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Volcanic ash cloud cripples Britain, apparently...
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Eighteen hundred and froze to death
Hope you enjoy the June snow and the July and August river ice, New Englanders. It happened not so long ago.
THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER
1816, IN MAINE
By Lee-Lee Schlegel
MONTHS THAT SHOULD BE SUMMER’S PRIME
SLEET AND SNOW AND FROST AND RIME
AIR SO COLD YOU SEE YOUR BREATH
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FROZE TO DEATH
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1771 REUBEN WHITTEN 1847
SON OF A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER,
A PIONEER OF THIS TOWN, COLD SEASON OF
1816 RAISED 40 BUSHELS OF WHEAT ON THIS
LAND WHITCH KEPT HIS FAMILY AND
NEIGHBOURS FROM STARVATION
( Tombstone in an Ashland, N.H. cemetery)
Hope you enjoy the June snow and the July and August river ice, New Englanders. It happened not so long ago.THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER
1816, IN MAINE
By Lee-Lee Schlegel
MONTHS THAT SHOULD BE SUMMER’S PRIME
SLEET AND SNOW AND FROST AND RIME
AIR SO COLD YOU SEE YOUR BREATH
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FROZE TO DEATH
--------------------------------------------------------------
1771 REUBEN WHITTEN 1847
SON OF A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER,
A PIONEER OF THIS TOWN, COLD SEASON OF
1816 RAISED 40 BUSHELS OF WHEAT ON THIS
LAND WHITCH KEPT HIS FAMILY AND
NEIGHBOURS FROM STARVATION
( Tombstone in an Ashland, N.H. cemetery)
Party at Jadzia's house!
It's a good thing we are both well stocked up on food and other survival essentials.
Most of Germany's airports are closed now, too, except for the south, and will remain so until Saturday evening. So, I guess Merkel and Köhler have to take the train or share a car to attend Lech Kaczynski's funeral.
Apparently, John Cleese is taking a taxi to get from Oslo to Brussels. That must be quite a trip.
Apparently, John Cleese is taking a taxi to get from Oslo to Brussels. That must be quite a trip.
Airliners fly too fast to use visual flight rules. In a potential collision situation, an opposing airliner could go from hiding behind a spec on the windshield to unavoidable in seconds. Air Traffic Control must be responsible for their separation, which means IFR, which means pilots are not free to fly where they choose.
Now, if the ash cloud were visible---which it isn't, I guess---then you might be able to get a picture of where it is based on PIREPs and ATC could route planes accordingly. But it would still be a dicey situation.
Flying below 8000 isn't an option because that's where all the general aviation traffic is. The ATC problem would be horrendous, trying to keep the jets off the Cessnas' asses. In general jets spend very little time below 18000 in the US; I imagine it's similar elsewhere.
The Scottish island hoppers kept running but that's because they're prop aircraft and fly below the ash (which is at 18,000 ft). The long distance aeroplanes fly well above this height which meant they would have had to fly through the ash belt to gain the correct cruising altitude.
Eighteen hundred and froze to death
THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER
The eruption which led to that year without a summer had a VEI (Volcanic Explosive Index) of 7, corresponding with between 100 - 1000 cubic kilometers of ejecta.
This current Icelandic eruption (as far as online sources are informing me) so far has a VEI of 1, corresponding with around 10,000 cubic metres of ejecta. So it's unlikely to have any significant impact on climate.
There is some concern that it may continue spewing out ash for months though, which could mean that planes will be grounded for that long, and the VEI (and environmental impact) may rise with that.
There is a concern of sulphur dioxide and fluorine causing toxicity to animals that ingest vegetation that has become impregnated with it. Apparently, this is a typical after effect of eruptions.
There is also additional small concern that underground stresses could trigger an eruption at nearby volcano Katla, which would cause much melting of glacial ice, and flooding nearby land.
From what I understood it was the potential eruption of Katla if the lava melted the glaciers on top of it that could cause an 1816 repeat.
I remember when Mount St Helens erupted. Air and passenger car traffic were halted, and the environmental idiots came out of the woodwork, stating how the ash cloud was blasted so high that the Earth's weather would be affected for decades, giving us a glimpse of what Nuclear Winter would be like unless the US and Soviet Union disarmed.
Yeah, that weather disruption lasted a long time
Nothing to see, folks. And remember Krakatoa!
Yeah, that weather disruption lasted a long time
Nothing to see, folks. And remember Krakatoa!
Weren't there particularly red and vivid sunsets in the eastern US for about four years following Krakatoa?
Worldwide, I believe.
Yup - saw one this morning from the east coast of the U.S. Astoundingly brilliant red. It will be that way for a while I figure.
I have never been on a plane that flew at 55,000 feet.
And this volcano is no where near as strong as the ones a few hundred years, however this is how the planet levels itself off. There is global warming, it's a nature thing, humans just aren't helping, and nature wil correct itself, but we might all die when that happens.
Yes and the sunsets have been "ehh" recently.
Just in case someone's interested...
This is a screencap from a couple of minutes ago:
And this is where you go live: http://www.flightradar24.com/
This is a screencap from a couple of minutes ago:
And this is where you go live: http://www.flightradar24.com/
Well, it seems this situation could persist for a few days to some extent. Meanwhile, our Chancellorette got stranded in Lissabon on her way back from the USA and the soldiers wounded in Afghanistan Thursday only got to Istanbul instead of home.
Party at Jadzia's house!It's a good thing we are both well stocked up on food and other survival essentials.
Do you like lentils? and oatmeal? and potato waffles?
Looks like Smoky escaped from the island after all.
Actually, we recently invented a secret new technology called "boats". They float on water as if by magic.