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Read the script for this video at blender3dvideos.blogspot.com As you look at live video from the eruption at the Iceland volcano whose name I cannot pronounce, here is the latest, as of April 18, 2010, on the effects of this eruption, from various news sources. The links are in the notes at blender3dvideos.blogspot.com According to the New York Times, http “Britains National Air Traffic Services extended its ban on flights across its airspace until at least 6 am local time Monday, prompting the countrys flag carrier, British Airways, to cancel all of its Monday flights. Across the globe, Cathay Pacific of Hong Kong, Qantas of Australia and China Airlines in Taiwan also canceled Europe-bound flights into Monday and beyond.” According to focus-fan.net www.focus-fen.net Eurocontrol, the Brussels based agency (European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation), expects 84% of all flights scheduled to take off in Europe (21000 flights out of 25000) to be cancelled today (Sunday). EU Transport Ministers will hold a special video conference tomorow (Monday, April 19, 2010) on the air travel crisis. EU ministerial meetings on agriculture and fisheries, due to be held in Luxemburg tomorrow, have been cancelled.
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To say Festival d’été de Quebéc is just another music expo is sort of lame, a lot like saying French cuisine is mere food. If anything, the 45th iteration of the Québec City bash is better than ever. Evidence? How’ bout the performers?
Book a seat to this star-struck festival and you’ll see and hear the likes of Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, LMFAO, Beirut and a bunch more. Things kickoff July 5 and the music doesn’t stop till the 15th, ten days later.
Top international stars share some of their luster, lighting up the stage for some of the best artists in the realms of world music, indie-rock, and reemergent folk music.
Not to be clichéd about all this, but “There will be something for everyone,” insists festival manager Daniel Gélinas. “The Festival is like a snapshot of the latest hits, of the next big thing and of legendary talent that we can never get enough of.”
The festival opens up in French, the language than animates this Canadian province – its people, its customs, and its identity. “This was a perfect opportunity to celebrate the language that both unites and defines us,” says festival board member Marie-France Poulin.
The evening of the 5th begins with music from Marième. It’s quintessentially sunny and delivered with a reggae/pop rhythm. She’ll perform at the Hydro-Québec stage at Place Metro in Place d’Youville starting at six in the evening.
After that, look for lots of eclectic selection – and not just in terms of performances. If the music is diverse, so too the nonstop air routes to Quebec City. Consider: United Express offers flights from Chicago O’Hare, Delta Connection from Detroit, United Express from Newark, and US Airways Express from Philadelphia. All these routes are flown by twin-engine regional jets.
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Ive been wanting to more about Katla thks
thanks for the update
There was a false alarm about Mt. Hekla, erupting, on Twitter. Actually, Hekla didn’t erupt and is relatively far from this volcano. However, nothing is impossible. Vulcanologists know very little about how the underground magma channels between the volcanos work. Short of going down there, it’s hard to figure this out.
Katla is very near to this volcano. Every time this volcano has erupted, Katla followed, within about a year. Katla erupts frequently, about once every 50 years. The last time it erupted was 1918. Its strength would be 10 times this one and would result in global cooling in the northern hemisphere. So Katla’s effects would dwarf this one and make the current inconveniences a walk in the park.
Ira please fill us in on what you know about Katla and if there is a serious threat.
I wish your parents good luck and bon voyage on their flight.
this is where studying Geology in school would have been helpful LOL but thanks for the updates. My parents’ plane leaves soon and it helps to know what’s going on.
This is a pretty small volcano, not enough to affect the earth’s core. However, if Katla blows, that may be a different story.
so is the earth’s core going to get colder now that so much lava has come out? Or is iceland going to be colder?
So, is Iceland getting Bigger?
This is the biggest evacuation of Brits since Dunkirk. I will be reporting on this and other events today. Also, Tony Blair is stuck in Jerusalem, trying to get home.
The Royal Navy are now to be sent to Spain to pick up stranded Britons from across Europe… Source Sky News.
I’m betting your right about that.
Air France just claimed a successful test flight from Paris to Toulouse. My take: it doesn’t matter how many successful test flights they do. That has no bearing on the next flight, and if it’s “unsuccessful”, who wants to take the blame for the disaster that results?
Looks as if they’re going to claim that about 50% of the skies over Europe will be free of the ash cloud by Monday. I don’t buy it. These clouds are volatile, the ash can’t be picked up on radar. There’s no way to be absolutely sure that flying anywhere over Europe is safe. This will continue for months.
Yeah I also had just heard this on HLN. Pretty disturbing. I don’t think i’d be flying unless I knew for sure. Who would want to take the risk I guess unless it was life threatening.
I hope people read your messages and try to understand the reality of the problem and not get carried away by what the airlines say. Pls keep up the good work
The media and government don’t want to promote panic in the public mind. The danger from microscopic ash particles is real and ongoing, but the authorities will try to convince us that everything is OK…until there’s a catastrophic engine meltdown with loss of life. After that, all bets are off.
Sir, I really appreciate your good work for giving us the latest news. Please be careful and take care. We do not want to lose people like you.
The latest is that there appears to be a conflict between Eurocontrol, the agency that controls European airspace, and individual airlines, like Lufthansa and KLM. The airlines have done some test flights, claimed everything was OK, and want to fly. Eurocontrol see that the ash cloud is still there, invisible to radar, and potentially catastrophic. The airlines want to fly, but what happens if there’s big crash with engines destroyed?
My guess is that the volcano will continue to be active, and the winds will be at the same strength and direction. However, around Thursday the winds will shift, even to the east, closing Keflavik, Iceland’s airport. As the winds shift, it will be impossible to know the next areas that will be affected. I don’t see an end to this for many months. The affect on the world economy has not been totally calculated.
Awesome, any predictions on what it could do in the next few days?
I’ll be doing updates daily, until the event is over. Please subscribe so you can keep current with this changing story.
Thanks for the update.