~ ICELANDIC VOLCANO ERUPTION ~ UPDATE: IT'S STARTED AGAIN........!!

[Ladyhawke1]

I heard on the radio that this volcano last erupted 200 years ago and that it did not stop for a year. We do not realize how much that this may affect the sunlight over some countries and how it may partially hinder the ability to grow food. Hattie I hope this scenario does not play out again for the sake of people in Britain and Europe.

 

[boggybranch]

Have you noticed any effects where you are, Hattie. Or is the ash cloud staying more to the north of you?

 

[wifezilla]

"Periods of low sunspot activity are associated with changes in the winds that tear though the upper atmosphere, bringing unusually cold winters to northern Europe, a new study finds.

The study, published today in Environmental Research Letters1, analysed 350 years of temperature data recorded in central England since 1659, comparing it to astronomical observations of sunspots. The research team, led by Mike Lockwood, a solar-terrestrial physicist at the University of Reading, UK, found that after allowing for global climate change, European winters tended to be 0.5 C colder than average during low-solar-activity years.

The effect is pronounced enough, he says, that the winter of 2009 was England's 18th coldest in the past 350 years, even though global temperatures were at their fifth highest."
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100414/full/news.2010.184.html

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Have you noticed any effects where you are, Hattie. Or is the ash cloud staying more to the north of you?

There have been no effects here in the south (except pretty sunsets) but they announced that some volcanic dust had fallen in the Shetland Islands which are way north, off the Scottish coast.

In fact we have seen a lot of sunshine this week & the ground is definitely warming up at last. Although it is still cold at night & there are warnings of frost for tonight/early hours of Saturday morning!

This is the latest news here about flights etc:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8626404.stm


***[Edited to add this article on the health issues concerning volcanic ash: ]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8624806.stm


wifezilla,
Thanks for that link, it is very interesting. We are very lucky here having weather records going back to the mid 17th Century! It's strange to think that at that time so many people were just setting up homes in your country.

Hattie

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Good morning!

More up to date news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8624954.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8624806.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8625813.stm

Hattie

 

[boggybranch]

A first hand account of the eruption, with pictures

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...lcano--witnessed-eruption-closed-Europe-.html

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Latest plans for getting stranded travellers back home to Britain:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628605.stm



Plus the latest pictures of the ash clouds etc:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8627161.stm



Side effects of the volcano eruptions are beginning to affect markets world-wide:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628794.stm



Hattie

 

[digitS']

"John Cleese pays 3,800 euros for taxi to Brussels" . . . from Oslo!!

See, getting home is no problem if'n you've got a spare $5,000 or so . . .

Steve

 

[Hattie the Hen]

I have just heard on the BBC news that the Icelandic volcano has started erupting again & all the airports in Ireland & some of the islands of the Outer Hebrides are closed again. So far the ones here in England & in the rest of Scotland are still open. So fingers crossed...........!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8658738.stm

Hattie

 

[hoodat]

I can, surely, relate to how you feel. I've ALWAYS wanted to see a tornado......just not up close.

Been there, done that, had the tee shirt but it blew away. I had one pass 20 or so feet over my head once. I'll pass on a second look.