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[Grollub]

Will be away for most of the day. My fathers 70th birthday will happen on tuesday. Plan was for my ol' ones to fly down from the north tomorrow. We would then spend the weekend and the next week doing theaters, restaurants etc with my dads siblings in the southern part of Sweden.

Problem is, the ash plume from the volcanic eruption on Iceland has closed all airports in the nortern part of Sweden. The prognosis for tomorrow says that the entire Norway, Sweden (and parts of Finland, Denmark and UK) will be closed.

All trains and buses are smack full.

That means I have to take the rest of the day off to take "a little drive" 600 miles northwards to my parents, and then drive back to Stockholm with them tomorrow.

So ... might see you guys later this evening.

Steve, this means the Geezer thread will be hippie free today [;)][:D]

[Grollub]

Ash prognosis.

Link

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Will be away for most of the day. My fathers 70th birthday will happen on tuesday. Plan was for my ol' ones to fly down from the north tomorrow. We would then spend the weekend and the next week doing theaters, restaurants etc with my dads siblings in the southern part of Sweden.

Problem is, the ash plume from the volcanic eruption on Iceland has closed all airports in the nortern part of Sweden. The prognosis for tomorrow says that the entire Norway, Sweden (and parts of Finland, Denmark and UK) will be closed.

All trains and buses are smack full.

That means I have to take the rest of the day off to take "a little drive" 600 miles northwards to my parents, and then drive back to Stockholm with them tomorrow.

So ... might see you guys later this evening.

Steve, this means the Geezer thread will be hippie free today [;)][:D]

Travel safely! [:)]

[AW1Steve]

Good morning tithe....

[Onime No Kyo]

Morning tithe. [:)]

[AW1Steve]

Greetings Yuri! How's life today? [:)]

[USSAmerica]

Good morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[DuckofTindalos]

All air travel in, over and out of Denmark has now ceased. Thank you, Mr. Volcano...

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights

by BBC

All flights in and out of the UK have been suspended as ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland moves south.

The eruption in Iceland on Wednesday sent ash kilometres into the air. Satellite images show the cloud as brownish-black as ice particles mingle with ash:




People in the Eyjafjallajoekull area were evacuated, but the spread of the ash cloud raised concerns for air traffic controllers in nearby countries:






Safety body Eurocontrol said up to 4,000 flights across northern Europe would be cancelled on Thursday.

The air traffic control service (Nats) said no flights would be allowed in or out of UK airspace until 1800BST amid fears of engine damage.

The airspace restriction was the most significant in living memory, a spokesman said.

Nats suggested that the restrictions were unlikely to be lifted after 1800, saying it was "very unlikely that the situation over England will improve in the foreseeable future".

Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark were among the European countries hit.

Passengers were advised to contact their carriers prior to travel.

Experts have warned that the tiny particles of rock, glass and sand contained in the ash cloud would be sufficient to jam aircraft engines.

But the Health Protection Agency said the ash did not pose a significant risk to public health because of its high altitude.

These are some of the main knock-on effects:

* Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports shut
* Disruptions to and from Liverpool's John Lennon, Manchester and Newcastle airports
* Severe delays at Birmingham airport with problems reported at East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Cardiff International and Bristol airports
* London's Gatwick, Heathrow and City airports hit
* British Airways cancels all domestic flights on Thursday and offers refunds or an option to rebook
* Flights suspended at Belfast International Airport and George Best Belfast City Airport
* RAF Sea King helicopter flies a critically ill patient from Scotland to London
* Ash threat forces Great North Air Ambulance to be grounded

One passenger at Glasgow told the BBC: "I'm meant to be going to Lanzarote. We've travelled from Oban, leaving at 3am. Now we've decided we might as well just go home and do a bit of gardening."

Others switched from plane to train, with the East Coast line extending its 1830BST London to Newcastle service through to Edinburgh.

Budget airline Ryanair said no flights were operating to or from the UK on Thursday and it expected cancellations and delays on Friday.

A spokesman for Nats, which was formerly known as the National Air Traffic Services, said: "The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre has issued a forecast that the ash cloud from the volcanic eruption in Iceland will track over Europe tonight.

"Nats is working with Eurocontrol and our colleagues in Europe's other air navigation service providers to take the appropriate action to ensure safety in accordance with international aviation policy."

The European air safety body, Eurocontrol, said the cloud of ash had reached 55,000ft and was expected to move through northern UK and Scotland.

Brian Flynn, assistant head of operations of its central flow management unit, told the BBC: "As it moves toward the Netherlands and Belgium it will dissipate and lose intensity, like any weather phenomenon. But we don't know what the extent of it will be."

Met Office forecaster Philip Avery said the ash could take several days to clear.

He said: "It is showing up on imagery at the moment, extending down as far as the Faroes but it looks as though the wind will drag it a good deal further south.

"Nats has good cause to be very cautious about this because in about 1982 a British Airways jumbo had the unnerving experience of having all four engines shut down as it flew through a plume of volcanic ash."

There was a nearly identical incident on 15 December 1989 when KLM Flight 867, a B747-400 from Amsterdam to Anchorage, Alaska, flew into the plume of the erupting Mount Redoubt, causing all four engines to fail.

Once the flight cleared the ash cloud, the crew was able to restart each engine and then make a safe landing at Anchorage, but the aircraft was substantially damaged.

A BAA spokesman said: "Passengers intending to fly today are asked to contact their airline for further information."

The eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajoekull area of Iceland is the second in the country in less than a month.

Leo "Apollo11"

[scott64]

We're All Doomed. [:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

I'm more doomed than you. It's right over my head.

[Chickenboy]

T: Try to hold your breath until the ash cloud passes. You should be able to obviate your risk of silicosis that way.

[Chickenboy]

Good morning, all.

[anarchyintheuk]

Smells like . . . . taxes . . . .

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

I'm more doomed than you. It's right over my head.

wow....always said your SPAMing ways would come back to haunt you.

[DuckofTindalos]

About your offline profile, Logboy... AFAIK, you can select to use one during creation, and that should mean you won't need to go online to play.

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Dixie
And work went quickly tithe [:)]

Where was it going at such a breakneck pace? [:'(]

Wise guy eh?

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


To hell in a handbasket? [:'(]

Funny you should mention that... [:D]

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights

by BBC

All flights in and out of the UK have been suspended as ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland moves south.

The eruption in Iceland on Wednesday sent ash kilometres into the air. Satellite images show the cloud as brownish-black as ice particles mingle with ash:




People in the Eyjafjallajoekull area were evacuated, but the spread of the ash cloud raised concerns for air traffic controllers in nearby countries:






Safety body Eurocontrol said up to 4,000 flights across northern Europe would be cancelled on Thursday.

The air traffic control service (Nats) said no flights would be allowed in or out of UK airspace until 1800BST amid fears of engine damage.

The airspace restriction was the most significant in living memory, a spokesman said.

Nats suggested that the restrictions were unlikely to be lifted after 1800, saying it was "very unlikely that the situation over England will improve in the foreseeable future".

Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark were among the European countries hit.

Passengers were advised to contact their carriers prior to travel.

Experts have warned that the tiny particles of rock, glass and sand contained in the ash cloud would be sufficient to jam aircraft engines.

But the Health Protection Agency said the ash did not pose a significant risk to public health because of its high altitude.

These are some of the main knock-on effects:

* Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports shut
* Disruptions to and from Liverpool's John Lennon, Manchester and Newcastle airports
* Severe delays at Birmingham airport with problems reported at East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Cardiff International and Bristol airports
* London's Gatwick, Heathrow and City airports hit
* British Airways cancels all domestic flights on Thursday and offers refunds or an option to rebook
* Flights suspended at Belfast International Airport and George Best Belfast City Airport
* RAF Sea King helicopter flies a critically ill patient from Scotland to London
* Ash threat forces Great North Air Ambulance to be grounded

One passenger at Glasgow told the BBC: "I'm meant to be going to Lanzarote. We've travelled from Oban, leaving at 3am. Now we've decided we might as well just go home and do a bit of gardening."

Others switched from plane to train, with the East Coast line extending its 1830BST London to Newcastle service through to Edinburgh.

Budget airline Ryanair said no flights were operating to or from the UK on Thursday and it expected cancellations and delays on Friday.

A spokesman for Nats, which was formerly known as the National Air Traffic Services, said: "The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre has issued a forecast that the ash cloud from the volcanic eruption in Iceland will track over Europe tonight.

"Nats is working with Eurocontrol and our colleagues in Europe's other air navigation service providers to take the appropriate action to ensure safety in accordance with international aviation policy."

The European air safety body, Eurocontrol, said the cloud of ash had reached 55,000ft and was expected to move through northern UK and Scotland.

Brian Flynn, assistant head of operations of its central flow management unit, told the BBC: "As it moves toward the Netherlands and Belgium it will dissipate and lose intensity, like any weather phenomenon. But we don't know what the extent of it will be."

Met Office forecaster Philip Avery said the ash could take several days to clear.

He said: "It is showing up on imagery at the moment, extending down as far as the Faroes but it looks as though the wind will drag it a good deal further south.

"Nats has good cause to be very cautious about this because in about 1982 a British Airways jumbo had the unnerving experience of having all four engines shut down as it flew through a plume of volcanic ash."

There was a nearly identical incident on 15 December 1989 when KLM Flight 867, a B747-400 from Amsterdam to Anchorage, Alaska, flew into the plume of the erupting Mount Redoubt, causing all four engines to fail.

Once the flight cleared the ash cloud, the crew was able to restart each engine and then make a safe landing at Anchorage, but the aircraft was substantially damaged.

A BAA spokesman said: "Passengers intending to fly today are asked to contact their airline for further information."

The eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajoekull area of Iceland is the second in the country in less than a month.

Leo "Apollo11"

It meant a quiet(ish) day for us, no flying today after the routine flight to points East. They did manage to convice some young girly LAC that she needed to don full NBC kit and assist with an atmospheric analysis to ensure it was afe for us all to go outside [:D]

[Mynok]

Our perspective.....



Looks like skid marks over Europe.....[:'(]