massive iceberg looms over small village, towering over houses

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https://www.npr.org/2018/07/14/629126405/massive-iceberg-looms-over-a-village-in-greenland




The photographs are stunning: a giant mountain of ice towers over a tiny village, with colorful homes reminiscent of little doll houses against the stark, blue-gray landscape.

But for the people living in those houses – that beauty could be life-threatening.

"It's kind of like, if you lived in the suburbs, and you woke up one morning and looked out, and there was a skyscraper next to your house," says David Holland, an oceanographer at New York University who does research in Greenland during the summer months. "I'd be the first to get out of there."

He says that's why authorities have taken action to evacuate those living closest to the water from the village of Innaarsuit, where the iceberg has parked itself just off the coast. According to the BBC, the village has just 169 residents.

"In these shallow bays, these icebergs may drift in and become stuck, grounded on the sea floor," Holland says. "So that's what happened to one of these bergs."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/14/an-11-million-ton-iceberg-is-threatening-a-tiny-village-in-greenland/?utm_term=.62c6f9d8d961

Massive iceberg threatens remote town in Greenland
A huge iceberg grounded just outside the village of Innaarsuit, Greenland, and is threatening the coastal homes of the town's 169 residents. (Reuters)

An 11 million-ton iceberg is parked precariously close to the tiny village of Innaarsuit — a glacial faceoff that pits 169 residents of Greenland against the biggest iceberg many have ever seen.

Their fate could be entirely dependent on the weather forecast.

If a strong enough wind blows at the right time, the berg could be dislodged from the spot where it has grounded, and float harmlessly into Baffin Bay. Crisis over.

But if Mother Nature brings enough rain, the relatively warm precipitation could further destabilize the iceberg, potentially sending a chunk of it into the ocean and creating a tsunami that could wash away part of the town.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5951561/Villagers-evacuated-fears-huge-100m-high-chunk-break-iceberg-cause-tsunami.html

[pangaia]

1. Leave now before it is too late.

When that thing goes .. no time.

[Demovictory9]

2. they evacuated the nearby houses

[AllaN01Bear]

5. eep