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Originally posted by Regenstorm
reply to post by spikey
There was an eruption, no doubt. But it didn't spew that much that whole Northern Europe was covered with it. Most of that part of Europe had clear blue skies. The volcano is also too far away to pose a real threat.
Desert sand is not like the volcanic ash, it's the immediacy of the melting point that is significant, in which volcanic ash is far lower than sand, and in which sand will not melt in a jet engine...so far? to be sure sand is a pest that will damage engines, but not neccesarily shut them down.
Originally posted by Regenstorm
reply to post by Wotan
Wanna bet that that dust doesn't contain more than 5-10% ash? The rest is local dust and pollen. It's springtime, lots of blossoms, pollen and farmers plowing their acres.
Here in Northern Europe we also have to deal with sand from the Sahara which gets airborn in Northern Africa and comes down on us. If you have a dark car, it will have lots of yellow spots after the sand comes down with the rain.
Doesn't that endanger the planes as well?
Here is an great example what desert sand and wind can do:
gallery.photo.net...
[edit on 26-4-2010 by Regenstorm]