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Volcanic Ash Blankets Europe - The Frame - http://www.sacbee.com/static...
April 17, 2010
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"Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of hotel rooms, train tickets or rental cars. "The skies are totally empty over northern Europe," said Brian Flynn, deputy head of Eurocontrol, adding "there will be some significant disruption of European air traffic tomorrow." The agency said about 16,000 of Europe's usual 28,000 daily flights were canceled Friday -- twice as many as were canceled a day earlier. U.S. airlines canceled 280 of the more than 330 trans-Atlantic flights of a normal day, and about 60 flights between Asia and Europe were canceled. Southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH'-plah-yer-kuh-duhl) glacier began erupting for the second time in a month on Wednesday, sending ash several miles into the air. Winds pushed the plume south and east across Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and into the heart of Europe. The air traffic agency Eurocontrol said almost two-thirds of Europe's flights were canceled Friday, as air space remained largely closed in Britain and across large chunks of north and central Europe."
- Kol Tregaskes
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We had a very light covering of ash over everything this morning.
- Kol Tregaskes
Ok, I missed this report on the radio yesterday and only caught the tail end of it. They were saying how it grounded flights. I don't watch TV and usually don't check the news but didn't get any desktop push on this. :(
- Melanie Reed
Those pictures are amazing! Sad for the citizens though.
- TheHenry
The UK has virtually had empty skies for the last 2 or 3 days, no a single passenger plane in the sky!
- Kol Tregaskes
A friend of mine has been stuck in Florida, trying to get back to Spain. Pretty crazy.
- Jenthemum
And this is a volcanic and a cloud being called by the weather. Probably two of the most unpredictable things on the planet. This could go on for hours, days, weeks or months and blow in any direction!
- Kol Tregaskes