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No air flights not nowhere in or out of the UK today.
Total chaos of course.
I live near Heathrow and at 5.30 p.m. the skies are sunny, clear and
blue.
Where's that volcanic fall-out then?
Did someone hit the panic button too soon, too hard?

On Apr 15, 9:44*am, Surreyman
wrote:
No air flights not nowhere in or out of the UK today.
Total chaos of course.
I live near Heathrow and at 5.30 p.m. the skies are sunny, clear and
blue.
Where's that volcanic fall-out then?
Did someone hit the panic button too soon, too hard?

In order to fly to the airport or out of it, planes have to fly
through air space that's been polluted by volcanic ash, which can
damage the engines.

You must be the frog that lives in a well and can only see your own
sky.

Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo

Surreyman writes:

I live near Heathrow and at 5.30 p.m. the skies are sunny, clear and
blue.

Ash can be hard to spot from the outside of the plume.

Did someone hit the panic button too soon, too hard?

Try flying through a cloud of volcanic ash, and see what you think.

erilar wrote:
Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?


They're not sure, but they expect that all civil flying over all of
Northern Europe will be affected for at least the next two days

Currently all planes have been grounded in the UK, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, France is
about to ground everything.

Details at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8623534.stm
..
--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.

William Black wrote:
erilar wrote:
Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?


They're not sure, but they expect that all civil flying over all of
Northern Europe will be affected for at least the next two days

Currently all planes have been grounded in the UK, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, France is
about to ground everything.

Details at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8623534.stm
.
Wow! I realize the U.S. (especially the state of Arizona) is decidedly
insular, but you'd think something with that much international impact
would at least have been MENTIONED on Wednesday's "Nightly News"!!! We
got plenty of rehashing of political issues and the state's "budget
crisis", along with local crime news. Nary a WORD about Icelandic
volcanoes! Interesting that the news story mentions the effects of an
1821 eruption lasting for two years - that was before jet aircraft. How
might a similar situation affect worldwide air travel, now?

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:29:16 -0500, erilar
wrote:


Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?

Not if you take take the train.

--
************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

erilar wrote:
Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?


yes,

contact your travel agent

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:43:55 -0700,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:



William Black wrote:
erilar wrote:
Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?


They're not sure, but they expect that all civil flying over all of
Northern Europe will be affected for at least the next two days

Currently all planes have been grounded in the UK, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, France is
about to ground everything.

Details at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8623534.stm
.
Wow! I realize the U.S. (especially the state of Arizona) is decidedly
insular, but you'd think something with that much international impact
would at least have been MENTIONED on Wednesday's "Nightly News"!!!

NBC Nightly News mentioned the volcano last (Wednesday) evening,
and mentioned some cancelled flights, but I don't believe the
full extent became known until after that newscast.

We
got plenty of rehashing of political issues and the state's "budget
crisis", along with local crime news. Nary a WORD about Icelandic
volcanoes!

Like I said. But it seems to have been a fast evolving situation,
with early mention of only the fact that it underlay a glacier
and the risk of flooding.

Interesting that the news story mentions the effects of an
1821 eruption lasting for two years - that was before jet aircraft. How
might a similar situation affect worldwide air travel, now?

I don't see any mention in articles I google about the amount of
ash nor the height it attained in 1821-23, so it's hard to say.
Wehn Mt Tambora erupted in 1815 it spewed enoguh crap into the
air to cause 1816 to be "The Year without a Summer" due to
particulate matter in the atmosphere cutting donw the sun's
energy, but I reckon very small particles might pass through a
jet engine OK.

I know for a fact that volcanic ash is bad for Volkswagen
air-cooled engines; I had to rebuild mine after the Mt St Helens
eruption in 1980 (I was in Richland Washington then).

--
************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


William Black wrote:
erilar wrote:
Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?


They're not sure, but they expect that all civil flying over all of
Northern Europe will be affected for at least the next two days

Currently all planes have been grounded in the UK, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, France is
about to ground everything.

Details at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8623534.stm
.
Wow! I realize the U.S. (especially the state of Arizona) is decidedly
insular, but you'd think something with that much international impact
would at least have been MENTIONED on Wednesday's "Nightly News"!!!

The best newspaper in the world noticed...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/w...ow/5810296.cms



--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.