Posted on 05/09/2010 6:29:24 AM PDT by blam
The Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Ash Is Back With A Vengeance, Will It Ruin Cannes?
Joe Weisenthal
May. 9, 2010, 9:17 AM
Just when you thought this story was long over, the ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano is iceland is back, and flights are being cancelled left and right across Europe.
Of course, this is exactly what Europe doesn't need right now, particularly Portugal, caught in the middle of a debt storm and now caught in the middle of this as well.
Times Online UK:
Today Ryanair announced the cancellation of 178 European flights while easyJet warned of further disruption on routes to and from Switzerland, Southern and Central France, Northern Italy and Northern Portugal.
At London Stansted Airport, 25 Ryanair flights were cancelled yesterday to destinations including Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands.
The airline announced this morning that it would be cancelling a further eight flights from the airport, with three more from Edinburgh, two from Liverpool, and another from Bristol. Several flights from Italy were also cancelled. The airline said that it expected to announce further cancellations later today.
Meanwhile, the organizers of the Cannes film festival are freaking out, as ABC News observes. Their annual shindig starts this Wednesday. Perhaps attendees will be forced to arrive by yacht.
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I will do my best!
I'm already considering that, that's the best that will happen.
If the European countries find themselves with no excess food for "Third World Food Aid", expect famine in Africa, and a huge effort to migrate to where the food is (Europe).
I do think there was the opportunity for a small FR gathering there — we were in Zurich, another FReeper in Frankfurt, and now you. Teach those Euros how to think right.
LOL - especially the Greeks (although it’s frightening to think that so many of our fellow Americans have adopted the same “entitlement” mentality)
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