From: Mike on
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:44:20 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman
<alandavid.spencer(a)googlemail.com> wrote:

>I live near Heathrow and at 5.30 p.m. the skies are sunny, clear and
>blue.
>Where's that volcanic fall-out then?

pretty much invisible, I understand. Its just damaging to jet engines.
Tiny bits of "glass".
--
Mike
"if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk,
he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down"
Warren Buffett
From: Mike on
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:57:19 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>Volcanic ash is extremely dangerous stuff for aircraft (and for a
>lot of other things, including people).

only to people in large amounts, this will not be.
--
Mike
"if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk,
he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down"
Warren Buffett
From: Mike on
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:58:43 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>Trains are a good idea even after the ash leaves.

more civilised than planes but problematic for the sea, i use car
ferries nowadays
--
Mike
"if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk,
he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down"
Warren Buffett
From: Tim C. on
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:05:56 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman wrote in post :
<news:34bdb424-9081-4da6-96f1-40993acd45b7(a)q23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> :

> it must be an extraordinarily fine cloud!?

That's all it has to be.

--
Tim C.
I never sleep with fish. I'm halibut.
From: William Black on
Mxsmanic wrote:
> Hatunen writes:
>
>> But the train is still a good idea if the ash stays.
>
> Trains are a good idea even after the ash leaves.

Not if I want to leave the UK mainland...

--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.