Coming To America: The Big Volcanic Ash Plume

The Business Insider ^ | 4-18-2010 | Joe Weisenthal

[Grizzled Bear]

“The name’s ‘Ash,’ housewares.”

[MinuteGal]

Will the ash cover Asheville when the Big Ash is vacationing there with family?

Just ashing.

Leni

[bluedressman]

what if Obama can’t fly out to American Idol!

could he get some night golf in instead?

[sonic109]

TAX IT TAX IT TAX IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NCC-1701]

Call Joe. He'll beat the volcano.

[GOPJ]

Nice post. Thanks.

[golfisnr1]

Gllogal cooling comming. Don’t tell the MSM.

[backwoods-engineer]

Won't this dissipate by the time if reached North America? The reason I ask, is because it will be traveling over water. Won't that make a difference?

No, it is in the stratosphere, above all rain. This is where the planes fly, hence the problems. It will eventually circle the earth, as did the other eruptions in the early 1800's. People need to realize that these kinds of forces of nature are completely beyond the control of man.

[Bronzy]

With the ash cloud, global warming will be history. Al Gore's earth will cool.p>

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I’ll be REALLY impressed if we have a Quiddam Alert.

(Nobody registered after 2000 will get that...)

;) pm

[huldah1776]

If it kills the stinking weeds here in Missouri, and makes it look more like Hawaii, I’ll be thankful! Not including the Prairie grass, of course, just this weird winter weed and wild thyme. AAAARRRRGGGGGG!

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Or an Eschoir Alert...now I am dating myself here.

[CajunConservative]

I wish I would have been here during the good ol’ days. /sigh lol

[SunkenCiv]

thanks blam!

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[Professional Engineer]

LOL

That’s going back a while.

[mamelukesabre]

If the ash gets above the clouds, rain aint gonna cleans nuthin.

[Blood of Tyrants]

We’re all gonna DIE!

[rdl6989]

That was before my time at FR, but I’ve heard rumblings about Ash.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Eventually.

[blam]

Go read it:

Wake Up People: This Volcano Is About More Than Flights, It's About Agriculture, Energy, And Politics

" Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, freeing gases that turned into smog. The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns. Many died from gas poisoning in the British Isles. Crop production fell in western Europe. Famine spread. . . . . . ."

"The winter of 1784 was also one of the longest and coldest on record in North America. New England reported a record stretch of below-zero temperatures and New Jersey reported record snow accumulation. The Mississippi River also reportedly froze in New Orleans."