VOLCANOES! So hot they're hellacool!

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.

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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/

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um, one double there. sorry.

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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?)

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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

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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

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END TIMES

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

sundaytimes.co.uk

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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.