I really can't believe people still spout this shit!
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 18 April 2010 11:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe it just needs a sacrifice... We should ask Tom Hanks.
― James Mitchell, Sunday, 18 April 2010 11:57 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks for posting those lightning pics. most impressive.
― meisenfek, Sunday, 18 April 2010 12:56 (fourteen years ago) link
A couple more: http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/perm/iceland/eyafallajokull_20100416-en.html
― StanM, Sunday, 18 April 2010 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/smoke.gif
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 April 2010 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
ay iceland whater u doing HAY WHOA WHOA WHOA
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 April 2010 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
fuuuuuckkkkkk
gifs should loop huffpost, get w/web 1.0 already http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/smoke.gif
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 April 2010 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
one corner of its almost at canada
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 April 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
st. john's, my hometown. looks like it's just sneaking over to give it a little kiss.
― rent, Sunday, 18 April 2010 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
look out canada
http://meteo.gc.ca/eer/vaac/viewData_e.html?product=current&data=20100418-1239Z_Eyjafjoll_mldp0_66_72.png
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 18 April 2010 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
END TIMES
― Big Fate (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner) (history mayne), Sunday, 18 April 2010 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://meteo.gc.ca/data/eer/vaac/current/20100418-1239Z_Eyjafjoll_mldp0_66_72.png
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 18 April 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://g8.no/images/20100420102118_terje.jpg(http://g8.no/331-armageddon)
http://i.imgur.com/U7UY1.jpg
― StanM, Sunday, 18 April 2010 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― StanM, Sunday, 18 April 2010 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
more to come say some http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article7100906.ece
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 April 2010 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
sundaytimes.co.uk
― caek, Sunday, 18 April 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4527537883_86a62fc320_o.jpg http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/7589905.jpg
Same guy amirite?
― Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Farting in Space (NickB), Sunday, 18 April 2010 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
So is there a consensus as to the best resource to stay updated about the air traffic situation?
― spare the powder, spoil the finger (S-), Monday, 19 April 2010 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― mark e, Monday, 19 April 2010 09:52 (fourteen years ago) link
can't get enough of shots like this...http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
― not_goodwin, Monday, 19 April 2010 11:20 (fourteen years ago) link
turku - stokholm ferrystokholm - Copehagen - Ebsjerg trainEbsjerg - Harwich Ferry
at least 3 days, I don' envy you.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 19 April 2010 11:24 (fourteen years ago) link
or wait for this?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628878.stm
― not_goodwin, Monday, 19 April 2010 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― mark e, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:01 (fourteen years ago) link
how much are they charging you, if you don't mind me asking?
― caek, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Royal Navy are now being deployed to bring peeps home
― Jarlrmai, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
300 euros each incl. food.
and yes, saw that re navy.
though very much doubt they will be deployed as far as Finland ..
― mark e, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Bob Six, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Aye, it's nuts. We got to go to Dundee :-(
― ailsa, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
we got a day at roche abbey nr. rotheram once. that was pretty cool.
― caek, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
The BBC News FAQs are answered by a Dr. Rothery and you went to Rotheram? That's a rother big coincidence.
― StanM, Monday, 19 April 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
bet they would've all rather had a trip to Inverary Jail.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Monday, 19 April 2010 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 19 April 2010 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
those are almost all private schools though
― joe, Monday, 19 April 2010 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― mark e, Monday, 19 April 2010 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― snakebite and a passable pinot noir (Upt0eleven), Monday, 19 April 2010 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I vote for (the word already exists, but meh) volcanal as the new volcano-related adjective.
― StanM, Monday, 19 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e10_23055663.jpg
― caek, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
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?
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― caek, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
lol xxp
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Monday, 19 April 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
ffs new ash cloudhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8631144.stm
― etrian odysseus (cozen), Monday, 19 April 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I blame Tim Wheeler
― Jarlrmai, Monday, 19 April 2010 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
have the red tops seriously not a nickname for this bad girl yet? and am I alone in thinking of this volcano as female?
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 19 April 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― stet, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.eurad.uni-koeln.de/index_e.html
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
^ Was thinking 'ha, Paris clear' but then remembered changing flights in Helsinki :/
― spare the powder, spoil the finger (S-), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link