Volcanic Ash Causing European Travel Problems

Easyjet have grounded most of their flights until midday monday now.
 
Ahh, well. We are now scheduled to leave Hong Kong on Tuesday, just after midnight. Hopefully things are moving back to normal by then. I'd rather be home, but a week-end in HK is not the worst there is.

Even though that volcano may be erupting for quite some time, it takes more than that, since Icelandic volcanoes are erupting practically all the time. There also has to be the right conditions for the ashes to rise high enough into the atmosphere, AND the right kinds of winds to carry it to Europe.

Apparently a rather rare situation.

Hans
 
MRC_Hans said:
Sorry, but I can't seem to think of anything essential that we can't do without for a few days, or even weeks.
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What do you mean? It is disrupting the 70th birthday party of your Queen! :) Our Queen and Crown Prince wanted to fly to Copenhagen, now they have to come by train. I think I heard they had to pull the royal wagons out of an exhibition.

And then our PM can't attend Kaczynski's funeral, which is scheduled for Sunday. Apparently, he hasn't heard of this new invention called "train". :boggled:
 
KarlG said:
The child-care guy?? Why would he be interested?? :p
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I was thinking more of our new Vulcan over-lords, coming to us Earthlings in our hour of need with their highly-developed vulcanologist* skills.

Footnote: I have been informed since my earlier post that it is a correct alternative spelling to spell volcanologist with a 'u', however I'm not going to let a small idiosyncrasy of the English language stand in the way of a joke (especially when it's Star Trek related :p)
 
If you want to find out the 'truth' about what's going on with the eruption, there's no finer place than the David Icke forum.

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112355

these disasters do seem to be picking up p[ace
that is the conspiracy
what are they not telling us for the reason for this?
were the mayans right?
Is Niburu heading our way or is this the start of events before the poles switch and we head into the heart of the milky way?
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I think you're correct in that we are not being told the true reasons for these natural events and also the increasing frequency of them.

I believe that if we look at CYMATICS we will find our answers.
Our earths frequency is changing and becoming higher.
In cymatics when the frequency is turned up the geometric form will remain the same untill hits a certain pitch. At that point the geometric form will suddenly change to a more complex form. In between these two forms there will be chaos and destruction. This I believe is what we are going through now.

And my advise is to put your energy into grounding yourselves to resonate with the earth's new higher frequency's. If you do this you will have smooth and joyful transition.

On the other hand you could try holding a lower vibration by living in fear and you transition will be painful.

It's a choice right now between fear and love.
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My intuitive feeling about the volcano eruption is that the lands receiving the ash have telepathically asked Iceland for the ash, because they need the energy that the ash can give. I believe that the ash carry an energy that is positive and healing to the nature and land of the countries receiving it, and that nature in these areas has telepathically asked for it. Remember: all of nature is one.

Then of course Illuminati makes the best of the situation, and takes the opportunity to test their powers, cancel flights, perhaps a little more than what would in reality be needed, and to study the reaction.

Also, the consequential flooding in Iceland can be seen as positive, as it may naturalize the landscape, remove human structures and make the landscape more beautiful, which may make people appreciate nature more.

Also, all those people who have to wait for their flight will get an opportunity to meditate in the chaos and connect to their inner self, which is positive.

Then the ash will also make the sunset more beautiful. So I can only see positive effects. Perhaps people will sit in the sunset meditating!
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:eye-poppi
 
Hans,
you could could try get on a Maersk container ship and be set off in Bremerhaven in App. 3 weeks, or take the train from Beijing over Moscow to Berlin and then Copenhagen.
Either way it is a long trip.
 
Rolfe said:
You're kidding, right...?

Rolfe.
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Wasn't it in Iceland they set up concrete barriers to channel the lava from the eruption some years back? And sprayed cold water on the lava to cool it and keep it more contained?

My boss told me I put too much faith in science.

(But yes, I'm kidding. Mostly.)
 
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Here is another view on flying though volcanic ash. It sums up the above video (which is a three parter and contains more action than most action movies) beautifully.

 
Toke said:
Hans,
you could could try get on a Maersk container ship and be set off in Bremerhaven in App. 3 weeks, or take the train from Beijing over Moscow to Berlin and then Copenhagen.
Either way it is a long trip.
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I actually think the train would be an interesting trip, but the time taken is a bit long.

I'm seated on a plane out of HK on 20/4, just after midnight, so unless the closure continues till that, I think I'll prefer that.

Hans.
 
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ddt said:
What do you mean? It is disrupting the 70th birthday party of your Queen! :) Our Queen and Crown Prince wanted to fly to Copenhagen, now they have to come by train. I think I heard they had to pull the royal wagons out of an exhibition.

And then our PM can't attend Kaczynski's funeral, which is scheduled for Sunday. Apparently, he hasn't heard of this new invention called "train". :boggled:
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I hear the queen's birthday went quite well.

Trains... A coworker from one of our associates was stuck in Switzerland, and proceeded to go home by train. In Hamburg, he had to flee from the train station due to riot-like situations; people were literally fighting to get on trains.

He was able to rent a car and drive the rest of the way home.

Hans
 
This drags on I could be stuck in Mexico. Might be as well jmping on a cruise liner now!!
 
Just found out that I'm not traveling to Frankfurt tonight (from Detroit).
Now I can enjoy a majorly relaxed weekend and use the days next week to work through the pile of stuff on my desk instead of sitting through a sales meeting.

This is not too bad after all :)

Zee
 
According to MSNBC this eruption has disrupted travel as far as Singapore, China, and North America:

Disruption spread to Asia, where dozens of Europe-bound flights were canceled and hotels from Beijing to Singapore strained to accommodate thousands of stranded passengers.

In Singapore, a major transit point for Europe-bound air traffic, 22 flights were canceled early on Saturday, Changi Airport spokesman Ivan Tan told Reuters.

"We don't know where to stay," said German citizen Dirk Kronewald. "Singapore hotels are full."

American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp, said it was able to operate flights to and from Spain and Italy but had canceled 56 others to and from Europe, the same number as on Friday.

The Air Transport Association of America said more than 80 percent of the usual 337 passenger and cargo flights between the United States and Europe were canceled on Friday.

The U.S. military had to re-route many flights, including those evacuating the wounded from Afghanistan and Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said.
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23_Tauri said:
I was thinking more of our new Vulcan over-lords, coming to us Earthlings in our hour of need with their highly-developed vulcanologist* skills.

Footnote: I have been informed since my earlier post that it is a correct alternative spelling to spell volcanologist with a 'u', however I'm not going to let a small idiosyncrasy of the English language stand in the way of a joke (especially when it's Star Trek related :p)
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I think most people knew what you were getting at, but the 'idiosyncracy' you missed is that the Star Trek character is Mr Spock. If you make references to things beloved by geeks, don't be surprised if we react geekishly. :)

ETA: ObTopic. My manager was due to fly back from Amsterdam on Thursday, and had to get the Eurostar from Brussels yesterday instead.

It seems as though airlines could be liable for hotel costs while people are stranded, though that seems a bit unfair (and some, like Ryanair, will fight it all the way).
 
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Toke said:
Hans,
you could could try get on a Maersk container ship and be set off in Bremerhaven in App. 3 weeks, or take the train from Beijing over Moscow to Berlin and then Copenhagen.
Either way it is a long trip.
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Container ship...
Adopting the old British Airways logo of...."Getting there at all, is half the fun."
 

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So, I'm going to be in Denver until next Friday. At least some uncertainty has disappeared. I guess that's a good thing.
 
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