Volcano eruption in Iceland disrupts UK, Norwegian flights

[Josquius]

The map of effects is strange stuff.
The ash is all drifting eastwards- Ireland and Scotland are totally fine and planes can fly (not that they've many places to go other than short haul stuff amongst themself). Northern England is...iffy. Some perhaps getting through. The south though remains cut off.


Should you be able to see anything?
From what I read its just tiny particles high up in the air. I've never noticed anything.

[Viking]

It's really sunny here in the UK. No ash clouds that I can see.

Control volcanos yes, the weather, no.

[Mr.Penguin]

A nice sulfur like smell in the air early saturday morning (05:00 AM), later when they started to spread manure in the rural areas west of Copenhagen did the sulfur smell disappear...

[Agelastus]

It's really sunny here in the UK. No ash clouds that I can see.

Look at the horizon, rather than straight up. The light's a little more perlescent than it is normally, even if the sky looks totally clear.

At least, that's the only effect of the ash that I've been able to detect, and that might just be my eyes tricking me.

[Syt]

Science dudes here said that the ash is neither harmful to people, nor could it be seen. Supposedly it only messes up airplanes and the weather.

[Legbiter]

The geophysicists here say that the volcano is quickly exhausting it's underlying magma chamber. So they predict that the eruption will at most continue for a few more days at it's current strenght, before petering out. After that it could lie dormant for a few days and then resume offensive operations. Or not.

[Viking]

The geophysicists here say that the volcano is quickly exhausting it's underlying magma chamber. So they predict that the eruption will at most continue for a few more days at it's current strenght, before petering out. After that it could lie dormant for a few days and then resume offensive operations. Or not.

Basically we don't know shit and we hope it won't last much longer than few more days.

[Admiral Yi]

Better sacrifice some angry lesbians just to be on the safe side.

[Legbiter]

Basically we don't know shit and we hope it won't last much longer than few more days.

Naw, I think they're pretty confident about how long this current phase of the eruption will last (days instead of weeks). What they have no idea about is if or how long transatlantic flights might have to play Frogger with intermittent ash plumes.

[Martinus]

Pretty much everyone important cancelled their trip to the Potato Funeral. Right now the only confirmed attendees are: Morocco and Ukraine. 

Obama just: forgot Poland.

[Legbiter]

Pretty much everyone important cancelled their trip to the Potato Funeral. Right now the only confirmed attendees are: Morocco and Ukraine. 

Obama just: forgot Poland.

Yeah our Prez was supposed to be at some major shindig in Denmark this week and then attend the Polish Prezidizzle's funeral I think, but he's been grounded because of the ash.

LOL Did Hell just: Overflow? 

[Martinus]

Poland: the only nation who got its ass kicked by trees and clouds?

[Sheilbh]

I think Norway's PM has been stuck in the US since the nuclear summit

[Ed Anger]

I think Norway's PM has been stuck in the US since the nuclear summit

He got a new iPad.

[Zanza]

My mother was scheduled to fly back to Germany from Tunesia today and my sister wanted to fly from Calcutta today or in the next two days or so as well. I wonder if they are stuck there...