La Palma – Review | Netflix disaster series

Merry Christmas… now run!

The plot of the new Netflix disaster series La Palma is about the fact that millions of Scandinavians travel to the Canary Islands every year. Since many people have vacation days at this time anyway, it is the perfect time for a short vacation with the whole family.

For a small Norwegian family it is a Christmas tradition. In a year without lockdown or other problems keeping them at home, they are doing what they have been doing for so many years; Head to the island of La Palma and check into your favorite hotel.

What no one on the island knows is that a natural danger lurks behind the idyllic backdrop of the Canary Islands. Specifically, it’s about the island on which this family is located.

A young Norwegian scientist is studying volcanic activity – or rather, keeping an eye on it and learning about this volcanic island. Collaboration with an Icelandic scientist (people from Iceland). definitely She knows nothing about volcanoes) and discovers alarming signs that a catastrophe may be afoot.

The volcano at the heart of the island appears to be unstable. If the volcano erupts, the people on the island could be doomed. But even a mass the size of Manhattan could break off and fall into the sea. This would trigger the largest tsunami the world has ever seen.

The anatomy of a volcanic eruption

Watch out La PalmaI realized that I didn’t know much about volcanic eruptions. Now I know, and you never know when this kind of knowledge can become important, so I store it in my memory.

First, poisonous gas will leak and kill people in the mountains. For this reason, you should not go to higher areas if a tsunami warning is issued following a volcanic eruption. The gas will kill you before the tsunami reaches you.

Next comes ash from the mountain, disrupting air traffic so you can’t get away as quickly as you’d like.

Finally the actual eruption occurs with lava and chaos will take place. Everyone has to fight to survive and no matter how much you want to help people, not everyone can or will survive.

The La Palma The series revolves around the Norwegian family, which also has many problems within the family. Luckily, love isn’t one of them, but even love can’t help you against a massive volcanic eruption.

Will the family succeed in escaping the catastrophe of gas, ash, lava, And a lurking tsunami in the fight for their lives? And can the scientists at the volcano center convince their colleagues that they are facing the worst-case scenario so that an evacuation can be ordered?!