Well it isn't every day all flights in the UK are grounded because of a cloud of volcanic ash is blowing our way from Iceland!
But that's what's happening here today. Apparently the 'cloud' is moving down the country from the north of Scotland. Being in the far north of England will will be affected by it now or son if not.
Nothing to see out the window atm!
Linky http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8621407.stm
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Let me know if you see anything. They've closed some Norwegian airports as well
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I thought this was about me. I do smoke, occasionally. But I never get religious about it.
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I missed this but I did wonder about the dusty car 
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I had a dusty car too. I will be keeping an eye out for spectacular sunsets over the next few days as well.
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I just realised I have a (not terribly good) photo of the glacier with that volcano under it from when I visited Iceland.
This is taken from the southern tip of the island of Heimaey. We walked there to get a view of Surtsey but saw the glacier visible in the clouds on looking back towards the mainland. It looked a lot more spectacular than the photo shows.
This is taken from the southern tip of the island of Heimaey. We walked there to get a view of Surtsey but saw the glacier visible in the clouds on looking back towards the mainland. It looked a lot more spectacular than the photo shows.
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I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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“This data is not Monte Carlo.”, …, “This collision is not a simulation.” - LHC-b guy, 30th March 2010.
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Breathing that crap in right now!newolder wrote:Brown stain seen from above.
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That photo is cool. I was waiting for one.
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Some reporter on CNN asked a volcanologist when the volcano might stop erupting. His reply:"In our experience from a few hours to several thousand years."
So worst case scenario, no flights throughout Europe for the next couple millennia.
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via ratskep...
How strange.
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Volcanoes, earthquakes (in China), giant storms (in India)... 
It's the end times, I tell ya!
It's the end times, I tell ya!
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It felt like for these blokes - terrific documentary if you can catch it
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I wonder if this will marginally delay global warming? 
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I warned them about increasing the power on the LHC. Did they listen? Did they hell.JimC wrote:Volcanoes, earthquakes (in China), giant storms (in India)...
It's the end times, I tell ya!
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