Eagle Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Memo to Iceland, "We said send Cash" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Classic!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 love it wonder how this will affect their carbon footprint then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Nice one Eagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 How could that volcano be so inconsiderate?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 It's disrupted the unions fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Just goes to show the power of nature. I understand that when this volcano last erupted a few hundred years ago, it lasted for a couple of years. I notice that no manifesto had volcano eruptions as a means of reducing CO2 emissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 It's disrupted the unions fight. And terrorism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 .. seems like a form of carbon trading on the part of mother nature - I'll pump a load of s**t into the atmosphere instead of all your jets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Carbon? As I understood it, the problem with flying is that the volcanic particles contain silica and the heat of the engines will melt that into glass, which will stick to the blades and stop the engine. Is there much of a carbon issue? I thought carbon was pretty much an organic thing, hence produced by fossil fuels because they used to be alive...... any chemists amongst us? I do know that some volcanic eruptions produce clouds of sulphur dioxide gas that can kill anything that breathes.... Fine form Eagle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 errm, think we're all aware of that - it's been on the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 errm, think we're all aware of that - it's been on the news. Your observations have not gone un-observed observer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Had a look at the insurance implication on the web - seems this may be treated as "an act of God" - so the insurance companies may not be paying out - anyone know the legal process for sueing God?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Had a call from my wife (She is out in Perth, Austrailia sorting out a new office...... !!) her flight has been cancelled tomorrow night by Emirates because Dubai won't let any planes land if the ongoing leg of the journey is affected by the ash!! She is now booked on the Monday and Tuesday flights just in case either don't fly! Wish she would hurry up back though; the sink is full!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeway56 Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 I seem to remember a few years ago that we had sand all the way from the Sahara Desert but it didn't ground the planes. Considering sand is the basis for glass can any of you scientists explain it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Apparently (according to the scientists), this could last months, and if the wind direction remains = no flights. It's costing the airlines ?squillions and now they're predicting shortaged of imported fruit and veg - so perhaps the arguement for self sufficiency will now begin to be heard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Confusing to say the least, BA is losing money like a drain so surely they are chuffed that they aren't flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 I seem to remember a few years ago that we had sand all the way from the Sahara Desert but it didn't ground the planes. Considering sand is the basis for glass can any of you scientists explain it ? Volcanic ash is hard, does not dissolve in water, is extremely abrasive and mildly corrosive, and conducts electricity when wet wherehas sand flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 You've been on wikipeedo too then It also says that.......... (cut and pasted cos I am not good with science ) "Volcanic ash is made up of tephra (pulverised rock and glass) Very fine volcanic ash particles (particularly glass-rich if from an eruption under ice) sucked into a jet engine melt at about 1,100 ?C, fusing onto the blades and other parts of the turbine (which operates at about 1,400 ?C). They can erode and destroy parts, and cause jams in rotating machinery. Ash can also "blind" pilots by sandblasting the windscreen requiring an instrument landing, damage the fuselage, and coat the plane so much as to add significant weight and change balance. In addition, the sandblasting effect can damage the landing lights, making their beams diffuse and unable to be projected in the forward direction. Propellor aircraft are also endangered. Accumulation of ash can also block an aircraft's pitot tubes. This can lead to failure of the aircraft's air speed indicators. The effect on the operation of a jet engine is often to cause it to cut out?failure of all a plane's engines is not uncommon. " However there are nicer things that happen due to volcanic ash in the atmoshphere such as spectacular sunsets ....and it can also cause "Bishop's Ring" Sorry but Iam still laughing... time to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Apparently in some forms it is finer than talcum powder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 On the plus side of things, we've had some of the clearest skies I can remember with none of the usual con trails. I've just been outside looking at the night sky and spotting satellite during a no fly period is so easy! If it moves it's not a plane! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Apparently in some forms it is finer than talcum powder! Not as nicely scented though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Had a call from my wife (She is out in Perth, Austrailia sorting out a new office...... !!) her flight has been cancelled tomorrow night by Emirates because Dubai won't let any planes land if the ongoing leg of the journey is affected by the ash!! She is now booked on the Monday and Tuesday flights just in case either don't fly! Wish she would hurry up back though; the sink is full!! Crikey Baz couldn't you have gone with Mrs Baz, Kennedy family went there for a holiday 6 years ago....best holiday we've had, great place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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