Iceland fucks Europe over again

[Bazodazo]

dont know if you americans have heard, but due to an ash cloud, the whole of Northern Europe's air traffic has come to a stand still

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8623534.stm

COUNTRIES AFFECTED
Airspace closed:
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Hungary (from 1700 GMT)
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Slovakia
Switzerland (from 2200 GMT)
Partial closures:
Austria (closures from 1600 GMT)
France (northern airspace)
Germany (most airports closed)
Norway (limited flights in north)
Poland (most airports closed)
Republic of Ireland (most airspace opened Friday)
Sweden (northern airspace opened Friday)
UK (near-total closure)


This is by far the wierdest thing i have ever heard, and at the same time fucking surprised that it hasnt happened before in my lifetime at least.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/dhtml_slides/10/iceland_volcano/img/8iceland_volcano466.gif


cool story brah

[Jake The Snake]

yea i was reading about that yesterday, strange stuff

[Hans Hockey]

Yeah my mom can't fly back because of this bullshit lava crap !

[R-MONEY$$$]

There are going to be posts all over european messages board like "MaAN F IcElAnD. I OrderEd my NeW kaRBanz and they Sti/L Isaint hear. WTF"

[Hans Hockey]

Its all ELK's fault !

[jonathan]

Iceland strikes again!

[fast eddie]

i'm not glad that this happened, but at least it happened after my wife came back from Poland. i wonder how much money this is going to cost the airlines that service the airports that are affected.

[Monday]

I haven't seen a plane in two days... Weirds me out...

[fast eddie]

I haven't seen a plane in two days... Weirds me out...

i know what you mean. after the September 11th attacks, air traffic was halted for like a week in the US. it's kinda like not seeing birds in the sky.

I used to live within 20 miles of a nuclear power plant, and when I did see a plane in the air, a low flying single engine plane headed towards the power plant while the suspension was in effect, I freaked out pretty bad. :

[u am snookems]

I used to live within 20 miles of a nuclear power plant

:Shock:

[fast eddie]

:shock:


I lived in Port Clinton, OH which is about 20 miles as the crow flies over Lake Erie from Davis Bessie nuclear power station: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis-Besse_Nuclear_Power_Station

The cooling tower added such charm to the horizon and added incentive for tourists to visit the area:

http://www.wksu.org/news/images/18937/DisasterDavisBesse.jpg


i used to have nightmares about it blowing up and killing everybody within a 50 mile radius :lol:





holy shit:

GENEVA, April 16 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The airline industry is losing a "conservative estimate" of $200 million per day in revenues due to disruptions caused by the eruption of an Icelandic volcano, the International Air Transport Association said on Friday.

"In addition to lost revenues, airlines will incur added costs for re- routing of aircraft, care for stranded passengers and stranded aircraft at various ports," it said in a statement.

Airports are closed and flights canceled across large parts of Europe as aviation authorities fear the ashes from the volcano could damage airplane engines.

this could be going on for 6 months or longer :shock:

More floods from melting waters are expected as long as the volcano keeps erupting — and in 1821, the same volcano managed to erupt for more than a year.

[CYHSY]

LOLZ, ICELAND PWNZ U ALL!