puppylover
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Well I never expected "sorry I cant make today's meeting as a volcano has errupted.."
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First they lose all your money in their banks, then they close your airports with their volcanic ash.
Iceland's certainly got it in for you guys
what im more concerned about is that what damage the ash will do to a cars paint work if it ever comes down in a rain storm!
bigboykarl
New Member
just watched that new icelandic tv show.....ash in the attic
puppylover
Active Member
well at least I wont feel bad for not washing the car or my windows tomorrow
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icebaer69
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well at least I wont feel bad for not washing the car or my windows tomorrow
u will when it mixes with water and leaves acid burn marks everywhere!
puppylover
Active Member
Ever the optimist son, ever the optimist....
Anyway - you havent seen the state of the carI am currently driving around - a little bit of acid rain wont make one iota of difference to its looks....
PepperHill
New Member
First they lose all your money in their banks, then they close your airports with their volcanic ash.
Iceland's certainly got it in for you guys
^^^ True
I'm stuck in Italy now thanks to this pathetic guff cloud.
Dante's Peak it isn't.
Upside - the company have given me carte blance to abuse its Amex in any way I see fit.
Morbyd
Moderator
In Italy?... time to start drinking the Tuscan wines like water and have a feast for the ages
(not like you can eat that well back home
)Your company probably means 'get yourself a reasonably priced meal and hotel room if you absolutely must' unless it's a non-profit organization.
freakstar
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Ever the optimist son, ever the optimist....
Anyway - you havent seen the state of the carI am currently driving around - a little bit of acid rain wont make one iota of difference to its looks....
I was jesting before but check this out (and they are expecting rain/snow in Scotland tomorrow night) "The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns. Many died from gas poisoning in the British Isles. Crop production fell in western Europe. Famine spread. Some even linked the eruption, which helped fuel famine, to the French Revolution"
ICELAND VOLCANO COULD HAVE WORLD IMPACT !
Posted: (March 23, 2010 12:20 pm)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Blasts of lava and ash shot out of a volcano in southern Iceland on Monday and small tremors rocked the ground, a surge in activity that raised fears of a larger explosion at the nearby Katla volcano
.Scientists say history has proven that when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano
erupts, Katla follows — the only question is how soon. And Katla, located under the massive Myrdalsjokull icecap, threatens disastrous flooding and explosive blasts when it blows.Saturday's eruption at Eyjafjallajokull (AYA-feeyapla-yurkul) — dormant for nearly 200 years — forced at least 500 people to evacuate. Most have returned to their homes, but authorities were waiting for scientific assessments to determine whether they were safe to stay. Residents of 14 farms nearest to the eruption site were told to stay away.
Several small tremors were felt early Monday, followed by spurts of lava and steam rocketing into the air.
Iceland sits on a large volcanic hot spot in the Atlantic's mid-oceanic ridge. Eruptions, common throughout Iceland's history, are often triggered by seismic activity when the Earth's plates move and when magma from deep underground pushes its way to the surface.
Like earthquakes, predicting the timing of volcanic eruptions is an imprecise science. An eruption at the Katla volcano could be disastrous, however — both for Iceland and other nations.
Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, freeing gases that turned into smog. The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns. Many died from gas poisoning in the British Isles. Crop production fell in western Europe. Famine spread. Some even linked the eruption, which helped fuel famine, to the French Revolution. Painters in the 18th century illustrated fiery sunsets in their works.
The winter of 1784 was also one of the longest and coldest on record in North America. New England reported a record stretch of below-zero temperatures and New Jersey reported record snow accumulation. The Mississippi River also reportedly froze in New Orleans.
"These are Hollywood-sort of scenarios but possible," said Colin Macpherson, a geologist with the University of Durham. "As the melt rises, it's a little like taking a cork out of a champagne bottle."
There are three main places where volcanoes normally occur — along strike-slip faults such as California's San Andreas fault line, along areas where plates overlap one another such as in the Philippines and the Pacific Rim, and in areas like Iceland, where two of the Earth's plates are moving apart from each other in a so-called spreading system.
Unlike the powerful volcanos along the Pacific Rim where the slow rise of magma gives scientists early seismic warnings that an eruption is imminent, Iceland's volcanos are unique in that many erupt under ice sheets with little warning.
Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, a geologist at the University of Iceland who flew over the site Monday, said the beginning of Saturday's eruption was so indistinct that it initially went undetected by geological instruments. Many of the tremors were below magnitude 2.6.
Using thermal cameras and radar to map the lava flow, Gudmundsson and other scientists were able to determine that the lava from Eyjafjallajokull was flowing down a gorge and not moving toward the ice caps — reducing any threat of floods.
He said he and other scientists were watching Katla but Monday's trip was meant to assess immediate risk.
I was jesting before but check this out (and they are expecting rain/snow in Scotland tomorrow night) "The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns. Many died from gas poisoning in the British Isles. Crop production fell in western Europe. Famine spread. Some even linked the eruption, which helped fuel famine, to the French Revolution"
ICELAND VOLCANO COULD HAVE WORLD IMPACT !
Posted: (March 23, 2010 12:20 pm)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Blasts of lava and ash shot out of a volcano in southern Iceland on Monday and small tremors rocked the ground, a surge in activity that raised fears of a larger explosion at the nearby Katla volcano
Scientists say history has proven that when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano
Saturday's eruption at Eyjafjallajokull (AYA-feeyapla-yurkul) — dormant for nearly 200 years — forced at least 500 people to evacuate. Most have returned to their homes, but authorities were waiting for scientific assessments to determine whether they were safe to stay. Residents of 14 farms nearest to the eruption site were told to stay away.
Several small tremors were felt early Monday, followed by spurts of lava and steam rocketing into the air.
Iceland sits on a large volcanic hot spot in the Atlantic's mid-oceanic ridge. Eruptions, common throughout Iceland's history, are often triggered by seismic activity when the Earth's plates move and when magma from deep underground pushes its way to the surface.
Like earthquakes, predicting the timing of volcanic eruptions is an imprecise science. An eruption at the Katla volcano could be disastrous, however — both for Iceland and other nations.
Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, freeing gases that turned into smog. The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns. Many died from gas poisoning in the British Isles. Crop production fell in western Europe. Famine spread. Some even linked the eruption, which helped fuel famine, to the French Revolution. Painters in the 18th century illustrated fiery sunsets in their works.
The winter of 1784 was also one of the longest and coldest on record in North America. New England reported a record stretch of below-zero temperatures and New Jersey reported record snow accumulation. The Mississippi River also reportedly froze in New Orleans.
"These are Hollywood-sort of scenarios but possible," said Colin Macpherson, a geologist with the University of Durham. "As the melt rises, it's a little like taking a cork out of a champagne bottle."
There are three main places where volcanoes normally occur — along strike-slip faults such as California's San Andreas fault line, along areas where plates overlap one another such as in the Philippines and the Pacific Rim, and in areas like Iceland, where two of the Earth's plates are moving apart from each other in a so-called spreading system.
Unlike the powerful volcanos along the Pacific Rim where the slow rise of magma gives scientists early seismic warnings that an eruption is imminent, Iceland's volcanos are unique in that many erupt under ice sheets with little warning.
Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, a geologist at the University of Iceland who flew over the site Monday, said the beginning of Saturday's eruption was so indistinct that it initially went undetected by geological instruments. Many of the tremors were below magnitude 2.6.
Using thermal cameras and radar to map the lava flow, Gudmundsson and other scientists were able to determine that the lava from Eyjafjallajokull was flowing down a gorge and not moving toward the ice caps — reducing any threat of floods.
He said he and other scientists were watching Katla but Monday's trip was meant to assess immediate risk.
freakstar
Well-Known Member
Yes but apparently, there is a knock on affect and this is the start of more to come.. I read this also:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...revious-eruption-lasted-more-than-a-year.html
I also see that the Scottish Government has called in their equivalent of COBRA. In that ilke, why has COBRA not been called (Mr Brown would have to abandon debate) as surely if your airspace has been shut for the first time in living memory, that is a national crisis (at least for the economy, but also for the citizens)???
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...revious-eruption-lasted-more-than-a-year.html
I also see that the Scottish Government has called in their equivalent of COBRA. In that ilke, why has COBRA not been called (Mr Brown would have to abandon debate) as surely if your airspace has been shut for the first time in living memory, that is a national crisis (at least for the economy, but also for the citizens)???
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freakstar
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freakstar
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You tease you!!!