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Old 04-18-2010, 02:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Heya!

I'm sure many have heard about the volcanic eruption on Iceland and if you haven't, well, I can try do a summary.

Recently, there was a volcanic eruption on Iceland in a mountain called Eyjafjallajoekull. It spewed volcanic ashes which are now falling down over much of Europe. Among other things, this hinders transportation and all flights in and out of Norway f.ex have been cancelled for a few days now, causing massive problems for people who need transportation.

The real iffy thing is that the eruption can trigger another eruption in a much larger volcano called Katla. Looking at history, this has happened at least the last 4 times Eyjafjallajoekull erupted in 920, 1612 and between 1821 and 1823 respectively.

It's disturbing to see how our modern society is not even able to deal with a relatively small eruption. What will happen if Katla erupts and remains highly active for months or even years? Will it dramatically cool the climate up here? Will it smell rotten eggs? Will we wear face masks when we move around outside?

Right now, I just hope it doesn't affect the summer too much. I need some heat! Anyone else affected / slightly worried about this?
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I too am curious how this will turn out. One of my teacher has been stuck in the Ukraine because of the eruption of the volcano in this ridiculously name mountain.
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Old 04-18-2010, 03:21 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The volcano continues to vomit ashes and I think there's a new cloud coming in over Norway today or tomorrow. According to the news, countries in the south of Europe should also become directly affected now.
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Old 04-18-2010, 03:51 AM   #4 (permalink)
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We've had no flights over the UK since (I think) Thursday and it doesn't look like there'll be any until tomorrow at the earliest.
I live on the flight path for Manchester airport and it's weird not seeing any planes coming in to land. Can't say I miss them.
Although I've got a package arriving from Germany and God knows when I'll get that now.
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I think its only natural to be a little concerned. Im not massively concerned and its not like its affecting day to day life but in the long term it could be a major inconvenience, for a lot of the reasons mentioned in this thread already.
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Meh, as long as its okay for me going my holidays I'm alrighty. I don't notice any differences in weather. I'm not too worried to be honest.
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Old 04-18-2010, 06:33 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Meh, as long as its okay for me going my holidays I'm alrighty. I don't notice any differences in weather. I'm not too worried to be honest.
The change would be noticed over time The particles spewed out by the volcano will reflect sunlight, so more of the sunlight coming in over europe would be reflected back out to space. I don't know too much about the specifics since it's not my field, but the frontpage on some of the newspapers said it could cause a drop in temperature over the summer.

I think that would suck because I like my summers hot!
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The most it's affected me is it stopping my flatmate flying back from Thailand.

Last time one of them wanted to come back from home (Russia) was in the snow we had over here, and his luggage was delayed for a week and had stuff missing from it.
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We've had no flights over the UK since (I think) Thursday and it doesn't look like there'll be any until tomorrow at the earliest.
I live on the flight path for Manchester airport and it's weird not seeing any planes coming in to land. Can't say I miss them.
Although I've got a package arriving from Germany and God knows when I'll get that now.
They we're supposed to be starting yesterday morning....then yesterday evening. God knows how long it's going to take really.
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Old 04-18-2010, 07:59 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I don't know the actual date (1800's) but the last time this volcano erupted it spewed ash out for months!
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