VOLCANOES! So hot they're hellacool!

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

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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

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