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The Iceland Volcano Thread

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  • #122
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    AndyP wrote: »
    You can see the coast of Iceland from Donegal on a fine day if you look hard enough.

    That sounds like some buzz Andy! where can you buy them? :p


  • #123
    LavaLamp
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭LavaLamp


    spideog7 wrote: »
    http://www.flightradar24.com/ :cool:

    dammit, looks like this is another "volcano excitement overload" website, all I'm getting is

    Kopplingen misslyckades

    sounds painful to me :eek:


  • #124
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,699 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Just checked, there's an Iceland in Omagh - open 'till 9pm. You might get ash there, but more probably c**p!


  • #125
    Sponge Bob
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    Dunno about seeing Iceland but Nordies and Donegal people will be able to smell Iceland ( Brimstone to be precise :D) as they go to their kirks and bible thumping sessions on Sunday.


  • #126
    owenc
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    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Dunno about seeing Iceland but Nordies and Donegal people will be able to smell Iceland ( Brimstone to be precise :D) as they go to their kirks and bible thumping sessions on Sunday.

    Dont you mean churhes... and it is minister not kirk.:rolleyes: kirk is head of church.. if that is what you are talking about lol!


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  • #127
    AndyP
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    owenc wrote: »
    And you can see the clyde bridge from knocklayde on a clear day.. which is near glasgow!!! I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS PLACE.. i dont think any of you can see scotland from your house can you!!

    Sorry just went out the back garden to check but the hedge is blocking my view of Scotland.

    And watch out for that chunk of volcano thats going to break off Iceland and float straight for Norn Iron.


  • #128
    owenc
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    AndyP wrote: »
    Sorry just went out the back garden to check but the hedge is blocking my view of Scotland.

    And watch out for that chunk of volcano thats going to break off Iceland and float straight for Norn Iron.

    Wait were do you live if you live in dublin you wont see it because its too far north...like you really looked! oh and dont call northern ireland norn iron... that is SOO annoying the ones in my class try to say that and it sounds weird it is only for belfast people!!!


  • #129
    projectmayhem
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    In the UK at the minute (London precisely) on work and due to fly home with Ryanair from Gatwick at 8:40PM or there-abouts. Hoping to god I manage to get out. I'm tired and running out of spare clothes.


  • #130
    owenc
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    projectmayhem wrote: »
    In the UK at the minute (London precisely) on work and due to fly home with Ryanair from Gatwick at 8:40PM or there-abouts. Hoping to god I manage to get out. I'm tired and running out of spare clothes.

    You wont the airspace is shut to 7am.. and it will likely be extended at 8pm tonight as belgium have shut theirs to 6pm tomorrow... watch news at 10pm they'll tell you. A Canadian plane snuck into uk boundary look: http://www.radar-virtuel.com/


  • #131
    projectmayhem
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    owenc wrote: »
    You wont the airspace is shut to 7am.. and it will likely be extended at 8pm tonight as belgium have shut theirs to 6pm tomorrow... watch news at 10pm they'll tell you. A Canadian plane snuck into uk boundary look: http://www.radar-virtuel.com/

    I should have clarified, that was 8:40PM tomorrow (Friday 16th). Ryanair are reported to have cancelled all flights in the UK and Ireland until 1PM tomorrow with further reports needed. The ash will hang around, UK met office advising for no air travel tomorrow too, but there is a low pressure system floating in from Spain which could help me in the late evening.

    Please god. This hotel's internet is crap, and expensive :D


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  • #132
    maquiladora
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    Iceland's volcano keeps spewing ash

    Posted : Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:08:12 GMT

    Reykjavik - Iceland's volcano continued to spew ash and smoke skywards Thursday evening with no sign of letup in the days ahead, officials said in Reykjavik.

    The Foreign Ministry said experts said the risk of ongoing volcanic activity for the upcoming days was high.

    "We can only hope that the situation will calm down," Iceland President Johanna Sigurdardottir said on television.

    "But we can't do anything. The damage is already considerable," she added.

    Vulcanologists in Reykjavik noted that the last eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, about 120 kilometres east of the capital of Reykjavik, in 1821 came to an end after two years. That period was marked by various phases of activity ranging from weak to strong to periods of dormancy.

    http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/318957,icelands-volcano-keeps-spewing-ash.html


  • #133
    owenc
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    projectmayhem wrote: »
    I should have clarified, that was 8:40PM tomorrow (Friday 16th). Ryanair are reported to have cancelled all flights in the UK and Ireland until 1PM tomorrow with further reports needed. The ash will hang around, UK met office advising for no air travel tomorrow too, but there is a low pressure system floating in from Spain which could help me in the late evening.

    Please god. This hotel's internet is crap, and expensive :D

    Why would you want to leave london anyway its got everything there its great!


  • #134
    LookingFor
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    owenc wrote: »
    Yes but by then the ash will have gone its only a small mass of cloud so it wont last to sunday it'll barely last to tomorrow afternoon.


    How do we know this? I'd like to hope that's true since I'm supposed to be flying on Sunday, but indications are that it's still ejecting ash (as per the last post also). It wasn't just one puff of ash, and once that's gone, it's gone. More of a stream of it, and as far as I know we don't know when it's going to stop?

    Maybe we'll get a better idea later this evening. There's supposed to be surveillance planes going in for a better look at 8pm.


  • #135
    maquiladora
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    owenc wrote: »
    Yes but by then the ash will have gone its only a small mass of cloud so it wont last to sunday it'll barely last to tomorrow afternoon.

    You do know that the eruption is still going on right? The last time it erupted, it was going on and off for a full 2 years and the last three times it erupted a much larger eruption followed it nearby.


  • #136
    owenc
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    You do know that the eruption is still going on right? The last time it erupted, it was going on and off for a full 2 years and the last three times it erupted a much larger eruption followed it nearby.

    So your telling me they could end up shutting the airports for 2 years... aye right!!!


  • #137
    projectmayhem
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    owenc wrote: »
    Why would you want to leave london anyway its got everything there its great!

    Work to be done, bed to be slept in, people to go home to, etc.
    LookingFor wrote: »
    How do we know this? I'd like to hope that's true since I'm supposed to be flying on Sunday, but indications are that it's still ejecting ash (as per the last post also). It wasn't just one puff of ash, and once that's gone, it's gone. More of a stream of it, and as far as I know we don't know when it's going to stop?

    All of this is true but this is all down to wind. High pressure in the Atlantic is pushing the ash down here. A change in the weather pattern would help greatly.
    LookingFor wrote: »
    Maybe we'll get a better idea later this evening. There's supposed to be surveillance planes going in for a better look at 8pm.

    Huge meeting in the UK at 8PM will decide what to do. It's likely (and expected) that they'll just keep everything grounded till tomorrow morning/afternoon to check again. They may, tomorrow, allow short journeys (i.e. UK to Ireland, UK to Holland/Belgium, etc.).


  • #138
    maquiladora
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    Sky News are doing a 2 hour special on this 8-10pm tonight for anyone interested.


  • #139
    LookingFor
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    projectmayhem wrote: »
    All of this is true but this is all down to wind. High pressure in the Atlantic is pushing the ash down here. A change in the weather pattern would help greatly.

    Yeah, that's what I'm thinking we might be relying on in the short term if this doesn't stop erupting. Although the forecast doesn't seem very conducive.

    projectmayhem wrote: »
    Huge meeting in the UK at 8PM will decide what to do. It's likely (and expected) that they'll just keep everything grounded till tomorrow morning/afternoon to check again. They may, tomorrow, allow short journeys (i.e. UK to Ireland, UK to Holland/Belgium, etc.).

    I hope we get better visibility. The lack of notice is annoying...if I'm only going to find out Saturday whether I'm likely to be able to fly or not Sunday then it's limited what I can do to make alternate plans. I guess this isn't even as forecastable as the weather given that there's another variable (the volcano itself) that is - i suppose - very random. But it's frustrating!


  • #140
    maquiladora
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    owenc wrote: »
    So your telling me they could end up shutting the airports for 2 years... aye right!!!

    No, because the wind isn't going to blow in the same direction forever and the volcanic activity (the last time this happened) was weak at times and stronger at others, but still went on for two years.

    And just because it went on for two years last time, it doesn't mean it will happen this time, its just an example of the potential.


  • #141
    owenc
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    Sky News are doing a 2 hour special on this 8-10pm tonight for anyone interested.

    lol they are already doing a special and the airports have only been shut since this morning!:D:D Bbc news is far better btw.. if you can get the live uk one down there??? not that world thing btw!


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  • #142
    snaps
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    Sky News are doing a 2 hour special on this 8-10pm tonight for anyone interested.
    Cheers!


  • #143
    projectmayhem
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    LookingFor wrote: »
    I hope we get better visibility. The lack of notice is annoying...if I'm only going to find out Saturday whether I'm likely to be able to fly or not Sunday then it's limited what I can do to make alternate plans. I guess this isn't even as forecastable as the weather given that there's another variable (the volcano itself) that is - i suppose - very random. But it's frustrating!

    Well in 24 hours I should be sitting in Gatwick waiting to go home but I don't know wtf is going on. Rather annoying!


  • #144
    snaps
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    On a clear day from the top of the reek i can see New york. The empire state building is just visible behind the statue of liberty!


  • #145
    maquiladora
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    This is a very interesting article written back on March 25th before the most recent event at Eyjafjallajokull : http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/03/global-cooling-what-happens-if-the-iceland-volcano-blows/1


  • #146
    LookingFor
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    Well now, that's just fantastic :|
    19:53 The National Emergency Response Coordinating Committee has said it is unlikely that aircraft will be able to move in Irish airspace for the next two to three days.

    Department of Transport assistant secretary Maurice Mullen the said although aircraft had been grounded until 11am tomorrow, he was not expecting any movement in Irish airspace.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0415/transportupdates.html


  • #147
    Pangea
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    owenc wrote: »
    Yes but by then the ash will have gone its only a small mass of cloud so it wont last to sunday it'll barely last to tomorrow afternoon.
    No it wont, the volcano is still erupting, the only thing that is for sure is that nothing is for sure. ;)


  • #148
    Chicken Run
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    owenc wrote: »
    So your telling me they could end up shutting the airports for 2 years... aye right!!!

    *starts buying shares in ferry companies*


  • #149
    owenc
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    Sky News are doing a 2 hour special on this 8-10pm tonight for anyone interested.

    What channel just looked through sky it wasn't there


  • #150
    maquiladora
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    Some pics from Iceland of the ash on the ground :

    http://twitpic.com/1fsphd

    http://twitpic.com/1fskmm


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  • #151
    DOCARCH
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    Some pics from Iceland of the ash on the ground :

    http://twitpic.com/1fsphd

    http://twitpic.com/1fskmm

    Second one looks just like Wicklow during the snow....just dirtier! :)


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