Volcanic ash closing Scottish airports

[Lefty Two Drams]

timlongs said:

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

Yes, I've been told that too.

[K12beano]

cerbfan said:

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

I think you might struggle.

See - it's got you thinking already! You know that someone out there'd be gullible enough to pay up some stupid £££ for something that doesn't need doing if there's a scare story out there!

[cerbfan]

Here is a scare story for you.

here

[B17NNS]

cerbfan said:

Here is a scare story for you.

here

Just goes to prove how powerful mother nature truely is and how completely insignificant we are.

What would the actual ramifications be for the UK if air travel was no longer possible for a period of say a year?

[timlongs]

B17NNS said:

cerbfan said:

Here is a scare story for you.

here

Just goes to prove how powerful mother nature truely is and how completely insignificant we are.

What would the actual ramifications be for the UK if air travel was no longer possible for a period of say a year?

serious depression.

[Magog]

B17NNS said:

cerbfan said:

Here is a scare story for you.

here

Just goes to prove how powerful mother nature truely is and how completely insignificant we are.

What would the actual ramifications be for the UK if air travel was no longer possible for a period of say a year?

No airfreighted salads...

[eharding]

Magog said:

No airfreighted salads...

I'll be fine then. In fact, even if road, rail, ship and pack-horse channels for the delivery of salad are compromised, I'm pretty sure I'll be just tickety-boo.

[K12beano]

cerbfan said:

Here is a scare story for you.

here

Huzzah! Three cheers for the Torygraph!

[ali_kat]

BBC said:

Nobody is taking chances. Despite flying at altitudes far below the volcanic ash cloud, the BBC has been told that the air ambulance services for Warwickshire, Northants, Derbyshire, Leceistershire and Rutland has (SIC) also been grounded.

[J381]

Brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

[Magog]

ali_kat said:

BBC said:

Nobody is taking chances. Despite flying at altitudes far below the volcanic ash cloud, the BBC has been told that the air ambulance services for Warwickshire, Northants, Derbyshire, Leceistershire and Rutland has (SIC) also been grounded.

Thats a bit of a joke if you ask me, a step too far.

[shakotan]

The real Apache said:

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

My TomTom works just fine through the windscreen in my car, however I suspect a 747 may have some trouble flying through solid glass...

[theironduke]

J381 said:

Brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

I reckon he's more a Lidls man...

[RDE]

ali_kat said:

BBC said:

Nobody is taking chances. Despite flying at altitudes far below the volcanic ash cloud, the BBC has been told that the air ambulance services for Warwickshire, Northants, Derbyshire, Leceistershire and Rutland has (SIC) also been grounded.

Last I heard, South Wales Police Air Support Unit was still going to respond to 'life or death' callouts, so I wonder how accurate that is.

[Jazzer77]

J381 said:

Brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

Oh dear....

[K12beano]

J381 said:

Brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

But he only hates it 'cos his mam's always there......

[Fume troll]

shakotan said:

The real Apache said:

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

My TomTom works just fine through the windscreen in my car, however I suspect a 747 may have some trouble flying through solid glass...

While we're being pedantic, it doesn't actually use an uplink either, just time signals from the satellites.

Cheers,

FT.

[Dakkon]

Lefty Two Drams said:

timlongs said:

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

Yes, I've been told that too.

It's true, all flights in and out of Schiphol are cancelled from 7pm tonight, I have a 3pm flight tomorrow

[Puggit]

B17NNS said:

cerbfan said:

Here is a scare story for you.

here

Just goes to prove how powerful mother nature truely is and how completely insignificant we are.

What would the actual ramifications be for the UK if air travel was no longer possible for a period of say a year?

The eruption has coincided with a rare weather pattern causing us to receive Arctic winds.

Most of the the time our weather comes from a South Westerly direction (the Atlantic) or the Continent.

Scaremongering.

[ali_kat]

RDE said:

ali_kat said:

BBC said:

Nobody is taking chances. Despite flying at altitudes far below the volcanic ash cloud, the BBC has been told that the air ambulance services for Warwickshire, Northants, Derbyshire, Leceistershire and Rutland has (SIC) also been grounded.

Last I heard, South Wales Police Air Support Unit was still going to respond to 'life or death' callouts, so I wonder how accurate that is.

It was on the BBC how much do we believe of what they say?

Like the other guy said, I think it is taking things a bit too far, but...