Volcanic Ash

[drsmith]

Seriously, does anyone know if there are likely to be any longer term (months, years) effects on climate from this volcano?

I recall at least on previous incident where a major erruption dropped the global temperature by a measurable amount.

That might be when Mt Pinatubo blew its stack in 1991.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo

I was in Darwin at the time and the sky had a milky white tint for some time after the eruption. A slight reduction in solar insolation during the 1991/92 wet season may have been in part responsible for that wet season being a poor one.

 

[trainspotter]

I have booked my business class tickets for the whole Trainspotter tribe to koʊpənheɪɡən via Air Asia. First stop Singapore which is not affected by this terrible ashen glass that falls from the sky. From there I will brave the Mallacca Straits in a luxury super yacht and do battle with untold pirates of ill repute. Short stroll across the Arabian Sea via Mogadishu and then onto the Red Sea and up the Suez Canal. From there the Mediterranean Sea beckons me onto Monaco whereby my private Bell Ranger helicopter will carry me and the family a mere 837 miles over Germany and the Baltic Sea to Copenhagen. I will await the fedora hat in the lobby of the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, which I will greet you with the customary secret handshake and a box of Habanos Cuban Cigars. Viva le Copenagen comrade !

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

I have booked my business class tickets for the whole Trainspotter tribe to koʊpənheɪɡən via Air Asia. First stop Singapore which is not affected by this terrible ashen glass that falls from the sky. From there I will brave the Mallacca Straits in a luxury super yacht and do battle with untold pirates of ill repute. Short stroll across the Arabian Sea via Mogadishu and then onto the Red Sea and up the Suez Canal. From there the Mediterranean Sea beckons me onto Monaco whereby my private Bell Ranger helicopter will carry me and the family a mere 837 miles over Germany and the Baltic Sea to Copenhagen. I will await the fedora hat in the lobby of the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, which I will greet you with the customary secret handshake and a box of Habanos Cuban Cigars. Viva le Copenagen comrade !

You have class trainspotter.
And that is what distinguishes Fellows of the Institute of Ash from that motley rabble of Warmers.
Class and good taste in the finer things of life.
I am attempting to get copyright on the word "Ash" and also on the word "Soot".
Institute and Volcano have unfortunately been disallowed as Economy Class passengers use those words freely.

gg

gg

 

[Julia]

You have class trainspotter.
And that is what distinguishes Fellows of the Institute of Ash from that motley rabble of Warmers.
Class and good taste in the finer things of life.
I am attempting to get copyright on the word "Ash" and also on the word "Soot".
Institute and Volcano have unfortunately been disallowed as Economy Class passengers use those words freely.

gg

gg

Thanks, gg (and Trainspotter). A smile has been hard to find recently amongst all the political nonsense. My best wishes to all Fellows of the Institute of Ash. Are you canvassing donations, or is that rather beneath gentlemen of your eminence?

 

[Solly]

gg, this report from the European Centre for Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Computation in Toulouse, France is attempting to bring discredit to The Institute of Ash by blaming the volcano trouble on the sun and global warming.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18794-blame-the-volcano-trouble-on-sun-and-global-warming.html

A swift covert measured response is required

 

[spooly74]

Some amazing pictures of this event from the Boston Globe here, and some more here.

 

[wayneL]

Some amazing pictures of this event from the Boston Globe here, and some more here.

Thanks Spooly. It is truly frightening what the Earth can do if it decides to put on a turn.

I live 2 hours from the Taupo volcano which is the sight of the largest known supervolcanic eruption in the last 70,000 years. It made a nice lake to play on, but if she decides to get serious again ===>>

 

[trainspotter]

Thanks, gg (and Trainspotter). A smile has been hard to find recently amongst all the political nonsense. My best wishes to all Fellows of the Institute of Ash. Are you canvassing donations, or is that rather beneath gentlemen of your eminence?

Donations of Habanos Cuban Cigars will be accepted as a down payment prior to a rigourous interrogation of a bottle of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Thanks, gg (and Trainspotter). A smile has been hard to find recently amongst all the political nonsense. My best wishes to all Fellows of the Institute of Ash. Are you canvassing donations, or is that rather beneath gentlemen of your eminence?

Dear Julia,

The Institute of Ash Nominations Committee at a teleconference into the Ross Island Hotel last night was asked to appoint Quentin Bryce as Patron of the IOA.

We contacted her in Dubai where she is Ash stricken and being sheikhed by a stalk.

A fight erupted in the Public Bar as to whether Quentin was a male or female name and the upshot of it all was that I nominated you as Patron, and as the teleconference dropped out due to Ash, you were voted in as Patron, if you would be so kind as to accept.

gg

 

[Julia]

Dear Julia,

The Institute of Ash Nominations Committee at a teleconference into the Ross Island Hotel last night was asked to appoint Quentin Bryce as Patron of the IOA.

We contacted her in Dubai where she is Ash stricken and being sheikhed by a stalk.

A fight erupted in the Public Bar as to whether Quentin was a male or female name and the upshot of it all was that I nominated you as Patron, and as the teleconference dropped out due to Ash, you were voted in as Patron, if you would be so kind as to accept.

gg

Dear gg

I am overcome by your kind suggestion, and accept with due humility and gratitude. I shall do my utmost to serve the Institute of Ash with dedication,
(as long as it doesn't involve extended sojourns at the Public Bar of the Ross Island Hotel.)

PS Would you be kind enough to outline my duties/job description? I don't think I've ever been a Patron before.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Dear gg

I am overcome by your kind suggestion, and accept with due humility and gratitude. I shall do my utmost to serve the Institute of Ash with dedication,
(as long as it doesn't involve extended sojourns at the Public Bar of the Ross Island Hotel.)

PS Would you be kind enough to outline my duties/job description? I don't think I've ever been a Patron before.

Duties of Patron, Institute of Ash (Incorporated Lichtenstein)

To behave in all ways and at all times with decorum.
To represent The IOA at meetings of Heads of State.
To be able to sit in a Rolls Royce without looking out of place.
Never to be photographed wearing a bicycle helmet.
Not to have a Financial Adviser.
To represent the Ash position in forums as required.

I believe you fulfil all the criteria Julia. We can only afford to pay you $80,000 pa with free First Class Travel ( Ash allowing) anywhere in the world.

Its much less than Al Gore got, but we are not a shonky operation like Global Warming Inc. We care. ( that is our Motto)

I can assure you that as you are a lady, you would not be expected to front up at the public bar of the Ross Island Hotel.

btw, it was finally resolved prior to the arrival of the police that Quentin was a lady's name as there was a ballerina of the same name someone said..

gg

 

[Julia]

Thank you, gg. I believe I can fulfil the duties of Patron without difficulty.
In particular, a bicycle helmet has never appeared on my head and never will.

The stipend is most kind, and (unlike the example set by our Governor-General) I will be happy to spend this on attire such as befits my position.

Now, on another note, the following letters to "The Australian" today amused me:

You can't mess with those Icelanders. You make them pay their loans back, they turn around and brillo your continent.

Why did the Icelandic volcano erupt sending huge clouds of CO2 and ash into the atmosphere?
It got tired of hearing on the ABC and reading in the Fairfax press that mankind is responsible for emitting the most CO2 into the air, and pursuant to the authority delegated to it by the International Union of Volcanos, reasserted its authority.

 

[basilio]

Quote:
Why did the Icelandic volcano erupt sending huge clouds of CO2 and ash into the atmosphere?
It got tired of hearing on the ABC and reading in the Fairfax press that mankind is responsible for emitting the most CO2 into the air, and pursuant to the authority delegated to it by the International Union of Volcanos, reasserted its authority.

Very droll letter Julia. Completely and utterly and totally false of course but this was simply a joke. It was, wasn't it ?

Cheers

 

[gav]

GG, one of my informants have passed on to me that British Airways are asking the European Union and UK govt due to the ash. How do we proceed?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8629674.stm