolences for all family that has lost their members. In this tragic acident from the volcano eruptions or crashed street.🖤
All my respect to the workers who risked their lived trying to find this man, and also to the workers who dramatically rescued the construction equipment from the top of the berm this morning when it seemed lost.
Yes, I haven’t been to that town in years. I was 15 years old when I came to Iceland.😂😂 I used to ride my bike in that town to see my grandpa at the fishing harbor. That place brings me a lot of memories. Sorry for the guys lost that’s sad fell between the void 🇦🇽🇨🇦
Keep safe, Gylfi.
When we go up against Nature’s power, good thing to always keep in mind how powerful and unpredictable it can be. Your reporting is always warmly appreciated as humble and true!!!
Sad news indeed...my condolences to the family of this man who tragically lost his life in service to his community. And to the travelers who died in accidents away from home and loved ones, my sincere condolences...perhaps it should be encouraged for tourists to hire a guide when in an unfamiliar country...Thank you, Gylfi, for this update, best regards to you :)
Thank you for all your dedication and talent that you put into this channel. I just got so much more info out of your two last videos than I got from BBC News! Safe travels to Reykjavik and my heart is with the people in Grindavik and Reykjanes. I drove through the town in October and it's shocking to see it in the current state. Take care.
Just unbelievable. So sad, especially when you hear that the whole town had not been done and it possibly could have been avoided. Condolences to his family. 😢
In hindsight it so easy to say what could have been done to avoid an accident.
@keestrommel0912 its true though.
@@Linandemma No, it's not true.
GPR is bloody damn slow, tedious, inaccurate at depth, and the very best units are vanishingly scarce and hard to come-by. Even then, the best equipment only gives a 1-meter resolution at ten meter depth. Not what I'd call a precision instrument. Weeks for a cursory scan of the entire town. Months to get the kind of detail that would have prevented this - *assuming* there were no more earthquakes in the meanwhile. Each set of shocks puts you *right* back where you started; this is not magic technology.
Our heart felt condolences to his family and to the brave people of Iceland. All the best to the rescuers.
Thanks for this compassionate update
That is horrible. It's so terrible when the search for a missing person is abandoned. The poor man, the poor relatives...
My heart goes out to the family of the poor man who was lost. so sorry;
Thank you for your very good reporting. It is sad to see the effects of the recent activity on the people of Grinadvik and you report this with great empathy.
Prayers are with this man's family' and all of Iceland. Thank you for your informative reports.
Prayers for Iceland. Stay safe people.
so sorry to hear about the worker gylfi. my heart goes out to his family
they definitely need to completely scan the ground it may be undercut by a lot of fissures and sinkholes...that would be a disaster
thanks for the updates
[edit sadly went to live from icelandic and saw chat re-activated as the number of quakes went through the roof like 111 in the last hour and saw many cars evacuating in the dark. unfortunately saw the eruption at 7:57 icelandic time]
Gylfi, once again thank you for the information, amazing videos, and your compassion for others. My condolences to the family and continued prayers for the people of Grindavik.
My condolences to his family and the community at large.
My prayers to this man ; my condoleances to the family .
Thank you Gylfi for the news you always give .
The fishers town may rebuild farther on a good soil or strong ridge ?
Have a good day .
I have been worried about this since the fissure opened and I just assumed that they had scanned the ground for crevasses before they let people come home the first time to collect personal items. Very sad news about the worker, my condolences to all who knew him. You always make Iceland look so magical with the scenery you choose. I wish for more footage of Icelandic Horses, the unicorns without a horn 😉
Thanks for the update.
RIP man who tried to help others 😢
Thankyou for the update Gylfi, even though it seems like there is only sad and bad news. The loss of the workman is tragic, my sympathy is with his friends and loved ones. I'm another who finds it hard to believe the area wasn't properly scanned before allowing people back. Drone operated GPR is a good idea, although I believe it adds more to the mathematics required to analyse what is found. I did read somewhere that GPR scans can be done from the air when there is a large area to cover, and if possible, I think this would be the best way to do it, perhaps by helicopter.
The road accidents are a different subject altogether. We have many winding and narrow roads in the UK, and accidents on them are usually down to people not driving properly for the weather conditions and nature of the roads. Still desperately sad for the families of those lost.
Let's just keep hoping that a solution is found for the people of Grindavik soon as they have been through so much already.
My thanks again 🦄
So so sad. My heartfelt prayers for the worker's family and co-workers. I am also sorry for the rest of the town for having to evecuate again. We all are hoping your town can be fixed up and you all get back to your normal lives again.
Thank you Gylfi. Stay safe; now that the contractor fell in the fissure I hope everyone knows this is well beyond a tourist eruption.
Sad News. Thanks for the update Gylfi. Stay Safe. Greetings from NZ
Thank you and greetings to NZ
I can sure hear in your voice with this video your sadness, concern and many questions about everything that has happened here in Iceland of recent. And right now, the story is not over. It really is a tragedy that is ongoing at this time. Thank you for expressing your thoughts as you posted your video, Gylfi.
I wonder if the underground river was there originally or if the seismic activity changed the course of the river and the river subsequently undermined the fissure? Condolences to the friends and family of the gentleman who lost his life.
Thank you for this sad update. I really appreciate your reports on the situation there. Keep safe.
Terrible news about the worker. Condolences to their family and friends. I hope they are found eventually. Love from Aotearoa New Zealand.
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That is truly sad news for all involved! Thank you for the update!
Sorry about the brave gentleman just doing his job. He's a very special person. Prayers to his family and to the town for their loss. And to the town for evacuating again, but better safe than sorry. Would be a disaster if one of the sink holes would open up and swallow a home with people inside. Take care and stay safe.
BTW. Where would be the nearest harbor for the fishing boats to operate?
Heartfelt condolences to all affected.😢
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Very sad news Gylfi. Thank-you once again for the reports you give us.
Prayers for his family❤
I just woke up to the livestream from RÚV, really hope no one else was hurt. My heart goes out to the family of the man that fell into the cavity... Thank you again for updating us, even if there are mostly sad news
It's hard to keep up to date with so many changes happening so quickly. This is written at 11:33 am, after the new eruption started. On both sides of the protective berm.
Bad times for the residents.
My prayers are with his family for the loss of their loved one.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Appreciated🙏🏼
Prayers and thoughts for you all. Appreciate the video updates.
Thank you as always.
Thanks again!
I hate that I have to repeat this so bare with me. I am not trying to sound smug, I am sad that I was right. I have been warning for many weeks on many channels including this one and on Iceland's official youtube channels covering the Grindavik situation that this would happen. There are far too many crevasses, sinkholes, cracks and rifts in this small town for it to be safe. I have watched workers, rescue teams, police and media step into these holes and take selfies and pictures and all the while I repeatedly begged people to stop. You cant know how deep these cracks, crevasses, fossures, holes and sinkholes go. The town is in a Gruben along a faultline. There are constant earthquakes. More holes and fissures open or widen every day. You cant just fill them in. In most cases all they are doing is packing a plug into the hole or crevasse but underneath there is still a very large space or flowing water, maybe as deep as hundreds of meters. Packing these only gives a false sense of safety. The next earthquake or tremor could open them up wider or create larger holes such that the next person or vehicle that passes over can be swallowed whole!
You cant just stand inside a fissure with a compacter yet, that is apparently exactly what they were doing...without tethers. Insanity and ignorance!
I am saddened by this needless loss of life but the reality is that the people of grindavik are very lucky it hasnt happened sooner.
These fissures are deep and dangerous. They could potentially swallow a home or business with people inside or swallow a family sleeping in their home. There is no way to know what has opened up under these homes without a thorough geologic survey, ground penetrating radar and extensive mapping. That hasnt been done. A general problem with sinkholes is that what is seen from above rarely displays what is actually happening below.
If this had happened in the USA, and based on the current map of rifts and sinkholes done by the national insurance, I feel I can safely say this town would have been evacuated and permanently condemned. I am not even sure it is safe enough to bring heavy equipment in to raze the buildings to ensure people dont try staying. I think Grindavik has become unlivable, a dangerous, uninhabitable place.
Yes, I realize we are talking about people losing everything but better that then their lives. In my opinion National insurance should pay them the assessed value of their homes prior to Nov 18th and let these poor people move on. This town is lost. This is my opinion. But I think experts will agree.
GPR is used extensively by archaeologists here in the UK. Most of the time they use man-powered equipment as it is significantly less expensive and the data much easier to interpret as there is much less surface scatter to eliminate.
Excellent videos as always. Enjoying your commentary a lot.
I'm so sorry, Gylfi. I'm watching this morning's eruptions and it is heartbreaking
I am sad to hear of the loss of life. Please be careful once you are on the road again.
Regards, Jim O
You are Stoic and brave to still be there .
Change is painful but you will go still wth your futures.
All my best wishes for you .
Wow! That's a horrible way to go! I feel horrible for his family! Please stay safe!
Thanks, will do!
Thank you 🙏 once again for this most recent update. Incredibly sad that the missing man cannot be found. Hoping a scan of the town can be carried out and people can return when it’s been safely mapped.
Thank you for the sad news. Accidents can happen, but the depth of the crack should have been scanned, I agree. In the meantime the waiting is over for the next eruption and it seems to be closer to Grindavik than expected. I hope all people can safely leave the town 🙏. Stay safe.
They can run scans from space and also from planes ground penatrating radar.They found a crater through the Greenland icesheet that way.
I'd forgotten about that. I wonder what it takes to request a satellite survey. Even if it didn't penetrate through the soil deeply, it would probably still be useful information.
lots of very "bright" reflections from buildings, cables etc, hard to see the subtle details below.
That is sad. Condolences to the lost man’s family and friends
Thank you kindly!
Very sad news- Thanks you for your sensitive coverage.
Thank you for the detail on the missing worker. I had wondered how come they could not be located. 😢
Praying for all of you. This is bringing awareness to many around the globe ❤
GPR is the answer. I also cannot figure why it has not been an option. Thanks for your excellent reporting.
I am so sorry for the loss of life and the hardship of this community. My sympathies.
Thank you for your clear explanation, once again, Gylfi. Sad news.
You're right about all your questions! ❤❤❤