Europe is Grounded

By -
Volcanic ash rises from Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland

Volcanic ash rises from Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland. Photograph: Reuters

Planes across Europe remain grounded due to Eyjafjallajokul's eruption. As the BoN reported a few weeks ago, Eyjafjallajokull was erupting. What sites other than the BoN continue to fail to talk about is that Eyjafjallajokull (I love that name, I think my first born son will be called Eyjafjallajokull) serves as the blasting cap for the much bigger and scarier, and easier to pronounce, Katla.

Other fun facts:

The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted, it lasted 2 years stretching from 1821-1823 (err... have summer flights to the UK? might want to check into those..)

The 1821 eruption spread fluoride across iceland, damaging livestock and human well-being

Eyjafjallajokull is pronounced [ˈɛɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl̥], and can be translated as "island-mountains glacier"


Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

Posted March 27, 2010
Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Top 10 Ways to Not Suck at Driving

By -
Image
There are a lot of shitty drivers out there. Actually, most people are shitty drivers. They don't really know anything about cars, about driving, about limits of adhesion, how to react when things go badly, or what snow does to your ability to drive. In fact, most people think that driving slowly, regardless of what lane you are in, whether you are merging onto a highway or holding up 50 cars behind you, means "being a good driver." Just because you have spent many years driving in the left lane at 65mph does not make you a good driver, in fact, just the opposite. A good driver means you know how to drive, not that you have gotten lucky or simply average for the past 10 years. Personally, I would love to see a class in high school devoted to driving. I think it could be fun and informative while greatly reducing the number of accidents (especially fatal ones) on the roads every year. Right now, the driving exam is basically a joke, it means that you know what the pedals...
Read more