Volcanic ash closing Scottish airports

[Magog]

smack said:

Does that mean the the RAF/NATO E-3 AWACS are going to be grounded too? They might bit a too expensive to risk getting damaged?

Bears and Blackjacks on their way?

[OzzyR1]

john_p said:

ps, from Wikipedia

Wikipedia said:

Over the past 1,100 years, Eyjafjallajökull has erupted four times: in 920, 1612, between 1821–1823, and in 2010. Each of the first three of these incidents directly preceded a major eruption in the nearby subglacial volcano, Katla

Gulp

Erm, that other volcano that this one normally precedes is quite a biggy!!

From Wiki on Katla:

At the peak of the 1755 eruption the flood discharge has been estimated between 200,000–400,000 m³/s; for comparison the combined average discharge of the Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, and Yangtze rivers is about 290,000 m³/s.

[mrmr96]

theironduke said:

Civil Contingencies Act anybody...?

Don't even fking joke about it!

[B17NNS]

mrmr96 said:

theironduke said:

Civil Contingencies Act anybody...?

Don't even fking joke about it!

Don't worry, our illustrious leader is doing 'every thing he can' to stop the forces of nature. Magmative easing is no doubt being considered whereby the Bank of England pours lava into the hole to try and stem the crisis.

In the interest of the citizens of Great Britain we have decided that now is not a time to be disolving parliament. A stable continuous Labour government is what is required to ensure the recovery.

[NoelWatson]

UK airspace is closed apparently

[GTstar]

Ummm so why is my tom tom still working if I'm under this big radar stuffing, engine stalling invisible cloud of doomsday ash? P.s nice and sunny in the highlands

[B17NNS]

GTstar said:

Ummm so why is my tom tom still working if I'm under this big radar stuffing, engine stalling invisible cloud of doomsday ash? P.s nice and sunny in the highlands

The world as we know it is colapsing around us man, and all you can do is post about fiddling with you tom tom?

[mrmr96]

GTstar said:

Ummm so why is my tom tom still working if I'm under this big radar stuffing, engine stalling invisible cloud of doomsday ash? P.s nice and sunny in the highlands

Probably because your tomtom uses neither radar nor engines.
HTH.

[sneijder]

I work at Oslo airport, got to work at 5:30 this morning and got a fright when I fired my computer up.



I hadn't heard the news.

I got a flight to Aalborg and Prague away before it started to go t!ts up. The skies went a bit grim, and you couldn't see the sun.

It's cracking flags now though, as I left the airport leaving this behind :



I think it'll be a nice quiet day tomorrow.

[Silent1]

GTstar said:

Ummm so why is my tom tom still working if I'm under this big radar stuffing, engine stalling invisible cloud of doomsday ash? P.s nice and sunny in the highlands

You've got the wrong end of the stick

The ash is like talcum powder, undetectable by most plane's radars and also it's a pretty good fire extinguisher.

[The real Apache]

mrmr96 said:

GTstar said:

Ummm so why is my tom tom still working if I'm under this big radar stuffing, engine stalling invisible cloud of doomsday ash? P.s nice and sunny in the highlands

Probably because your tomtom uses neither radar nor engines.
HTH.

no but it relies on a clear uplink, something a cloud of volcanic ash might interfere with

[K12beano]

Lefty Two Drams said:

One of the boys in the office was outside at lunchtime and is now telling everyone he can smell sulphur out there.

I think he may have had too much black pudding for breakfast this morning...

The only relief from a teensy-tiny bit of bad news which causes a lot of disruption to a good proportion of people's otherwise routine lives is that the general public are just so brilliantly gullible that we'll have weeks of daft stories.

I've been out and bought a shed load of air filters this morning. I will be shortly spamming you all with stories of how your cars will all explode in the Uk without the filter being changed. Out of 60 million people, I only need 0.01% to be that gullible to make me a millionaire.....

[The real Apache]

K12beano said:

I've been out and bought a shed load of air filters this morning. I will be shortly spamming you all with stories of how your cars will all explode in the Uk without the filter being changed. Out of 60 million people, I only need 0.01% to be that gullible to make me a millionaire.....

I see a flaw in your plan.........

[cerbfan]

So 60 million x 0.01% = 6000 people.
1 million pound profit / 6000
= £166.67 profit per person.

I think you might struggle.

[B17NNS]

The real Apache said:

I see a flaw in your plan.........

Thems some pricey air filters.

[eharding]

Zero flow-rate for all London Flight Information Region ATC sectors until 0600 UTC tomorrow mandated - so at the very best tomorrow morning will be a complete shambles.

[cottonfoo]

Ahh but they are 'volcanic ash resistant'.

[timlongs]

Friends in holland tell me schipol is closing at 7pm local time.

[GTstar]

B17NNS said:

GTstar said:

Ummm so why is my tom tom still working if I'm under this big radar stuffing, engine stalling invisible cloud of doomsday ash? P.s nice and sunny in the highlands

The world as we know it is colapsing around us man, and all you can do is post about fiddling with you tom tom?

Rofl

[Puggit]

Let me see. Winky is travelling everywhere in suspiciously empty standard class train carriages, while Cameron is using a Dash plane to dash about.