Ash cloud is back

Guill

Volcano Ash Cloud 'Will Cover Ireland and Scotland'
Ash from the erupting Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland will cover Scotland and Ireland by early Tuesday morning, the Met Office has predicted. Airlines and travellers were looking nervously at the progress of cloud as it headed towards Europe. The Grimsvotn volcano began erupting on Saturday and forced Iceland to close its airports on Sunday.
The country's aviation authority said it hoped to reopen the main airport near the capital Reykjavik later today or tonight.
The only other country to be affected so far is Greenland, with air traffic officials confirming airspace was partly closed over the Arctic island.
Air Greenland said its Monday flight between the island's main airport and Copenhagen had been cancelled because of the ash.
[European airlines have been warned to prepare for possible disruption to their own flight schedules by the end of the week

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How come i am never in Amsterdam when **** like this happens????

Biggins

The planes will fly sooner or later. Go the pub.

hal9000

I think you dropped this [

inforfun

Last year those ****ers on Iceland ruined my holidays.
If it happens again this year i ll blow away that island myself.
Supposed to go in 3 weeks for 2 weeks of sun and since it is autumn here again i really need those 2 weeks.

phill106

Be funny if obama got stuck either here or in uk.

LadyMayBelle

Flyng home this weekend, really don't want this to ruin my trip

qz

Trust Sky the fcuking shower of cúnts that they are.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0523/breaking28.html

IRISH TIMES wrote:

Irish aviation experts have expressed confidence that the latest volcanic eruption in Iceland will have little or no impact on air travel here over the next 24 hours.

The Grimsvotn volcano, which lies under the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland, began erupting on Saturday evening and forced the country to close its international airspace.

However, a spokeswoman for the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said it was not anticipating any problems here over the next 24 to 48 hours as wind patterns are significantly different to last year when the Eyjafjallajökull volcano led to European airspace closing for six days.

While the eruption is considerably stronger than at Eyjafjallajökull, current wind directions have seen the ash falling mainly around Iceland..

The IAA spokesman said it would be monitoring the situation “very closely” this week.

Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O'Leary has expressed confidence that the latest ash cloud will be less problematic than Eyjafjallajökull. "I think the regulators are a bit more sensible than they were last year," Mr O'Leary said. "I hope there will be no airspace closures - there shouldn't be, certainly not over any countries where we are flying."

UK Met Office charts published this morning show that the ash from the volcano will stretch south from Iceland as far as the western isles of Scotland by midnight and Europe's air traffic control organisation said that if the emissions continue at their current levels then it might reach west French airspace and north Spain on Thursday.

Iceland's aviation authority said today it hoped to reopen the airport later today or tonight.

So far Iceland, particularly the towns and villages to the south and east of the Grimsvotn volcano, has suffered most as a thick cloud of ash descended on the area, smothering cars and buildings.

Iceland's meteorological office said the plume from Grimsvotn, which last exploded in 2004, had fallen in height from a peak of about 25km in the hours after the eruption and was now holding steady.

TheZohanS

inforfun wrote: »

Last year those ****ers on Iceland ruined my holidays.
If it happens again this year i ll blow away that island myself.
Supposed to go in 3 weeks for 2 weeks of sun and since it is autumn here again i really need those 2 weeks.

Well la dee da, no recession there!

shannon_tek

Im posting here cause i only know this place . but watching sky news again and i feel like im dreaming . is the Ash cloud really back or is this a tape ha ha ha :eek:

phill106

inforfun wrote: »

Last year those ****ers on Iceland ruined my holidays.
If it happens again this year i ll blow away that island myself.
Supposed to go in 3 weeks for 2 weeks of sun and since it is autumn here again i really need those 2 weeks.

some guy got arrested for tweeting something very similar last year!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/11/twitter-joke-trial-appeal-verdict

Dravokivich

Different Ash cloud...

Tar.Aldarion

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056275842

:cool:

admiralofthefleet

who ya gonna call

shannon_tek

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056275842

:cool:

Thanks. was looking for a fourm.

Tar.Aldarion

Just here to please the people, feel free to spam my thread

Kojak

Same ash cloud, same ash channel.....

Krusader

Guarantee ye we'll have another disastrous winter because of this

who what when

Ha, hear that mr. obama. You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave!

shannon_tek

Crosáidí wrote: »

Guarantee ye we'll have another disastrous winter because of this

But its not winter anymore. but you can say goodbye to your summer

Fago!

Was gonna make a "Is that Ash Ketchum's cousin?... LOL" joke but then realised I'm a thick bastard!

firemansam4

Supposed to be flying out to Tenerife for a week from Derry tomorrow at 11.00am, seems that will be off now as the ash cloud should cover Ireland by then. ahh well no escape from the rainy conditions for a while!
I wonder will I get any refund?

Duggy747

Meh, don't bother me since I ain't going anywhere. Ash cloud comes and it'll still be a grey, dreary day like it has been for the past week.

Fago!

hal9000 wrote: »

I think you dropped this ]

FYP

:rolleyes:

the groutch

hopefully Obama gets stuck here for a while, let him take over from Edna

biko

I have to fly tomorrow afternoon so keeping an eye on the news about this.
So far so good *touch wood*

Guill

biko wrote: »

I have to fly tomorrow afternoon so keeping an eye on the news about this.
So far so good *touch wood*

Erection?

JohnMarston

Lets hope no one misses their dole :pac:

Winnie21

Anyone know what happens if the flights are cancelled? Do the airline re-schedule them? Can you choose when to go? Am really hoping this stupid ash disappears so I can go on holidays!!! Am meant to be travelling next Monday

maddogz

I wouldnt like to have a trip abroad booked at the moment, its very uncertain and these winds probably wont help the matter

Ciann

Flying out to Majorca on the 4th of next month, I'm about to cry now!

polyfusion

T'wood be nice if it were a hash cloud.

Daegerty

The whole airline industry and airport security are a shower of scumbags.

I therefore welcome our new ash-based overlord

Sofiztikated

I have it from reliable sources* that there is no ash cloud.

It's actually people being saved, Rapture style. Seems only Iceland were deemed worthy of being saved.

Kinda makes you think, doesn't it.

*source may not be reliable, or even real.

vicwatson

Barack legging it to London tonight i/o of morning due in part to the asho cloud threat.

LighterGuy

due to hit the uk tomorrow around 12pm they reckon.

so no more flights for the next while.
even president obama had to leave tonight instead of the planned flight to the uk tomorrow.

thoughts?

hondasam

hope it's gone by Friday.

cosmicfart

Hash Clouds?

LighterGuy

hondasam wrote: »

hope it's gone by Friday.

planned trip?

Kanoe

I knew a lakota indian who gave me the name ash cloud. true.

LighterGuy

ITV News:

Iceland volcano worst in over 50 years.
100 times more powerful than last years.

Seems the cloud is going to effect scotland and some parts of england. Ireland seems to be uneffected. But hey, never say never. Predictions it would seem.

cats.life

hah all the scammers who are frauding ireland wont be able to fly over for their dole, it happend last year when the planes were grounded for few days.

Mike 1972

LighterGuy wrote: »

Iceland volcano worst in over 50 years.
100 times more powerful than last years. .

Seemingly its a different type of ash though ?

cml387

Oh like this is so 2010.

purplepanda

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Seemingly its a different type of ash though ?

Like a different type of leaves then?

cosmicfart

Im definately seeing hash clouds :cool:

Barna77

So we have this fúcking winds and they can't keep some shítty ash away... ffs :mad:

Gunsfortoys

THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED!!!!!!!111

Mr Benevolent

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED!!!!!!!111

No it hasn't.

Scuid Mhór

How long until it disappears? Stop with the messing around replies, you know how many people are going to freak out reading this?

LighterGuy

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Seemingly its a different type of ash though ?

Accordingly so.
But with large amounts blowing over an area it will cancel flights. They say the next few days will tell all.

sheesh

I think iceland should do something about their really thin crust maybe put them under water or something :pac:

maybe some kind of ducting in order or something.
maybe some king of steam powered pump that would pump sea water into the volcano.

at the very least it might lower the sea level