Ash From Icelandic Eruption May Just Be the Start

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sollie h'r. of MO 8:42AM July 03, 2010

Ladies and gentelmen you are lucky, if the other one goes you'l be s.o.l.
you think you have problems now just wait. GOOD LUCK !

EDWARD KUNZE of IL 7:44PM May 17, 2010

Having travelled a lot by air, the last thing I want is a hairy flight. It is very very scary when you lose altitude quickly. You suddenly discover your inner Nun. I'm glad they aren't flying with all of those ash plumes hanging around.

Mausipaws 10:26PM April 21, 2010

Certainly puts things in perspective!

Mausipaws 10:19PM April 21, 2010

The average person on this planet does not have a clue on how it works. The idea of being inconvienienced due to a volcanic eruption makes me look at our population in awe. We do not run the planet; nature runs us. Learn to adapt, appreciate and be inspired by her beauty.

Prof. Nancy Millard of RI 12:51PM April 19, 2010

Iceland may be small and remote but its sound and fury are reverberating all over the world, forcing people everywhere to think Icelandic ... and say "Eyjafjallajökull" with respect for the forces of nature that dwarf hubris financial and myriad.

Lynn Cee of CA 3:45PM April 16, 2010

this event is crazy to the world to see

Armando Villegas of CA 3:39PM April 16, 2010

I am in Luxembourg. The airport is closed. The sky was brilliantly blue today. Just sayin'

Pragmatist of MD 3:15PM April 16, 2010

Is everything a conspiracy? A little knowledge about the types of volcanoes will keep you from appearing ignorant...and slightly paranoid! Icelandic volcanoes are different from those you may be familiar with.
Saw this description "Iceland, an island that is the above-water manifestation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the seam of mountains running up the center of the Atlantic Ocean." “It’s the place to see seafloor spreading without getting your feet wet,” says Alan Linde, a seismologist at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C.
Check out the following sites to learn...
http://www.infc.ulst.ac.uk/computing/stepup/volcanoes/different_types_of_volcanoes.htm
http://geology.about.com/od/structureslandforms/ig/volcanotypes/

Roxanne of MA 2:00PM April 16, 2010

Ash does not interact well with jet engines (hadn't you heard?). A volcanic eruption of this magnitude is scattering ash plumes all across Europe, and a jetliner that encounters a high concentration of this particulate matter would be.. well, it would not be pretty.
It doesn't take a scientist to put these things together, though I suppose conspiracy theories will always seem the more attractive alternative.

Andrew J. 1:18PM April 16, 2010