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Volcanic Ash Heading Towards North America

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-can-spell-check-that dept.

chocomilko writes "St. John's International Airport, the easternmost airport in Canada, has begun canceling flights due to worries of ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano, leaving travelers stranded after the weekend's Juno awards festival. Early reports stated that there was a 30% chance ash would reach the island by early Monday; Air Canada has issued an all-day travel advisory. A thick blanket of fog currently covering the city isn't helping matters, either."

21 of 338 comments (clear)

  1. That just sucks ash... eh? by MeNotU · · Score: 4, Funny

    That just sucks ash... eh?

  2. Spellcheck fail by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's Eyjafjallajökull. I barely knew which volcano you were talking about.

    1. Re:Spellcheck fail by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

      And back on topic, the Brit. Navy is actually sending two warships over to the US to pick up people. I think that's pretty impressive.

      That's what you say now. Just wait until you hear about the "passengers" having to swab the poop deck and service the engines. Worst.cruise.ever!

    2. Re:Spellcheck fail by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

      And back on topic, the Brit. Navy is actually sending two warships over to the US to pick up people. I think that's pretty impressive.

      After all the news about the Tea Party rallies, I'm pretty nervous about the Brits sending over warships...

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    3. Re:Spellcheck fail by berashith · · Score: 3, Funny

      nice sig, but , 8)Fixed that for you ... there, fixed that for you

  3. bankers take on the grounded flights by Xemu · · Score: 4, Funny

    This was overheard in London:

    The English Banker to the Icelandic representative for Kaupthing Bank:

    We said we wanted CASH... not ash!

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    1. Re:bankers take on the grounded flights by flex941 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Longer version:

      --

      Dear Iceland,

      We said "send CASH".

      Yours sincerely,
      United Kingdom

      --

      Dear United Kingdom,

      You should have stopped to consider that there is no letter "C" in the
      Icelandic alphabet before issuing your demand.

      With best,
      Iceland

      --

    2. Re:bankers take on the grounded flights by Wolvenhaven · · Score: 5, Funny

      The economy of Iceland's last request was to have its ashes spread across Europe.

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    3. Re:bankers take on the grounded flights by tpheiska · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dear Iceland,

      We said "send HASH".

      Yours sincerely,
      The Netherlands

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    4. Re:bankers take on the grounded flights by jamesh · · Score: 3, Funny

      No C? What a load of silly bunts.

    5. Re:bankers take on the grounded flights by Sylver+Dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dear UK, You should trust our files implicitly, but here's the hash anyway:
      76D08CAB8B28C5F447D47519454F0D94

      Yours sincerely,
      The Netherlands

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      Laziness is the father.
  4. I'm Tired of Living in Harmony with Nature by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 4, Funny

    How 'bout you?

    Bet you're feeling real good about driving that Prius designed to be oh-so-gentle on Mother Gaia, ain'tcha?

    Meanwhile, the belch from one unpronounceable volcano wipes out the cumulative effort from all of mankind over the past hundred years to purify the water and soil, and dwarfs all of our species' feeble, amateurish efforts to pollute them in the first place.

    Gimme a rainforest, a chainsaw, and a case of Red Bull. It's Payback Time!

  5. Re:A word of advice by yotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is Canada. The "Sorry" and the frowny face are actually dictated by law.

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  6. Re:Affects on Europe by Hijacked+Public · · Score: 5, Funny

    The US train system is excellent if you are coal, or liquid polypropylene, or the like. For humans not so much.

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  7. Re:Who laughed? by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    We have passenger rail outside the northeast. You just rent a car, drive 90 miles to the depot, arrive near your destination, rent another car to drive 90 miles to your home. What could be easier? ;)

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  8. Re:A word of advice by JamesP · · Score: 4, Funny

    And don't forget the 'Desolé' since everything has to be in french. I assume they should draw a frowny face with a french hat and a cigarette as well...

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  9. Are you sure about that? by Minwee · · Score: 3, Funny

    A volcano, in ICELAND? Tell me another one. Everybody knows that volcanoes are only in warm places like Hawaii.

  10. On the bright side.... by Nidi62 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A few more strong eruptions like this in different regions around the world, and there'll be enough ash in the sky to knock the temperature down a little bit. Global Warming is solved!

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  11. Re:Its going to get much worse... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they run the country down and go bankrupt, then they set the place on fire... I'm wondering if this is somekind of insurance fraud?

  12. Canadian Tire by Heed00 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That graphic is actually another code for Canadian -- it's a Canadian Tire.

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  13. Re:A word of advice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And don't forget the 'Desolé' since everything has to be in french. I assume they should draw a frowny face with a french hat and a cigarette as well...

    Q:-(_...