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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:44:23 +0200, Martin
wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:02:11 -0700, Hatunen wrote: 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. and fly via Madrid? Why would you fly via Madrid to get to Germany if you're taking the train? -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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William Black:
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 Evelyn Gamble: 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"!!! To be fair, at that time there was only only the eruption itself to report on, and volcanoes in Iceland aren't exactly big news. The international impact happened today (Thursday). -- Mark Brader "He'll spend at least part of his life Toronto in prison, or parliament, or both." --Peter Moylan |
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Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?
Not if you take take the train. Oh yeah? How many additional people are going to be dumped onto the railway system? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | A driver I know is getting uncomfortably close to | earning the nickname "Crash". --Lee Ayrton |
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Hatunen wrote: 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. I prefer trains, but there's too much water between the US and Germany. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:04:33 +0200, Martin
wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:22:20 -0700, Hatunen wrote: On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:44:23 +0200, Martin wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:02:11 -0700, Hatunen wrote: 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. and fly via Madrid? Why would you fly via Madrid to get to Germany if you're taking the train? How else will she get from the US to Europe? Most of Northern Europe is closed to air travel. Duh. I got the idea in my head she was travelling from the UK. Never mind... But the train is still a good idea if the ash stays. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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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? No. But, I'm glad I arrived back from Peru (via Amsterdam) yesterday, not today- we'd have been waiting there the whole weekend (as half ourluggage is!) -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Hatunen wrote:
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. I got back to the UK last night around 6pm, and it wasn't until the morning news today (April 15) that it was on the news. It was pretty unexpected from what I gather... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Mark Brader wrote:
Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future? Not if you take take the train. Oh yeah? How many additional people are going to be dumped onto the railway system? Eurostar, for example, is now saying that people without tickets should stay way... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:11:42 +0200, Martin
wrote: On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:04:33 +0200, Martin wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:22:20 -0700, Hatunen wrote: On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:44:23 +0200, Martin wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:02:11 -0700, Hatunen wrote: 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. and fly via Madrid? Why would you fly via Madrid to get to Germany if you're taking the train? How else will she get from the US to Europe? Most of Northern Europe is closed to air travel. It seems trans-Atlantic flights to Germany are not affected at the moment. Eurocontrol appears to have gone off at half cock. http://www.spiegel.de/international/...html#ref=nlint Half-hour-old news on Yahoo from AP says Hamburg and Berlin were closed as of Thursday evening. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... 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? You apparently have not been watching the right newcasts...I heard several times yesterday about the isolated volcano erruption in Iceland and today it was repeated numerous times and the effect of it air travel over the North Atlantic between US and Europe. It even showed rows of planes standing at Heathrow Airport not being able to fly due to the volcanic ash. They told of the danger of the ash getting into the jet engines and the heat crystallizing it into glass particles that would be extremely harmful to the engines.You must broaden your sources of news, Evelyn...it surely was there. You might try listening to more than one newscast. Maybe then you would be less critical of the USA. Several U.S. flights bound for including those from Heathrow, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas and New York, had to return to their departure cities or land elsewhere when London airports were closed. Canadian airlines also canceled some Europe-bound flights. Britain's air traffic service said early Friday it was extending a ban on most air traffic until 7 p.m. local time on Friday. Authorities in Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Belgium also closed their air space. France shut down 24 airports, including the main hub of Charles de Gaulle in Paris, Germany's Berlin and Hamburg were shut Thursday evening, and several flights out of the U.S. had to double back...so you see, it was very well covered. --Jean |
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