Ilkka Kanerva for instance?

Iceland has had a lot to endure the last years, and now many of them can't send their children to school and have to protect their children from snowing ash. Experts ask them to basically dress children with protective suits and masks, not many will have that available, or be able to buy it anytime soon.

Just here in Norway, even emergency flights are cancelled, meaning you will be driven in an ambulance to wherever you have to go in an emergency. We hardly have an infrastructure good enough to handle even our daily commuting (strange, I know), so this is a disaster waiting to happen.

Cut off your hand? Get ready for a 460km roadtrip. Short translation: Many patients are taken by air from Bergen to Oslo for emergency treatments, now they have to drive a route that's 460 km long and funny enough also dependant on weather (good thing this did not happen during winter).

edit: ESA: image of volcanic ash cloud (UK)

Foucault

Sweden2826 Posts

April 16 2010 10:13 GMT

#45

wow

"tuhkapilvi" is such a bad ass word! finnish is the best language in the world

almost as awesome as "tulimyrsky"

FBS1

United Kingdom875 Posts

April 16 2010 11:10 GMT

#46

welcome to Scotland

Sean.G

Spain889 Posts

April 16 2010 11:10 GMT

#47

On April 16 2010 02:47 Sadist wrote:
being stuck at heathrow is a nightmare. It happened to me when the BA people went on strike. I had to stay the night there before I could get a hotel then was stuck in London for 3 days. I feel sorry for anyone who has to do that.......i doubt they get re-embersed by the airlines since it isnt their fault so you get SOL and stuck in London paying for a hotel + food.

I know that at least the Norwegian companies are reimbursing the passengers. They also cover any hotel-costs as a result of the cancellations. Personally I think its a little too nice to reimburse the hotel costs. As you say, its not their fault, so they should not be held responsible.

On April 16 2010 05:22 Integra wrote:

Show nested quote +

It will spread to USA as well if it goes on for a longer period of time.

To the USA? Where did you get this informaton? It just doesn't sound likely as the winds across the Atlantic pretty much always are westerly.

zatic

Zurich15328 Posts

April 16 2010 12:06 GMT

#48

Phew just got home yesterday. Today all German airports are shut down. Close one.

Gridlock

United Kingdom517 Posts

April 16 2010 12:29 GMT

#49

On April 16 2010 17:34 Too_MuchZerg wrote:
[image loading]

08:00, 14:00, 20:00 CET (or local Finland time can be seen on pic)
predictions how it moves.

LOLZ @ Iceland stood over us spewing danger-gas.

It's over me too, but the sky is blue, apparently it's too high up in the atmosphere to see, but of course affects high altitude planes.

Zexion

Sweden971 Posts

April 16 2010 12:44 GMT

#50

The sky is blue here as well, in southern Sweden and I think the clouds are just regular clouds and not ash. It's also very sunny, and it has been so all day, but it's not really warm because of the cold winds

Archetype

Slovenia38 Posts

April 16 2010 12:51 GMT

#51

It isn't supposed the sky to just go gray or black. It's that fine volcanic ash (very small particles) that can hurt airplane's engine. Concentration is largely reduced with the distance it travels. Hope it gets dispersed soon and flight patterns can get back to normal.

panzerbat

Sweden44 Posts

April 16 2010 13:03 GMT

#52

Darn, I was kinda hoping for big, grey clouds of ash. Had prepared this little act where I run around screaming that the world is at an end.

Piy

Scotland3152 Posts

April 16 2010 13:05 GMT

#53

Noticeable smell of ash in Northern Scotland, a film of it covered our car this morning. Probably won't get back down to the mainland for a few days now...

Last time the problems persisted for 2 years...

MourningWould

United States110 Posts

April 16 2010 13:06 GMT

#54

On April 16 2010 08:00 NeoScout wrote:
2012

amen to that, brother

bdams19

United States1316 Posts

April 16 2010 13:06 GMT

#55

ITS COMIN RIGHT FOR US!!

panzerbat

Sweden44 Posts

April 16 2010 13:09 GMT

#56

On April 16 2010 22:06 bdams19 wrote:
ITS COMIN RIGHT FOR US!!

Duck and cover. Preferably under a blanket.

Not_A_Notion

Ireland441 Posts

April 16 2010 13:28 GMT

#57

On April 16 2010 17:34 Too_MuchZerg wrote:
[image loading]

08:00, 14:00, 20:00 CET (or local Finland time can be seen on pic)
predictions how it moves.

Blessed

Though flights to Europe are still grounded, trans-Atlantic flights are OK, so seems Ferries are doing their best business ever

dranjam

Poland198 Posts

April 16 2010 13:56 GMT

#58

I work for one of european airlines, all our flights until tomorrow 12:00 GMT has been cancelled, and we're told to be ready to resume duties after this time. Until then it's "Volcano Days Off" for us...

Chesner

Iceland817 Posts

April 16 2010 13:56 GMT

#59

On April 16 2010 19:00 humblegar wrote:
Iceland has had a lot to endure the last years, and now many of them can't send their children to school and have to protect their children from snowing ash. Experts ask them to basically dress children with protective suits and masks, not many will have that available, or be able to buy it anytime soon.

Nevermind, apparantly this is true! Tho it doesn't apply to me since I live up north

http://mbl.is/mm/frettir/sjonvarp/48358/

Watch this clip, this is during THE DAY.

MagisterMan

Sweden525 Posts

April 16 2010 14:48 GMT

#60

I don't even want to think about what happens if this continues for years oO...

Strange, I just heard an airplane here. I guess not all planes are forbidden to fly in Sweden yet? Or maybe it's just international flights that are cancelled?