Thursday - April 15, 2010

well isn’t this another fine mess Iceland has got us in to. My rights are being violated. I demand..

Listening to the radio report, and there is a chance this might continue to next week. Nooooooooo!  It can’t do that.  Oh yeah? Who are you? I’m a volcano. I can do whatever I want.  Why? Were you planning a flight next week?  Ah, hahahahahahaha.

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No flights until 7am: UK airport terminals deserted after giant volcanic ash cloud turns Britain into a no-fly zone
By RAY MASSEY, LIZ HAZELTON and CHARLOTTE SPRATT
Last updated at 5:00 PM on 15th April 2010

All British airports now closed - and will not reopen until at least 7am tomorrow

Thousands of people stranded after ‘unprecedented’ lockdown

Icelandic volcano STILL erupting - which means closure could go on for days

Families returning to UK after Easter break face travel chaos

Impact on British travellers ‘worse than 9/11’

Demand for Eurostar tickets soars with Europe poised to close more airports

FIRST TIME IN 200 YEARS. SEE MORE HERE

[Drew: This is the first time in 200 years that the volcano has erupted through the Eyjafjallajokull glacier. Free caulk to the first person who can actually pronounce “Eyjafjallajokull”. Volcanologists are worried that a nearby sister volcano may also go off, as usually happens.

A bigger worry is Katla, which in the past has erupted in tandem with Eyjafjallajokull. The last major eruption took place in 1918, and volcanologists say a new blast is overdue.

‘So far there have been no signs of the reawakening of the Katla volcano, but a lot of things can still happen, so we are monitoring it quite closely,’ Einarsson said.

UPDATE: Flight ban extended until Friday, maybe longer!

Air traffic control service (Nats) said its next review would be at 0230 BST but the situation was “not improving”.

Medication

The volcano’s eruption is intensifying, and the wind direction is expected to continue bringing clouds of ash into UK and European airspace for some time to come - safety group Eurocontrol said the problem could persist for 48 hours.

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The UK’s airspace restriction was the worst in living memory, a spokesman said.

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Volcanic ash is expected to reach ground level over the UK, starting in Scotland on Thursday evening before moving south over the course of the night.

Health Protection Scotland said those with existing respiratory conditions such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma should ensure they have any inhalers or other medications with them.

I’d say get a dust mask or a respirator ASAP. Stay indoors and hope it rains.
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