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Parts of Russia, and Poland, remain unaffected so far, because of the weather.

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so if crap weather is a plus were safe then,unless we get our 3 days of summer early that is :confused:

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Might be cut to two days this year.


'Volcanic activity affects not only land and sea, but the atmosphere as well. 1816 was known as the "Year without a Summer" following a powerful eruption of Mt. Tamboura in Indonesia a year earlier. The eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia in July of 1883 produced similar effects worldwide. This great eruption was heard about 3,000 miles away. It produced sea waves almost 130 feet (40m.) high that drowned 36,000 people on nearby islands. There was a loss of 20-30% of direct solar radiation for three years after the eruption. That explosive eruption injected clouds of debris high into the stratosphere. Large volcanic eruptions like Krakatoa can cause short-term cooling of the climate by ejecting great quantities of dust, ash, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. Particles of sulfur dioxide in the volcanic dust can reduce the amount of incoming radiation, effectively cooling the upper atmosphere. When the particles of SO2 combine with water vapor, they produce sulfuric acid. Another consequence of some volcanic eruptions is therefore an increase in acid rain.
Brilliant sunsets and cooler summers followed the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. The eruption of this Philippine volcano spewed about 15 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide gas into the atmosphere. The resulting aerosol cloud depressed the mean global temperature by some 0.5oC.'
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lol on a usa forum i am a member of all teh yanks are worring about 2012 so i told them to grab some red and blue glasses because this ones gonne be in 3D

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Things are looking a bit more positive this morning, got a message from a friend in Reykjavik........... he said that flights are being resumed this morning from there, hope that we won't be far behind, but fingers are still firmly crossed :D :D

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Volcanic activity didn't do much for the people of Pompeii either:D

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I have bits of it on my car and on the roof of the house .....and the sky over ossy looked well spooky last night ( and I was only drinking tea )

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Yes, i have started to notice it on cars, windows etc..............

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Spotting it on the car is one thing, whatever made you check your roof?

Only time to worry about that is when it's creaking under the strain, let's be honest before that happens margeretR will be on smiling about how she was right all along, we're,

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less magpies a cat burglar.:rofl38::rofl38:

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Shoooosh don't tell everybody:D

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Seems latest is flights will commence tomorrow morning from Scotland n Northern England, and will operate tomorrow evening from london, if our planes aint crashed. Southern Softies.:D

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Maybe not
BBC News - New volcano ash cloud prompts fresh flight doubts

I feel sure that they wont allow flights until they have finished their war game in the North Sea on 22nd.................we will see

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maybe all these folks stranded miles from 'home' should just sit back , take a deep breath and say to themselves "its the journey not the destination " ....... Blazey stuck in China could follow the old silk route home, following the steps of Marco Polo and get a better education about life than any book learning at Lancaster Uni (horrible Australian affectation) folk stuck in Greece could enable themselves of a ride on the Orient Express and see Europe as it really is . Travel can't really be that hard these days if 12 year old penniless refugees from Somalia or the Congo can make it to London with no problem ...

As one of my old British Passports (Blue hardback) states ......"Her Brittanic Majestys Principal Secretary of State ....requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty..to pass freely without let or hinderance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as necessary" .
For some reason the above quote has been shortened in my red soft backed UK issued European Community passports . :D :D

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so it was volcanic ash mucking up my car and there was me thinking it was because i had driven through accy town center earlier that day :confused: