They're British. I would expect them all to be down at the pub drinking a pint or 20. I know I would
Volcanic ash cloud cripples Britain, apparently...
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They're British. I would expect them all to be down at the pub drinking a pint or 20. I know I would
^ I love you guys. I really do. I can always count on you to cheer me up and give me a laugh. 
In case you want to see what an engine that flew through some of the ash cloud looks like: http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/index.php?id=1149
Story (in English): http://www.flightglobal.com/article...engine-check-reveals-effects-of-volcanic.html
Story (in English): http://www.flightglobal.com/article...engine-check-reveals-effects-of-volcanic.html
Any of you helpful travellers happen to know how to get from Calais train station to the ferry port?
My sister's been stuck in Amsterdam since last week (oh, the hardship!) and is now getting a train to Calais to get the ferry. She speaks neither Dutch nor French so if it's going to be complicated, some help would be nice
My sister's been stuck in Amsterdam since last week (oh, the hardship!) and is now getting a train to Calais to get the ferry. She speaks neither Dutch nor French so if it's going to be complicated, some help would be nice
According to Google maps the train stops right next to the ferries.
However, if her train doesn't, it's only a short (local) ride further than the main station. I'm sure other English speaking people will be able to help her!
However, if her train doesn't, it's only a short (local) ride further than the main station. I'm sure other English speaking people will be able to help her!
Brilliant - thanks trekkiedane! Yeah she was saying her plan was to follow other English tourists!
Actually I can think of several positives behind a worsening eruption (if any)
Aerosols minimize AGW, resulting in a wash.
Military airstrikes and existing wars may have to be scaled down or called off.
Aviation drain of petrolium products reduces, resulting in a greater supply, less demand--and hopefully lower petrol prices.
Lastly, and perhaps more importantly, if volcanic activity increases, Jet travel will no longer have a foot on the throat of alternative means of transportation, resulting, I hope in renewed interest in the following:
1.) Bering Strait Bridge/Tunnel concepts.
London to Rio anyone?
2.)The S.S. United States being brought back into service.
(existing shallow water fun ships would roll in freak waves if pressed into service for trans-Atlantic trips).
3.)The return of large Airships. Engine nacelles can be serviced in flight, unlike any other aircraft. Air Filters replaced in transit with ease. Envelopes equipped with solar panels and/or other electric drives to allow nacelles to omit air-breathing entirely. Ion wind propulsion to keep dust at bay and allow forward travel. Modern weather forecasting allows steering around convection.
If hostilities increase along with ash, Space based weapons may replace air strikes.
Jet aviation's maturity into fighters and ho-hum twin jets for Delta has killed so much of the "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" concepts we were all supposed to enjoy.
So I say..."Thank you for Smoking"--and keep it up.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/19/iceland-volcano-ash-coming-america/
http://www.earthice.hi.is/page/ies_Eyjafjallajokull_eruption
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull
Next at bat--Katla:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katla
Aerosols minimize AGW, resulting in a wash.
Military airstrikes and existing wars may have to be scaled down or called off.
Aviation drain of petrolium products reduces, resulting in a greater supply, less demand--and hopefully lower petrol prices.
Lastly, and perhaps more importantly, if volcanic activity increases, Jet travel will no longer have a foot on the throat of alternative means of transportation, resulting, I hope in renewed interest in the following:
1.) Bering Strait Bridge/Tunnel concepts.
London to Rio anyone?
2.)The S.S. United States being brought back into service.
(existing shallow water fun ships would roll in freak waves if pressed into service for trans-Atlantic trips).
3.)The return of large Airships. Engine nacelles can be serviced in flight, unlike any other aircraft. Air Filters replaced in transit with ease. Envelopes equipped with solar panels and/or other electric drives to allow nacelles to omit air-breathing entirely. Ion wind propulsion to keep dust at bay and allow forward travel. Modern weather forecasting allows steering around convection.
If hostilities increase along with ash, Space based weapons may replace air strikes.
Jet aviation's maturity into fighters and ho-hum twin jets for Delta has killed so much of the "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" concepts we were all supposed to enjoy.
So I say..."Thank you for Smoking"--and keep it up.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/19/iceland-volcano-ash-coming-america/
http://www.earthice.hi.is/page/ies_Eyjafjallajokull_eruption
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull
Next at bat--Katla:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katla
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^Oh yeah, and the dream of nuclear airships can finally come true...
Oh, the humanity!
^And I didn't even get to add the Russian version of the same dream:
Thespeckledkiwi
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Yep so when the plane gets hijacked, it can take out a city instead of a building...Too soon?
^^ No, because they couldn't explode like a jet.
Airships rock.
Airships rock.
Then maybe people would learn to relax a bit instead of always wanting to be elsewhere.
Has anyone thought of nuking the volcano?
That's my suggestion. Although maybe a nuke on the surface wouldn't work. We might have to build some kind of tunneling machine to carry a crew deep inside the volcano and detonate the nuke at it's heart.
That's my suggestion. Although maybe a nuke on the surface wouldn't work. We might have to build some kind of tunneling machine to carry a crew deep inside the volcano and detonate the nuke at it's heart.
Yeah, this world is in too much of a freakin' hurry.