News just in is they are planning a much bigger eruption at a nearby volcano:
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/ Some guy has been warning about this since 1999: http://www.evropusamvinna.is/Apps/WebObjects/HI.woa/swdocument/1015721/Sturkell_etal_2009b.pdf One small earthquake, an eruption does not make, however. Probably a coincidence... Bill. On 18 May, 01:15, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > On 05/18/10 12:05 AM, Bill Hart wrote: > > > I heard Iceland is a good place to go: > > >http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/iceland-worlds-first-free-speech-haven > > Iceland was about the only country that would tolerate the late Bobby Fischer > (chess player). Since he played his most famous match there (vs Boris > Spassky), > , they granted him Icelandic citizenship so he could flee Japan, and escape > extradition to the USA. > > According to a biography I'm reading about him, he believed the Jews wanted to > kill all African Elephants because the elephant's trunks reminded them of > uncircucsed penises! A brilliant chess player, but some very odd views. But in > Iceland his views were ok. > > > > > However, what happens in Iceland: > > >http://www.vodafone.is/eldgos/en > > > doesn't seem to stay there: > > >http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1274117979.png > > > Thus, fleeing anywhere from the UK at the moment seems to be a > > problem. Something about planes requiring clean air to operate. :-) > > > Bill. > > According to the news today, consideration is being given to the raising of > the > concentration of ash permitted before airspace is closed. > > I recall many years ago being at an airport in Germany (forget which one), > awaiting to take off to land at Heathrow airport. A stewardess came around, > offering passengers a copy of the Evening Standard (English newspaper). As I > flicked through the pages, there was a big article about the dangers to > aircraft > of large birds around Heathrow Airport! Great to read that, as I was about to > take off for Heathrow. > > Dave > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL:http://www.sagemath.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
