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What were the skies like when you were young...?
You mean that you weren't talking about beer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
http://www.broox.com/beer/photos/blue-moon-4.jpg
:p
Beer is disgusting
Man what the fuck would they do if this thing kept going that long? No air flight to Europe for two years? sounds like something out of an Alternate History novel.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
It didn't spew dangerous levels of ash for two years straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempus Vernum
KLM has executed a test flight from Dusseldorf to Amsterdam, so far there doesn't really seem to have been a problem, they are going to inspect the plane very carefully. It seems like I caught the last flight out of Amsterdam to Istanbul. A friend of mine who would have come the next day has been re-booked 3 times so far and he's going to have to re-schedule again because the last flight he was booked on got cancelled as well.
It's all a bit suspicious, first they declare bankruptcy then they burn their island. :mad:
There's some awesome images of lightning flashing around the eruption and lava flying etc on the BBC in an audio slideshow:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8631517.stm
Those lightning pictures are superb! :up:
Is there any particular reason volcanic eruptions have more nearby lightning (temperature differentials? Sudden moisture changes?) or are these pictures coincidental.
Do you know how lightning works?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreadnaught
Perfectly clear blue skies here over the weekend, great weather too :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RandBlade
A friend of mine was really fucked though. He's studying for movie directing and had arranged the entire week to shoot a short film. Main actor, actress, a load of models, locations (even arranged an entire train to shoot in),everything fixed, and then his lead actor got stuck in Moscow.
I thought it was a matter of some inclarity. I just didn't know volcanos could cause it like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
There's always inclarities (the Devil) in details, but basically lightning's just an electrical arcing discharge through the atmosphere; the potential difference between the cloud and the ground is sufficient to ionize the air. I don't know for sure, either, but my guess would be that hot, small particles would greatly help vis a vis the free charge carrier situation, thus making the lightning's job that much easier.
Plus all the swirling ash and particles and shit flying up into the atmosphere must create a lot of static charge.
oopsQuote:
Latest Volcanic Ash related aircraft incidents ?
By Miyuru ( K FLYER ) on April 21, 2010
Following incidents have been reported after the re-opening of UK airspace last night and are currently believed to have been caused by volcanic ash. But please note that these events are *still* under investigation.
A World Airways Boeing MD-11, operating for Allied Air, that flew from Benghazi, Libya to Ostend-Bruges, Belgium via Maastrichat ( on 20th ) was grounded due to ash found in engines. The engine reportedly suffered non-serious damage. The aircraft is currently being inspected.
The aircraft in question is N384WA. Allied Air is a Nigerian operator.
A Thomas Cook 757, reg G-JMCF, on a positioning flight as TCX952P, returned to Manchester due to a loss of compressor bleed air from one engine after crew sensed an ‘intense smell of volcanic ash’ during the climb between FL160-FL200. The aircraft was out over the North Sea off Nofolk/Suffolk.
The live ATC recording of the Thomas Cook incident could be found here .
:eek: I'd heard some resumed air traffic before getting the OK from whoever regulates the skies. Not sure I'd board a plane under those circumstances.
Dound that, since the regulators of the skies are the one who control the ATC towers.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT