Has anyone *seen* the ash?

[bgarston]

Our cars are covered in grit today too. I assume this is volcano fallout.

 

Lol, So is my car, I'll keep telling myself it's due to the volcano fallout. In reality however it's because the car hasn't seen any Turtlewax Shampoo or a sponge in the last 9 or so months! ;-)

 

Ben

Edited April 17, 2010 by bgarston

[localzuk]

We were just discussing the knock on effect of this on not just the airlines, but industries that serve them - in-flight meals and taxis for example. And what about the shops and catering at airports? No passengers means no customers. The awful thing is, this eruption could go on for months. Apparently the same volcano erupted for almost a year back in the 1800's!

 

Its scary isn't it, how something so simple as ash can bring modern transport to its knees. What will likely happen though is that the European air industry will now start looking at solutions to get around the problem. Some form of filters to prevent ash getting into the engine etc...

[Andrew_C]

Looks like there is plenty more on the way! Server seems to be getting quite a lot of traffic so may be a tad slow.

[6Foot2]

Sadly the volcanic ash may have claimed its first aircraft related victims.

 

This despite being strongly advised NOT to fly.

 

Link: BBC News - Two die as aircraft crashes into field in Hampshire

[ICT_GUY]

Our cars are covered in fine sandy powder.

[glennda]

Apparently the same volcano erupted for almost a year back in the 1800's!

 

I heard this as well - they where saying it could possibly erupt for a couple of months.

 

We were just discussing the knock on effect of this on not just the airlines, but industries that serve them - in-flight meals and taxis for example. And what about the shops and catering at airports? No passengers means no customers.

 

what about the food importers? BBC news is reporting one company is losing 100k a day as the food is sitting in brazil rotting!

 

meaning then the hotels/resturants could be hit as some types of veg can't get here etc

[IanT]

No dust here in Wallington, Surrey

[6Foot2]

I am watching the Chinese Grand Prix at the moment. However preparations for the next race [spain: Mat 9th] may be hampered by the on going eruption.

 

Link: BBC Sport - F1 - Volcano cloud threatens Formula 1 preparations

[6Foot2]

Take the time to learn how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull correctly!

 

 

Also: An animation made freely available by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute showing the spread of the ash spewed forth by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.

 

Yellow indicates ash that has fallen by itself, red ash that has fallen as a result of precipitation, and black where the ash cloud is at that moment in time.

 

http://www.met.no/animation.gif

 

Prediction portion of the animation valid until Wednesday 21st.

 

Source: Meteorologisk institutt - vulkan

 

Another representation:

 

http://i.imgur.com/flMMU.gif

 

Source: Unknown [unattributed]

 

Edit: 19.04.2010: 2010: Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano

 

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/1004/icevolcano_fulle.jpg

 

Link: APOD: 2010 April 19 - Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano

Edited April 19, 2010 by 6Foot2
Add detail and animated GIF to the post.

[6Foot2]

NewYorkTimes has designed an interactive tool that tracks flight cancellations based on airports and countries. A nice colorful map shows you which airports have all flights canceled (marked in red), which airports have some flights canceled (marked in yellow) and which airports are open (marked in green).

 

Link: Tracking the Cancellations - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

[6Foot2]

And here is how it is done!

 

Link: Learn how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull correctly!

[6Foot2]

Link: Experts warning of new Icelandic volcano eruption

 

When the Eyjafjallajokul volcano erupted in April, it dispersed a massive cloud of ash which affected more than 100,000 flights and eight million passengers. However, Keflavik Airport spokeswoman Hjordis Gudmundsdottir said, "It is near impossible to say if Grimsvotn erupts whether it will have an affect on air traffic at all, If it is an ash eruption, then it would affect air traffic, but only if it is a strong eruption with ash clouds reaching significant heights, it will also depend on wind, so at this point it is hard to guess."