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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 06:33:22
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A volcano in Iceland erupted this week. Its volcanic plume is spreading, and now is over Europe.
This is having a pretty big economic impact, as such ash clouds can and have shut down the jet engines of airliners. So most air travel has come to a halt in the region.
I was wondering: Are you Euros seeing the dust in the air? Is it any concern for breathing?
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tomk80
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Netherlands
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 06:48:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
A volcano in Iceland erupted this week. Its volcanic plume is spreading, and now is over Europe.
This is having a pretty big economic impact, as such ash clouds can and have shut down the jet engines of airliners. So most air travel has come to a halt in the region.
I was wondering: Are you Euros seeing the dust in the air? Is it any concern for breathing?
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You can spot it from satelite imaging, but so far the vulcanic eruptions are too small to be noticed from the ground up.
At present, the cloud is still at around 5000 m height and therefore hasn't got an effect on health. At some point the cloud will come down, but probably it will have thinned down enough by then to not have too large of an effect.
To really have a noticeable effect on the ground, the eruption would have to be much larger like the 1783 eruption of Laki. The effects of that eruption can be demonstrated in old population mortality records (like the mortality registries of parishes or burial records). So far, the eruption seems to be relatively minor and latest news is that it is already diminshing in strength again. So up to now there's not too much to worry about.
Of course, there is the chance of nearby volcanoes erupting as well. So we'll have to wait and see what happens.
(We just had a seminar on this at work, one of the advantages on working at a university department with research on the health effects of air pollution  ) |
Tom
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 06:55:41 [Permalink]
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| Ah, that's a relief, Tom! I hope there's not another large eruption. |
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Dave W.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 07:12:01 [Permalink]
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| So all the aircraft have turned yellow and are huddling in fear in Southern Europe, huh? |
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tomk80
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Netherlands
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 07:12:21 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Ah, that's a relief, Tom! I hope there's not another large eruption.
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One of the funny things is that at the time of the seminar (about 4 hours ago), air flight from Reykyavik Airport (the capital of Iceland)was still uninterrupted because the wind blows in the direction of the European mainland. So the dust cloud was blown away from Reykyavik 
And indeed, a large eruption would be bad. But it would also be extremely interesting  |
Tom
`Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, `if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 07:35:36 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
So all the aircraft have turned yellow and are huddling in fear in Southern Europe, huh? |
And I figure the circles with the question marks in them are UFOs. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 08:02:59 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by HalfMooner
So all the aircraft have turned yellow and are huddling in fear in Southern Europe, huh? |
And I figure the circles with the question marks in them are UFOs.
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And now we know they share one of our weaknesses. |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 08:18:46 [Permalink]
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Volcanos are probably the biggest threat to civilization, they may have caused the dark ages(Krakatoa 535AD) and most of the greatest famines in recorded history. The bastards! Breathing in glass dust is so awesome. Iceland isnt likely to blow like that due to its numerous vents, however the island could collapse and Tsunami our faces.
The James Bond Supervillan in me was thinking that if I could control volcanic eruptions I could use them as mountain sized jet engines to destablize Earths rotation or orbit, still working out the details. I'm not too hip on the secret volcano-lair, however the sheer number of ways to kill enemy agents with a volcano is quite tempting.
1. Cooked to death (radiant heat)
2. Landslided to death
3. Melted/vaporized by immersion in lava
4. Posion gas
5. Vaporized by pryoclastic flow
6. Crushed by lava bombs
7. Silicosis from breathing ash
8. Choking on too much ash
9. Blasting by expolsive shockwave
10. Drowning by tsunami
11. Crushed by tsunami/shockwave/Pflow debris
12. Famine/starvation
13. Freezing (from ash cloud cooling)
14. I suppose thirst if all the local water is tainted
15. Glacial/Ash/Mud Lahar
16. Steamed Alive
17. Earthquakes
18. Ground collapse/caldera formation(not likely that you would live til this part)
19. Heavy machinery failure(jet engines choking etc.)
20. The crazy humans who survived |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
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 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 11:21:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
I'm not too hip on the secret volcano-lair, |
But you'll never have a shortage of geo-thermal energy...
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HalfMooner
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 11:36:50 [Permalink]
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| Zombies + hamster wheels = renewable energy source |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 12:27:28 [Permalink]
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| BigPapaSmurf, nothing beats sharks with frickin' laserbeams. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 19:55:44 [Permalink]
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You must be joking: Sharks with laserbeams are an energy expense, not an energy source.
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
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> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Dave W.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 04/17/2010 : 04:24:21 [Permalink]
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Anyway, I haven't seen anything in the weather thus far. We just has some rain yesterday morning, but the afternoon was ok with partial cloud cover. No ash visible.
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Iceland's volcanic ash shuts down European flights
