VOLCANOES! So hot they're hellacool!

Do people who live near volcanoes have very smooth feet?

I am sorry: my brane is a crack whore for this stuff. The doc in question = meretricious times a million but I am gripped.

Personally, I'm more worried about a big earthquake here in Seattle, but if Mt. Rainier decides to blow, I'm sure I'll have to get the fuck outta dodge for a small while... though I wouldn't fear for my life. That's for the people in Tacoma.

tracer yes of course i do: i was watching it when i posted this thread and described in detail the doc in question abt the explosion of santorini and minoan ladeez w.no bras

I've been fascinated by volcanoes since a young age. We used to vacation in Seattle every summer, but then skipped 1980 due to Mt. St. Helens, and then I saw the TV program about the eruption and got the accompanying book. Visited it at least twice and want to climb it someday. I also read something about Krakatoa as a kid. Want to go to Volcanoes NP.

ie scale of "it did for the dinosaurs/minoan civ/atlantis?"

'It is little known that lying underneath one of The United States largest and most picturesque National Parks - Yellowstone Park - is one of the largest "super volcanoes" in the world.

The term "supervolcano" has no specifically defined scientific meaning. It was used by the producers of The BBC TV show Horizion in 2000 to refer to volcanoes that have generated Earth's largest volcanic eruptions. As such, a supervolcano would be one that has produced an exceedingly large, catastrophic explosive eruption and a giant caldera.

Scientists have revealed that Yellowstone Park has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago…so the next is overdue. The next eruption could be 2,500 times the size of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.

...

Such an eruption would disrupt global climate by injecting millions of tons of ash into the atmosphere. Some of the ash would remain in the atmosphere for years, reflect sunlight back into space and cool the planet, significantly affecting life. In addition, a blanket of ash over a meter thick would be deposited in nearby regions and effectively smother life there...'

I have seen many vents and emissions but no lava.

Volcanoes = Megacool.

-- RJG (r_gillander...), August 2nd, 2003 12:23 PM. (RJG)

It's nasty and no fun. And not beautiful either.

http://everythingjustso.com/images/augustine.jpg

2 months pass...
i dont live in a country where any o' that crap comes from i live in england. so what wuld i know dont ask meee!

― patel, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (8 years ago) Bookmark

you do now dude; all UK airports now shut down

+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

2nd volcano eruption in Iceland for year 2010. 14.04.2010. Day 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4P51xmQF4

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahooeditorspicks/galleries/72157623855495574

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7096/bildep.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MQBL_f_D3U

^^^ gonna be like this in northern Europe a little later today, abandon all hope etc.

^ so awesome

love this one:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4483234864_1dd7fefa8b_b.jpg

Eyjafjallajoekslulz

The plume is so high that it will neither be visible nor pose a threat to humans on the ground, although Dr Rothery added that we may have a "spectacularly red sunset" on Thursday evening.

Dr Rothery = a Pliny the Elder of our time

we are doomed

Just, wow:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4497761488_529eed7dda.jpg

that michael lewis piece did a lot to dampen my affection for our crazy cousinz in the north atlantic but this renews it

"spectacularly red sunset"
i like a good sunset :)

hopefully!

thanks for the volcanic ash Iceland. all is forgiven.

http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.ImageFileViewer/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files.361/4300.radar-view-of-uk.jpg_2D00_550x0.jpg

from radarvirtual.com

Dr Rothery added that we may have a "spectacularly red sunset" on Thursday evening.

last night's was pretty awesome as it was

one bike ride up to the hills for 8:10pm with camera me thinks!

^^yup

Found on another board:

Dear Iceland,

We said, "Send CASH."

Thank you,

The United Kingdom

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html

don't panic, but..

"When Eyjafjallajokull last erupted in 1821, it remained active for an entire year. Worse, the event could trigger the eruption of nearby Mt. Katla, which is even more powerful. If Katla were to explode, North Atlantic airspace could be affected for months. It could even impact the climate: the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines threw so much ash into the atmosphere that it reduced the amount of sunlight reaching the planet, cooling the world by about 0.5°C over the next two years. And that's something everyone would notice, even on a clear day

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1982328,00.html#ixzz0lC5e9CpZ

the event could

if Katla were to explode

airspace could be

it could even

there goes my weekend in spain

Dr Rothery added that we may have a "spectacularly red sunset" on Thursday evening.
hmmmm, not sure a bout the spectacular, but it was red.
cycled 12 miles, froze on a hill for half an hour for this!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4524302720_78537eb49e.jpg

I was so tied up in the debate I totally forgot to look out the window :-(

wonder if my parents got home from Rome.

I was so engrossed wit Hot Tub Time Machine I forgot to look out the window (also buildings outside my window blocking my view but whatevs).

that doesn't look too bad xp? supposedly the ash cloud will linger for a few days, not sure if it had reached the south by sunset today but it was becoming overcast anyway

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/04/15/iceland.flights/index.html

key bit:

Jens Stoltenberg, who was in the United States for President Obama's nuclear summit, is running the Norwegian government from the U.S. via his new iPad, press secretary Sindre Fossum Beyer said.

cycled miles up hill with my camera only to find out, after trying to take a test picture of a sheep, that i'd forgot to bring my memory card.

watched sunset anyway, didn't look any different from normal. but still nice.

ouch ste!

I've seen better sunsets too, at least we both got a bike rode out of it.

Hjordis Gudmondsdottir, a spokesperson for Isavia, Iceland's air traffic authority, said: "The ash is going out to the ocean and to Europe so our airports aren't really affected. It's almost funny, except it isn't, obviously."

"YOU SAY LOOOOOOOOO"

"omg i'm crying"

― dipster purpies (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Dr Rothery added that what he means is Old Testament, real wrath of God type stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2010/04/how_to_say_eyjafjallajoekull.shtml

Is there no way of putting a cloth like filter on one of these engines?
What I mean to say is, technology CAN save us if we bring in hindsight to the equation.
Most likely my idea with the cloth filter is a
major fail, but I refuse to read that mother nature has stopped us in our tracks of progress.
Surly there is going to be an article written with regards to this on what technology can offer.
Because that would be an interesting read.

- John, UK, 16/4/2010 2:35
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Let's hope mother earth wipes the human race out altogether in some way.
Can you imagine how wonderful the planet was before we arrived?..How contented the animals were...how everything was unpolluted, natural and in perfect balance and harmony?
We are just gross.

- Tony, Essex, 16/4/2010 10:53
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Be thankful it was not a nuclear explosion.

- Ray Lucas, Oxon, 16/4/2010 11:05
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^ Comments from the Daily Mail's Awesome power of the fires of hell: How all the technology in the world can't save us from Mother Earth's fury, which I won't link to cos it's shit.

In a shockingly unironic British-tabloidy-xenophobia imitation, Belgian "quality paper" De Standaard has managed to publish an opinion piece claiming that this ash isn't the worst thing that Iceland has sent our way, turning this into a full blown attack on everything Icelandic by dragging up totally irrelevant things like Björk's singing, Sigur Rós' invented language, the Icelandic banking crisis, some rotten fish recipe and finally Nordic style knitted jumpers.

are you sure it was completely unironic?

i think the daily mail readers must be under the influence of the icp, it's not like them to show such a lack of positivist enquiry

fuckin volcanos

Is this the same WHO who told us millions would die from swine flu? It's a bit of ash, it's not Pompeii!
- Liz, London, 16/4/2010 13:18

Brilliant!

these people actually deserve to be killed by a volcano

Man, I hate this opinionitis. (the public thinking they're supposed to have an opinion about every article on every site just because there's a Have Your Say type text box beneath it)

In this case: people don't know shit about how airplane engines work and that there's a difference between volcanic ash and desert sand, but still they have An Angry Opinion (based on nothing the fuck at all) about these disgraceful airport closures.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee69/sbdnate/lolcano-1.gif

damn volcano ruined my weekend. oh well kind of amazing really i guess

loved the 6-page feature on the bbc website yesterday

VOLCANIC ASH TRAVEL CHAOS: WHO KNOWS WHEN IT WILL END?!?!

rolling out the template 'who to contact if your travel plans are disrupted' articles'

i mean travel annoyances aside..this is really incredible!

Times infographic that actually contains useful information:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00708/Graphic__an_unstabl_708308a.jpg

I've got four flights booked this week, not feeling too hopeful, judging by weather graphics I don't know how to read.

bit of a gamble living on Iceland.

I've been in Denmark the last few days for a work meeting (made it out just before all the flights stopped from the UK).

Was supposed to be flying back tomorrow night, but now it looks like I'll probably be getting the train across northern Europe to get back to London. I guess at least it means I'm getting an extra day off, because there's no way I can make it back early on Monday!

StanM that infographic should win an award or something!

SO...should I go through the hell of repeatedly trying to get through to Aer Lingus to ask why they're charging me 35 euro to change my return flight (changing the outward flight was free)

their website says "The change booking fee and any fare difference will be waived (where appropriate) from the 'Price' page of the 'Change Booking' process."

WHERE APPROPRIATE indeed...

do i dare to try and find out why they want to charge me 35 euro or just pay the 35 and revel in the fact it's raining in malaga right now and sunny in london and more of my friends can now come with me for the new dates...

http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/apr10/volcano_sm/volcano04.jpg

http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/apr10/volcano_sm/volcano10.jpg

Damage to Finnish air force jet engines

http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/filebank/5350-kuva23.jpg

http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/index.php?id=1149

http://s3.amazonaws.com/infobeautiful/planes_volcanos.png

oh no we're going to run out of kenyan roses.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/16/flight-ban-shortages-uk-supermarkets

I'm presuming small planes are not affected by all this, being as I have just seen three fly over.

That article should be in the Is the Guardian Worse...? thread - comparing headline with contents it's like something the DM might dream up.

I wonder what happens if this just keeps erupting, like some non-DM types are saying it might. Wind should keep it away from us 70% of the time, but the other 30% is enough to make air freight unreliable.

That could really change how we import food, probably for the better. Pre-sliced apples coming in on planes seems ludicrously decadent.

Or it might rain tomorrow.

Also: what's this about cats going mental?

this volcano is a jackass

Also: what's this about cats going mental?

― stet, Saturday, April 17, 2010 4:02 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

every1 knows that cats are mental 2 begin with

Here, in a small Norwegian hotel North of the arctic circle, we find a camera crew and a Sir, trapped.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1041367/volcano-traps-attenborough-in-frozen-arctic

When Mt. St. Helens was spewing ash clouds on a regular basis circa 1981, the clouds used to blow over Portland every few weeks. That damn ash was just the most depressing stuff in the world. It turned everything grey, blew into every crevice, and had the whole city under a psychological pall. Nobody laughed about it. Too fucked up to laugh about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jq-sMZtSww

>>

Britain’s national broadcaster reportedly holds fears Attenborough and his small team will run out of food if the crisis continues much longer.

...

A spokesman for the BBC said Attenborough was currently holed up in a hotel. "They were unharmed and their schedule has not been affected,"

Either the helicopters a miniature, or Iceland's got problems.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iriya/4526241556/

xpost: Typical of today's online media. Overblown/wrong/scandalous title = more clicks = all that counts.

WOW! (xpost)

so jealous of people getting shots of real volcano action :(

fuckin daft punk clean up this volcano asap or else

http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/apr10/volcano_sm/volcano04.jpg

dudes are never going to finish if they just use that piece of paper

foolish robots

i haven't flown in fuckin two years, have a flight planned for monday, heading iceland-wards. have to take the motherfucking boat.

but the thing is, it's such a weird and fucked up thing that i don't even mind, kind of reminds you of yr place in the world n shit

'yr' meaning humanity, man

you're taking a boat to iceland? doesn't that take like 3 days?

http://www.reuk.co.uk/OtherImages/earthrace-biodiesel-powerboat.jpg

Boat to iceland, via the shetland and faroes, something I really want to do sometime.

That's like The Stig with a popped up collar and wings. Xpost

My holiday in Berlin looks doubtful (supposed to be flying tomorrow). The city of Momus will have to remain a mystery.

I'm presuming small planes are not affected by all this, being as I have just seen three fly over.

― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, April 17, 2010 2:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Guessing the ash is an issue with jet engines and the speeds jet aircraft travel at that causes the grit to sandblast windshields. So if the industry stuck to turboprops we could all be flying still...

I'm meant to be flying to Paris on Friday...

i think it's more that the ash cloud is higher than small planes fly

Lightning!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skarpi/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4528302316_d33476ca51_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4528068150_7fcc3d0a12_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4528068150_7fcc3d0a12_o.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/ungjn.jpg

um, one double there. sorry.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4527797541_1ab9cb114d_o.jpg

xxxpost

A little from column A: my understanding is that the ash is a threat to the jet intake more than the windshields.

A little from column B: yeah this thing is at 18-20,000 feet? A lot higher than light aircraft are gonna be travelling.

As I said to a friend y'day - Iceland is Metal as Fuk \m/

GOD IS ANGRY

god bless this volcano: allowed me to see Sun Ra Arkestra three times in one week!

http://web8.twitpic.com/img/88231577-80abf3a79c9f52711c3a2bcbf128dd95.4bcad535-full.jpg

Oh, it's exclamation marks. I thought they had Iceländ with three dots on the a first. :-)

(um... that was about a picture in Tannenbaum's post that suddenly disappeared just now?)

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l12h2q6auV1qzk6uno1_500.jpg

whoa wish i'd heard about that!

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0417/limbaugh-volcanic-ash-cloud-gods-punishment-health-care/

I really can't believe people still spout this shit!

Maybe it just needs a sacrifice... We should ask Tom Hanks.

thanks for posting those lightning pics. most impressive.

A couple more: http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/perm/iceland/eyafallajokull_20100416-en.html

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/smoke.gif

ay iceland whater u doing HAY WHOA WHOA WHOA

fuuuuuckkkkkk

gifs should loop huffpost, get w/web 1.0 already http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/smoke.gif

one corner of its almost at canada

st. john's, my hometown. looks like it's just sneaking over to give it a little kiss.

look out canada

http://meteo.gc.ca/eer/vaac/viewData_e.html?product=current&data=20100418-1239Z_Eyjafjoll_mldp0_66_72.png

END TIMES

http://meteo.gc.ca/data/eer/vaac/current/20100418-1239Z_Eyjafjoll_mldp0_66_72.png

http://g8.no/images/20100420102118_terje.jpg
(http://g8.no/331-armageddon)

http://i.imgur.com/U7UY1.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/orvaratli/ :

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4524433476_0f11f955c5_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4527537883_86a62fc320_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4528090113_40ec8cd9fc_o.jpg

more to come say some http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article7100906.ece

sundaytimes.co.uk

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4527537883_86a62fc320_o.jpg http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/7589905.jpg

Same guy amirite?

So is there a consensus as to the best resource to stay updated about the air traffic situation?

well, after a few days of maxed out stress, it looks like we (ie me + wife and kids) have an exit strategy to get back to our normal life.

having been stranded in Turku (our unscheduled destination after a few days skiiing up in lapland) for a few days with little information beyond BBC World News channel, we now have a way out meaning i can now kick back and relax.

also, through all this, Finnair (the airline we flew with) have been shockingly bad.

the advertised phone line on their website all weekend was unavailable - even in middle of the night.

and the plan to get home : join the merchant navy and jump on board a cargo ship for 3 days !

can't wait.

can't get enough of shots like this...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

turku - stokholm ferry
stokholm - Copehagen - Ebsjerg train
Ebsjerg - Harwich Ferry

at least 3 days, I don' envy you.

or wait for this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628878.stm

turku - stokholm ferry
stokholm - Copehagen - Ebsjerg train
Ebsjerg - Harwich Ferry

at least 3 days, I don' envy you.

yup.
that was one of the plans we looked into.
unfort. the train from stockholm to copenhagen is prebooked up for a long time and given that there is only one per day it would be impossible to be sure as to which train we would all need.

not to mention that the same thing is true re the ferries (ie they too are all grid locked so no real way of knowing which one get us to stockholm)

and all this with a hyperactive 6 year old, 13 year old grump, and a stressed out better half in tow.

i think you can imagine the intense discussions that have taken place in recent times.

(oh, and not to mention the fact that my father was rushed into hospital yesterday due to ongoing complications since his recent lung cancer surgery)

however .. things have taken a turn for the better.

the quip re joining the merchant navy have turned out to be true.

we are jumping on board a turku based cargo ship at the weekend and heading for harwhich.

just hoping the stereotypes re vodka are tru. i think i'm going to need a few bottles.

how much are they charging you, if you don't mind me asking?

Royal Navy are now being deployed to bring peeps home

how much are they charging you, if you don't mind me asking?

300 euros each incl. food.

and yes, saw that re navy.

though very much doubt they will be deployed as far as Finland ..

A group of pupils from Kingswood School are stuck in Iceland, 12 pupils from Redland Green School are waiting to come home from Kathmandu, and pupils from Royal High School, in Bath, are stranded in Barbados.

The headmaster, four other members of staff, and 32 pupils from the Ashbourne school have been left stranded in New York after flying to the city for an art trip. The school was expected to reopen on Tuesday.

from BBC.. didn't realise how much of a travel industry niche has grown around school trips.

Aye, it's nuts. We got to go to Dundee :-(

we got a day at roche abbey nr. rotheram once. that was pretty cool.

The BBC News FAQs are answered by a Dr. Rothery and you went to Rotheram? That's a rother big coincidence.

bet they would've all rather had a trip to Inverary Jail.

didn't realise how much of a travel industry niche has grown around school trips

ikr maybe a gov serious about cutting carbon emissions wanna scale that back 20 years /jealous

those are almost all private schools though

i mean "stuck in barbados" is your clue

ok.
the weirdness has notched up a level.
i am hearing from family back in uk that radio 6 are reporting re the finnish merchant navy stepping in and helping people out.

keep hearing the word "stranded" being banded about. ffs, if you're having to extend your honeymoon in the maldives, you're not fucking stranded.

I vote for (the word already exists, but meh) volcanal as the new volcano-related adjective.

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e10_23055663.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e15_23053791.jpg

daft punk still helping out

Now people saying flights are probably gonna happen in the UK starting tomorrow afternoon?

kinda:

The volcanic eruption has reduced and the volcano is not currently emitting ash to altitudes that will affect the UK. Assuming there are no further significant ash emissions we are now looking at a continuously improving situation.

Based on the latest information from the Met Office, NATS advises that the restrictions currently in place across UK controlled airspace will remain in place until 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Tuesday.

From 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Tuesday, Scottish airspace will be open, and south to a line between Teesside and Blackpool. Mainland Scottish airports will be open.

lol xxp

ffs new ash cloud
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8631144.stm

I blame Tim Wheeler

have the red tops seriously not a nickname for this bad girl yet? and am I alone in thinking of this volcano as female?

Was wondering about that earlier. Five days of shutdown and no catchy title and no logo w/image of sad cute passenger, 7, for backdrop on news? Wtf. They crack out Big Freeze after 10 mins of snow.

http://www.eurad.uni-koeln.de/index_e.html

forecast

tomorrow

http://db.eurad.uni-koeln.de/prognose/data/alert/pm10_eur_1h_movd1.gif

day after

http://db.eurad.uni-koeln.de/prognose/data/alert/pm10_eur_1h_movd2.gif

^ Was thinking 'ha, Paris clear' but then remembered changing flights in Helsinki :/

my dad got the last flight from dublin to nyc on thursday before things were shut down

xpost: similar dad issues: my dad was meant to fly back from India tonight, but is on standby for Thursday. Thankfully, he's staying with friends so can hang out in Mumbai for as long as needed. Still want him back soon 'cos I was looking forward to my new kolhapuri chappals for the summer:

http://www.hotelpanchshilkolhapur.com/images/kol_chappals.jpg

fuck:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4534593596_b232d031a2_o.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skarpi/4534593596/sizes/o/

From the BBC - so glad a huge supermarket chain is coping with the upheaval and is on course to make another £3bn profit this year thanks to sending Kenyan flowers to Spain.

More Top Stories

* Tesco overcoming ash disruption

my parents' flight to heathrow was cancelled last night; this morning it's miraculously "uncancelled"

... ?

it's not exactly encouraging to read that several BA flights are currently "en route" to Heathrow despite Heathrow currently being... closed!!

"A spokeswoman said the airline had contingency plans for each flight if Heathrow was still closed but would not say which airports it would use instead." !!!

talk about a game of chicken.. "well we had to land in Manchester. have fun getting to wherever it was you were going!"

i bet jesse used to like Insane Clown Posse.. he might have even had a juggalo girlfriend

haha wrong thread

Icelandic volcanologist studies the Eyjafjallajökull for 20 years, is stuck in Paris when it erupts.
http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-rss-news/eruption-strands-iceland-volcano-expert--in-paris_37908.html

I'm getting married on Saturday. We're meant to fly to NYC next Thursday. Resigned to this not happening now.

But British Airways's attempts to land 12 of the 26 long-haul planes heading to the UK at London Heathrow have been thwarted after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) vetoed the plan and said no flights would be landing at the airport this evening. The 12 planes were diverted to Newcastle and elsewhere, including Brussels.

wtg ba

Better to at least be in the right country/a train ride away from your destination than stuck on the other side of the world, no?

holiday destination vs airport arrival lounge trying to buy same-day train tickets?

Congrats Nick! (sorry about the flight tho obviously)

yes!! ^^

Icelandic volcano suddenly erupts with congratulations to Nick and Em! (And sends deadly lava in my direction if I misremembered mrs. Nick's name)

Oh, I missed that bit! Congratulations Nick!

saw one plane this afternoon high up, then nothing for the rest of the evening. reminded me of that final scene in 28 days

it's all go now

reminded me of that final scene in 28 days
have seen 2 today with vapour trail and thought of 28 days.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8633597.stm

"The major barrier to resuming flight has been understanding tolerance levels of aircraft to ash," the CAA said.

"Manufacturers have now agreed increased tolerance levels in low ash density areas."

Maybe I'm misreading this but to me it stinks of "fuck it this is getting out of hand, let's just chance it". The risk hasn't gone down, it's been "reassessed" - meaning they've decided it's now ok to fly the same planes through the same ash.

UK lifts volcano ban on air flights - Financial Times
But still can't take deodorant on one :(

http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/images/assets_c/2010/04/volcanoliam-thumb-585xauto-12715.jpg

pfft
this,
http://www.movieline.com/2010/04/casting-ejyafjallajokullthe-motion-picture.php

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4534593596_b232d031a2_o.jpg

it's like a black metal album cover. BUT IT'S REAL.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47680000/gif/_47680869_forecast_20th_1843_466.gif

Finally iceland may get a taste of its own medicine

that's kind of the equivalent of spitting out the car window and having your loogie come back and hit you in the face

I know they fucked up the banks and I know they gave us Sigur Ros but I'm not sure the volcano thing is deliberate.

These cunts didn't even attempt to get the name right

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=123914§ionid=351020606

LOL at Guardian lede:

Flights resume as recriminations begin: LIVE

^^^live recriminations FTW

volcano last night...
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjungman/projects/mcfarlane/Balrog.jpg

xpost: lol

it's getting worse
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmiller/4538074678/?addedcomment=1#comment72157623904166460

i want Eyjafjallajokull to keep going!

again, fuck:

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e01_23056097.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e04_23046955.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e18_23057119.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e19_23056757.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e23_23062335.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e28_23059199.jpg

http://www.picrandom.com/images/tumblrl17m.jpg

Eyjauroraborefjallajökull

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/earthday_04_23/e24_23125003.jpg

now with added img tags
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/earthday_04_23/e24_23125003.jpg

amazing. never get tired of these, they're like lord of the rings shit

okay then: lots more here -> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1268225/Iceland-volcano-Northern-Lights-appear-ash-plume.html

Check out the shockwaves!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BicT13ecUbc

That's fucking wild.

A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6BKdHEPmFA

http://vimeo.com/11205494

i like how as soon as the UK could open its airports again this volcano basically ceased to exist

^^^ this

C4 now, quite interesting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8658738.stm (Ireland closing 0600-1200 tomrro)

wow, thought all that had blown over :-/

Been stuck in Spain with two flights cancelled since Monday. V weird, you go from anger to acceptance to enjoying more time in the sun (I'm in my parents place so can keep travelling back from airport) to worry about next flight. Work are being good tho and tomorrow is another day. Did get a lovely sunny eve today and a relaxing swim in the sea then pool then shower. Want to be back at work tho!

Volcano season in full swing :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/latin_america/10189054.stm

Thousands flee volcanos in Ecuador and Guatemala
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as two volcanos erupted in Guatemala and Ecuador.

In Guatemala, the Pacaya volcano began spewing lava, rocks and debris on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 50 others.

In Ecuador, the Tungurahua volcano forced the evacuation of seven villages and shut the airport and schools in Guayaquil, the country's largest city.

2.2 Mb animated gif of lightning above the Eyjafjallajökull: http://blog.atmospheres.be/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/frames-bliksem.gif

so great

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2010/06/04/video-active-lava-pond-in-puu-oo-volcano-vent/

in official ilx colors, btw.

the blog post this tweet links to is interesting!

I'll start: volcanic ash is not fluffy, or smoke. It is pulverized rock/glass/crystals with VERY different hazards. More: https://t.co/T2JCs99zDN pic.twitter.com/iG5EGztZI7

— Dr Janine Krippner (@janinekrippner) July 30, 2019

i am watching dante's peak for like the 30th time