GillianSeed79
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FleckSplat said:
Iceland is green one. Greenland is the one with all the ice.
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Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated
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Iceland is green one. Greenland is the one with all the ice.
Chittagong
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F***, I'm stuck in Finland with no way out of this god forsaken country and back to UK until Sunday at the very least. Getting ridiculously drunk is a fairly likely course of action.
Meatpuppet
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Chittagong said:
I pray for your wallet :lol
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cloudwalking said:
dutch news at nos.nl from around 2 hours ago says
roughly...
airspace currently closed due to ash, how long it lasts is still not clear
KLM and transavia have cancelled all incoming and outgoing flights. KLM will keep all planes on the ground definitely until 2pm and Transavia will fly again at the earliest 4pm.
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UK flight ban extended to 1am Sat.
Flights within Scotland and between Ireland and Scotland may be allowed re-open after 7pm.
Next update at 1.30pm. They say 'the situation is dynamic and subject to change'.
http://www.nats.co.uk/
I think the Netherlands is meant to update their advisory later this morning. That'll probably make or break your travel ambitions today cloudwalking.
Flights within Scotland and between Ireland and Scotland may be allowed re-open after 7pm.
Next update at 1.30pm. They say 'the situation is dynamic and subject to change'.
http://www.nats.co.uk/
I think the Netherlands is meant to update their advisory later this morning. That'll probably make or break your travel ambitions today cloudwalking.
GasProblem
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I think this is a live feed of Eyjafjallajökull: http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-valahnjuk/
Looks like it is atleast. You don't see the craters or the ash spewing out though, just the ash clouds.
Looks like it is atleast. You don't see the craters or the ash spewing out though, just the ash clouds.
The worst part is the rolling aspect. Makes it difficult to go 'fuck it, ill go somewhere today' in case you get a sudden call from the airline
I'm supposed to be flying to Finland on Monday but Even if the flight goes ahead I don't fancy it in case the eruption gets worse again, or that other volcano blows.
I'm supposed to be flying to Finland on Monday but Even if the flight goes ahead I don't fancy it in case the eruption gets worse again, or that other volcano blows.
UnluckyKate
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This volcano made a cloud so big, that air traffic has been shut down over europe since yesterday.
I going to Tokyo in 9 hours, THEY BETTER BE MAKING PLANES FLIGH AGAIN
I going to Tokyo in 9 hours, THEY BETTER BE MAKING PLANES FLIGH AGAIN
GasProblem
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mrklaw said:
Yeah, don't know if I still want to go to New York right now. Don't want to get stuck there in case the volcano keeps spewing ash clouds.
Mr. Luchador
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GasProblem said:
Can't help but laugh at your AV in relation to this topic.
Subliminal
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whats the chance that it will start snowing ash in the south of england?
Subliminal
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gofreak said:
that's no fun
Unknown Soldier
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So when is Michael Bay going to make a movie about this?
jepense said:
Yeah, the thread title I think is leaving many non-euros out of the loop
Just watching the weather forecast - could be pretty touch-and-go for UK/Ireland over the weekend. If the forecast panned out and the volcano keeps erupting it wouldn't be very good for these areas...a direct airflow from Iceland is forecast to swing much closer to the british isles in that time.
GasProblem
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gofreak said:Yeah, the thread title I think is leaving many non-euros out of the loop
Just watching the weather forecast - could be pretty touch-and-go for UK/Ireland over the weekend. If the forecast panned out and the volcano keeps erupting it wouldn't be very good for these areas...a direct airflow from Iceland is forecast to swing much closer to the british isles in that time.
This thread will start getting busy when the wind begins blowing to the US coast.
GasProblem
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Dutch airspace is staying closed untill atleast 6 am tomorrow morning btw.
Paris is opening 3 airports for landings only in a four hour window this afternoon.
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1229050&lang=eng_news
Kind of sounds like they're trying to accommodate the return of stranded passengers from routes that can avoid the dust (i.e. probably ones coming from the south).
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1229050&lang=eng_news
Kind of sounds like they're trying to accommodate the return of stranded passengers from routes that can avoid the dust (i.e. probably ones coming from the south).
Is it stupid to even consider alternative routes? Surprised the airlines aren't trying that.
eg flying into southern europe? From there you could get a train to the rest of europe. I'm looking at 10 days until my family are back with me now, they'll be missing school and everything
that doesn't sound that safe? How can the air be clear for four hours, but not clear afterwards? I thought the ash was difficult to track that accurately? Although understandable about bringing people home at least
eg flying into southern europe? From there you could get a train to the rest of europe. I'm looking at 10 days until my family are back with me now, they'll be missing school and everything
gofreak said:
that doesn't sound that safe? How can the air be clear for four hours, but not clear afterwards? I thought the ash was difficult to track that accurately? Although understandable about bringing people home at least
mrklaw said:
Yeah, I'm not sure how that works... but I'm guessing it's to accommodate specific inbound flights given that it's landings only for a specific window of time. I guess they have particular flights in mind and they've worked out safe routes...but...yeah...I might be a little tense if I was on one of those.
edit - Manchester's also let a couple of planes come and go in a small window. I guess the VAAC forecasts are allowing windows here and there. Cork is open at the moment but apparently may have to close later as the ash is forecast to wrap around again in a sort of westerly direction along the south of ireland, so that's one explanation for a specific case as to how flights might be able to go now at an airport but not later.
The airlines need to have their planes in certain places so they can't just fly wherever. They would also need time to replan and schedule everything, so for now it's better for them to just wait and hope the eruption ends quickly. Also, you can't divert a great percentage of the northern European traffic to south without completely jamming the airports with the extra flights. Individual passengers can of course always reroute themselves. I guess it depends on the airline and local legislation on how much the companies need to financially help that. (I would imagine not much more than refund the original ticket, since natural disasters are considered force majeure.) Plus, ferries and trains are most likely packed also.mrklaw said:
If you look at the VAAC forecast gif from the UK met office you can see how the likes of paris and manchester airports might have landing windows:
Seems rather borderline...though they'd have more up to date info than we have, but you can see the general shift of the dust and the openings for some places that appear and disappear...
Seems rather borderline...though they'd have more up to date info than we have, but you can see the general shift of the dust and the openings for some places that appear and disappear...
Subliminal
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Say there was going to be continued eruptions for a month or so would Northern Europe be completely cut off?
especially if the other, larger volcano next the one that's currently erupting goes off and leaves even more ash in the atmosphere
Also I doubt they would be willing to risk a landing in a small window like that
especially if the other, larger volcano next the one that's currently erupting goes off and leaves even more ash in the atmosphere
Also I doubt they would be willing to risk a landing in a small window like that
A cautionary tale about the difficulty of predicting the area of dust with accuracy...
http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Finnish+fighter+jets+damaged+volcanic+cloud/2914603/story.html
http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Finnish+fighter+jets+damaged+volcanic+cloud/2914603/story.html
Live in the north of england and was hoping to see some crazy looking smoke clouds way up in the sky...but i look out the window and all i see is a clear sky and sunshine
anyway i started looking for really epic volcano pics, would love to see something like these with my own eyes, so awe inspiring.
anyway i started looking for really epic volcano pics, would love to see something like these with my own eyes, so awe inspiring.
Latest VAAC forecast.
Yup...safe to say Cork will be closed again later today. Dublin might even be borderline depending on how risk-averse they are (not that it makes much difference...practically no flights are coming or going anyway).
England and Wales look pretty static.
Yup...safe to say Cork will be closed again later today. Dublin might even be borderline depending on how risk-averse they are (not that it makes much difference...practically no flights are coming or going anyway).
England and Wales look pretty static.
Dr Zhivago
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Lets enjoy the Drunk Scots Guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq96Z2uoRas&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq96Z2uoRas&feature=related
Phaethon0017
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gofreak said:If you look at the VAAC forecast gif from the UK met office you can see how the likes of paris and manchester airports might have landing windows:
Seems rather borderline...though they'd have more up to date info than we have, but you can see the general shift of the dust and the openings for some places that appear and disappear...
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this is getting less and less funny.... I'm due to fly to aussie in 2 weeks.
less and less funny.
less and less funny.
I can see this volcano turning into a part of everyday life in N Europe :lol
We watch the 6 o'clock news with the Weather/Volcano report, BBC 5live has travel and Volcano forecasts, flights come and go in windows regulated by the Met Office. It's kinda cool to think about it in a horrific, economy ruining way. :lol
We watch the 6 o'clock news with the Weather/Volcano report, BBC 5live has travel and Volcano forecasts, flights come and go in windows regulated by the Met Office. It's kinda cool to think about it in a horrific, economy ruining way. :lol
cloudwalking
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gofreak said:
yeah i noticed that my flight got cancelled about 2 and a half hours ago. i got a backup flight tomorrow from cork to manchester and then on to zurich... we'll see if i have to rebook a BACKUP backup flight
i am just soooooo thankful that my company is taking care of me on this. i saw several people at the hotel this morning who were worried that they had to stay extra nights because they hadn't budgeted for it or couldn't afford it somehow...
There's been a little cluster of 4 small earthquakes at the volcano in the last 4 hours, which is more than there had been in the last day or so.
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/
Might be nothing, but there'd been earlier talk that seismic activity had calmed down since Wednesday.
The Iceland met office says that the eruption is continuing, with no indication that the ash production is decreasing. Eruptions are reaching heights of 4-5km (a little lower than previously) with bursts to higher altitudes occasionally.
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/
Might be nothing, but there'd been earlier talk that seismic activity had calmed down since Wednesday.
The Iceland met office says that the eruption is continuing, with no indication that the ash production is decreasing. Eruptions are reaching heights of 4-5km (a little lower than previously) with bursts to higher altitudes occasionally.
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