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Anyone affected because of the Icelandic volcano?

Discussion in 'General News' started by stirgo1212, Apr 19, 2010.

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  1. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    As many of you Europeans have heard, the EU is in total aviation lockdown due to volcanic ash floating from an Icelandic volcano. I was just wondering if any of you guys have been affected by this. Normally, some planes should resume normal services tomorrow but there is no guarantee. One of my friends gets to miss school because he's stuck in New York on holiday. Bugger, i wish i was on holiday.
     
    stirgo1212, Apr 19, 2010
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Not everywhere in europe is locked down. Spain is allowing limited flights, and I believe some other countries are as well.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 19, 2010
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  3. MessoMesso

    MessoMesso Well-Known Member

    I'm fine here, but I'm really wondering what would've happened if that lady from Minnesota decided to send that Russian boy back just a few days later.
     
    MessoMesso, Apr 19, 2010
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    that was several weeks ago so it wouldnt have made any difference. only a very small part of russia is affected by the dust at this point, and planes can still fly at high altitude over europe (because its above the dust cloud) they just cant take off or land in most of europe because they'd have to go through it.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 19, 2010
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  5. gangstakillers

    gangstakillers Member

    planes can't fly above 12000 meters (about 16 miles ) and that's about the highest planes go

    i was stuck in Greece a couple of days cause i couldn't fly back to Belgium
     
    gangstakillers, Apr 23, 2010
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  6. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    My dad was stuck in Spain and my mother was stuck in Italy, I imagine it must have been horrible not being able to get home, also expensive, not exactly like they're paid to be absent from work.
     
    Seph, Apr 23, 2010
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  7. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Dust was at 20,000-35,000 feet, planes can fly above that.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 23, 2010
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  8. gangstakillers

    gangstakillers Member

    35000 feet is to my calculations about 10000 meters most planes go to 12000 but if they fly over the cloud they first have to fly through it right??
     
    gangstakillers, Apr 23, 2010
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  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    depends. if they are taking off or landing in Europe then yes they have to fly through it. If they're taking off somewhere else they can probably reach a high enough altitude before they come to the dust cloud.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 23, 2010
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  10. athemoe

    athemoe Well-Known Member

    yep,
    some friends of mine who went to spain on vacation :/
     
    athemoe, Apr 23, 2010
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  11. Griffandir14

    Griffandir14 Well-Known Member

    It made wrestling that Monday interesting/boring. All the wrestlers were in Europe on tour, they had to bring in the second stringers from the other show. No I am not into wrestling, my family is.
     
    Griffandir14, Apr 30, 2010
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  12. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    what is the connection of wrestling to the volcano?
     
    damanali, Apr 30, 2010
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  13. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    You'll be surprised....
     
    stirgo1212, Apr 30, 2010
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  14. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    if thats the new move they are inventing, then i would be surprised
     
    damanali, May 1, 2010
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  15. sylar1000

    sylar1000 Well-Known Member

    I agree, smackdown and its wrestlers suck
     
    sylar1000, May 1, 2010
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  16. Griffandir14

    Griffandir14 Well-Known Member

    Hey sylar, is that any way to talk about the Undertaker! He's like 17 Chuck Norris' combined.
     
    Griffandir14, May 1, 2010
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  17. sylar1000

    sylar1000 Well-Known Member

    Taker is old, chuck norris is overplayed and dumb
     
    sylar1000, May 1, 2010
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  18. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    This is of topic. What does chuck norris have to do with WWE smackdown and a volcano? ROFL
     
    stirgo1212, May 3, 2010
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  19. Griffandir14

    Griffandir14 Well-Known Member

    My post stated it but... The wrestlers who appear on WWE Raw were caught in the volcano as they were on tour in Europe, so for that episode of Raw, the wrestlers who appeared on Smackdown replaced them.
     
    Griffandir14, May 4, 2010
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  20. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    the restrictions were lifted a week ago but have now been reimposed in northern scotland, northern ireland and the republic of ireland (at least parts of the republic) as more ash has arrived.
     
    Loonylion, May 4, 2010
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