Posted on 04/17/2010 1:47:05 PM PDT by blam
Experts: No End To Volcano Ash In Sight
April 17, 2010
(CNN) -- Weather experts predicted Friday that a volcanic ash causing chaos to air traffic across Europe would affect the region well into the weekend and possibly beyond as the dust cloud continued to spread.
Scientists said it was too soon to predict when the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland would cease spewing ash, raising the prospect of thousands more grounded flights in coming days.
Prevailing westerly winds are expected to fan the massive plume of dust from an erupting volcano in Iceland further east and north, according to predictions from the London Ash Advisory Center.
By 07:00 GMT Saturday (7 p.m. ET) the cloud traveling at up to 9,000 meters (30,000 feet) is forecast to be covering parts of Russia, Poland, Finland and other East European countries while continuing to affect the UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark and Netherlands.
Volcanic ash still causing travel chaos
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ATTENTION EARTH: There is a God.
Nuke it.
I see Obama did something smart and cancelled the Poland trip.
Going would have probably required engine overhauls on several airplanes on the trip.
Sounds like prop driven planes are a good option for getting around Europe.
Gaia mocks humans....women and children hit hardest.
Dang that global warming, anyhow. See, if you would have just gotten rid of that 4 wheel drive for a tricycle none of this would have happened.
Bring back the Connie.
If we are going to have two years of news on this volcano I’m going to rename it to Eyjaf :)
We might see the return to ships for ocean travel in many places if this continues.
By 07:00 GMT Saturday (7 p.m. ET)
Or 03:00 ET. Your pick.
No.
Ashfall from Mt.St.Helens destroyed automobile engines. It will probably do the same to propeller-driven aircraft. Internal combustion engines need to intake air - that’s the problem right there with ash clogging everything.
The volcano was a lot more disturptive than I realized.
Beim starken Staubfall, täglich überprüfen, wenn nötig wechseln.
Is anyone talking about any coorelation between earthquakes and the volcano? After all the earth’s axis did shift.
“...the return to ships for ocean travel...”
One should hope so.
On another thread yesterday someone said that there exists a law restricting the use of oceanliners to “cruises only” (returning to port of departure). I assume this is in Europe because cruise ships in the western hemisphere begin and end at different ports all the time.
Some nations are going to have to quickly shift gears and allow ocean crossings.
This may be a good time to invest in Steam Ships to carry folks across the Atlantic.
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