Question for Hans, Krysh, Jerry, and Walter

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Been gettin' any ash lately?

 

[JerryR]

No - it's weird. The sky is pure blue - no clouds - and no contrails. Where I live it's like a freeway in the sky usually as we lie under a main flight path about 90 miles due West of Heathrow - jets at full height so not noisy, but always contrails on a clear day - except the last few days. But no hazyness and no sign of any ash settling :?

 

[markus]

Nothing to see here either; tomorrow the airport should be reopened but it might get closed again on Monday evening local time.
Today we had Vienna Marathon and about 1,500 (of about 32,000) starters from abroad couldn't get here …
Markus

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Does the air in Europe look like it has ash in it? Or smell or feel like it has ash in it?

 

[Walter Broes]

Not over here, beautiful sunny day, clear blue sky.

 

[hansmoust]

Not over here, beautiful sunny day, clear blue sky.

Same over here, but some of my friends from Westerly, who are visiting Ireland right now, are stuck because Dublin Airport is closed. Not a bad place to be stuck in though and since the weather is so nice, I'm sure they will have a wonderful time.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Markus,

Did any of the runners have trouble because of ash in the air?

hf

 

[markus]

Just getting here by plane was impossible as the ash layer is in about 30,000 feet.
It was a nice spring day with clear blue sky.
Markus

 

[krysh]

Been gettin' any ash lately?

sorry, darryl, sun is shining this morning, blue sky clear air no plane-noise and the last ash I found was a few years ago:

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Krysh,

That's a hot piece of ash.

hf

 

[krysh]

it is for sure

how are you doing, darryl?

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

I thinned my apple and peach trees today. But the apples down here ain't nuttin' compared to those in Washington state.

My oranges are great this year--mild, not too sweet or tart or sour. Maybe because our soil isn't acidic.

Gardening tip: Kill weeds with muriatic acid--the acid they put in swimming pools. Non-toxic, fast-acting, and cheap. But don't get it on your clothes or skin.

 

[krysh]

sounds great, I have to visit phoenix one day, and healthwise?

off for work now. good night.

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

I'm healthy again. I had a bad thyroid and adrenal glands for a while, but it's all over now. As Stephen King said, "I have the heart of a twenty-year-old man, and I keep it in a jar on my desk."

 

[krysh]

I'm healthy again. I had a bad thyroid and adrenal glands for a while, but it's all over now. As Stephen King said, "I have the heart of a twenty-year-old man, and I keep it in a jar on my desk."

:lol: :lol: :lol:

good to hear you are better now. keep it up!

 

[JerryR]

Air looked a little hazy today - don't know if due to ash - wasn't hot enough for heat haze for sure :!:

 

[JerryR]

Well - waddya know - they decided after 6 days shutting down flying and total airline chaos, that the ash wasn't such a major problem after all :roll: We have a saying in the UK - they couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery (for th US bretheren, piss-up = a major drinking session of alcoholic beverages) :mrgreen: