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 Stanley
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| posted on April 19th, 2010 at 02:41 PM |
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Ask me how much I hate Iceland and Volcanos
Was meant to fly to Sydney this arfternoon to catch a flight to Amsterdam tomorrow for a 3 1/2 week European holiday....but now that I've just
finished cancelling everything, I'll be back at work tomorrow instead........
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| posted on April 19th, 2010 at 02:48 PM |
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DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well, back to the volksies.
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| posted on April 19th, 2010 at 02:55 PM |
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Bah!!!
Oh well its much warmer over here anyway!
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| posted on April 19th, 2010 at 03:07 PM |
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yep...carby turned up today. Be down on the weekend
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| posted on April 19th, 2010 at 04:46 PM |
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And the Iceland volcano is only a tiny eruption by historical standards.
Just as well Mt Tombora erupted in 1815, and not 2010. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, many thousand times greater than the
current Iceland volcano. Tambora (on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, only a few thousand km from Australia) ejected an estimated 160 cubic
kilometres of material and caused a global climate change - 1816 was the 'year without a summer'. Ash hung in the air, all over the world, for more
than a year.
It killed 70,000 people in 1815 so goodness only knows how many would die if it exploded like that again now. Plus all world air travel would be
impossible for more than a year !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora
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| posted on April 19th, 2010 at 05:16 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Stanley
Was meant to fly to Sydney this afternoon to catch a flight to Amsterdam tomorrow for a 3 1/2 week European holiday....
but now that I've just finished cancelling everything,
I'll be back at work tomorrow instead........
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Yes.. Bad Luck...
There is a volcano on Vanuatu {I think] that is also erupting a bit of lava and smoke...
and not forgetting New Guinea a few years ago when Rabaul
disappeared.... [East New Britain]
It was reported that the Capital City of Iceland which I cannot spell lol... but know how to say it..lol "Ret-U-Vic" lol
its airport was open as the ash is blowing towards Europe.... lol
You could have went to Iceland... and went by boat to Sweden or Denmark... lol...
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| posted on April 19th, 2010 at 06:00 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Phil74Camper
And the Iceland volcano is only a tiny eruption by historical standards.
Just as well Mt Tombora erupted in 1815, and not 2010. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, many thousand times greater than the
current Iceland volcano. Tambora (on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, only a few thousand km from Australia) ejected an estimated 160 cubic
kilometres of material and caused a global climate change - 1816 was the 'year without a summer'. Ash hung in the air, all over the world, for more
than a year.
It killed 70,000 people in 1815 so goodness only knows how many would die if it exploded like that again now. Plus all world air travel would be
impossible for more than a year !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora
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now thats some interesting history!
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| posted on April 19th, 2010 at 07:59 PM |
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Imagine how much money you could make if you owned a coach over there.
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| posted on April 20th, 2010 at 07:40 AM |
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I just came back from the UK in time not good to have to change yr holiday plans
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| posted on April 20th, 2010 at 08:11 AM |
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Well here I sit in my office when I should be sitting on a plane bound for Korea....
I look at it as a small hicup. There are plenty of people in far worse situations than us. I'm just glad we had travel insurance.
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| posted on April 20th, 2010 at 12:55 PM |
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Maybe you are lucky not to be strnded over there!
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| posted on April 20th, 2010 at 02:41 PM |
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Hi
Bad luck with the travel plans.
I heard someone on the radio say the day how much cleaner the air will be now that planes aren't flying, what about the crap that the volcano just
spewed out?
Steve
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| posted on April 20th, 2010 at 08:25 PM |
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few grand spare now to put the SC on the mouse!
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| posted on April 20th, 2010 at 08:34 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 1303Steve
I heard someone on the radio say the day how much cleaner the air will be now that planes aren't flying, what about the crap that the volcano just
spewed out?
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So much for the crap that motor cars were causing global warming and melting the ice cap.What about the bloody volcanoes Mr Rudd?We spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars for this bunch of whackers to go to Copenhagen to fix the problems and spend our dollars .
My little rant.
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| posted on April 20th, 2010 at 08:55 PM |
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Bring back sailing ships
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| posted on April 21st, 2010 at 12:36 AM |
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.....an air-cooled horses
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| posted on April 21st, 2010 at 07:00 AM |
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and long haul piston engine aircraft that have an air cleaner
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| posted on April 21st, 2010 at 07:45 AM |
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I cant quote the exact numbers but I read that the carbon emmissions created from the iceland volcano are much less than the carbon emmisions saved by
having all these aircraft grounded over the same period.
here -> http://bx.businessweek.com/airline-industry/view?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.cleant...
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| posted on April 21st, 2010 at 10:05 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Phil74Camper
And the Iceland volcano is only a tiny eruption by historical standards.
Just as well Mt Tombora erupted in 1815, and not 2010. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, many thousand times greater than the
current Iceland volcano. Tambora (on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, only a few thousand km from Australia) ejected an estimated 160 cubic
kilometres of material and caused a global climate change - 1816 was the 'year without a summer'. Ash hung in the air, all over the world, for more
than a year.
It killed 70,000 people in 1815 so goodness only knows how many would die if it exploded like that again now. Plus all world air travel would be
impossible for more than a year !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora
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well done phil,i knew about that.i think it is around that same time that meteor showers increases substantially.i remember reading about it
somewhere.
yeh i didnt realize how much of an affect that volcano would have on flights.I ordered some parts from England and i got an email saying apparently
they are now delayed.
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| posted on April 21st, 2010 at 11:21 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Stanley
Was meant to fly to Sydney this afternoon to catch a flight to Amsterdam tomorrow for a 3 1/2 week European holiday....
but now that I've just finished cancelling everything,
I'll be back at work tomorrow instead........
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Yes.. Bad Luck...
There is a volcano on Vanuatu {I think] that is also erupting a bit of lava and smoke...
and not forgetting New Guinea a few years ago when Rabaul
disappeared.... [East New Britain]
It was reported that the Capital City of Iceland which I cannot spell lol... but know how to say it..lol "Ret-U-Vic" lol
its airport was open as the ash is blowing towards Europe.... lol
You could have went to Iceland... and went by boat to Sweden or Denmark... lol...
LEE
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Volcano in Vanuatu Lee is Mt Yasur on the island of Tanna. My last trip there in 06 I did the trip to the top of the volcano rim and stayed from late
afternoon till night. It was awesome with a few small eruptions spitting lava out into the air. We were on the up wind side of the crater so the lava
and smoke was going away from us!! Mother nature's awesme power at it's very best!! It's the closest you can get to an active volcano anywhere in
the world. Definately will do it again.
Bad luck on the holiday front Stanley. Why were we going to Amsterdam anway?? Very seedy I hear on those parts!! I thought a holiday in the US with
empty bags would have been better!! Bring home some goodies for ol' Franky!!
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| posted on April 22nd, 2010 at 08:22 AM |
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They have awesome cookies apparently.
Travelling from Amsterdam down to Rome with a Eurail pass. Wifes dad was from Amsterdam.
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| posted on April 22nd, 2010 at 08:30 AM |
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Yes the Tanna Is volcano is amazing. I went past it late at night on a cruise ship years ago - you could see an eerie red glow off the distance, miles
away. There are a few other interesting continually active volcanoes around the world, such as Etna in Sicily, Kilauea in Hawaii, Erebus in
Antarctica, White Island, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in NZ, and Anak Krakatau in Indonesia. Mt St Helens is still active! Australia is the only continent
with no active volcanoes, although Mt Gambier did erupt just 4500 years ago and could be considered dormant. Mt Gower on Lord Howe Island erupted
just 3200 years ago, while Heard Island (Big Ben, Australia's tallest mountain) is active now. NSW's mosr recent active volcano was Mt Conobolas
near Orange, just 13 million years ago.
Meteor showers are very interesting and can be spectacular to watch, but they're nothing to do with volcanoes. They are the Earth moving through the
dust and grit-filled orbits of dead comets in deep space.
The airlines are being very cautious, and rightly so, about flying in volcanic ash conditions. The ash over Europe is very thin and spread out now,
more like a haze than a cloud, and it will blow away in good time. The fear comes from the British Airways Flight 9 747 that flew into a fresh, thick
volcanic cloud over Indonesia in 1982. The ash was dry, so it didn't show up on the weather radar. It sand-blasted the cockpit windows opaque, and
all four engines failed! Yet the crew glided the dead jumbo out of the cloud, restarted the damaged engines and landed safely. It makes spectacular
reading. How good were those pilots!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9
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Stanley
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| posted on April 22nd, 2010 at 08:38 AM |
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How good are Boeing aircraft
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| posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 12:21 PM |
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Dunno
how good are they? We fly Airbus, Lockheed and De Havilland over here :P
Seriously Stan, bummer about that - got a bug you can work on instead if you want to fill in your time 
'Ah, whatever................'
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| posted on April 24th, 2010 at 01:54 AM |
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They should have got Richard Branson to do the first test flights over the affected areas to see if the aircraft could handle the ash.
Then....... If it all went pear shaped...........
At least they could say they sacrificed a virgin to the volcano!
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Matt.
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