Current map of Volcano ash coverage (9 PM Saturday)

[brooklynite]

from the New York Times



Italian airports closed today. Spain airports have been open through the current crisis, but the cloud is approaching Barcelona.

[elleng]

1. cite?

[Brother Buzz]

11. NY Times

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Very informative...thanks.

so at present the cloud is moving...west?

[izquierdista]

3. East

At those latitudes, the prevailing wind is from the west. Any movement of ash to the west is due to turbulence and eddys in the atmosphere.

[kentuck]

4. Yes. Very informative.

Thanks.

[mnhtnbb]

5. Dinosaurs, beware!

[progressoid]

7. You mean Republicans?

[mnhtnbb]

10. Are they ready for extinction?

[progressoid]

14. Well...

I don't know if they are ready, but I'm ready for them to go the way of the dinosuars.

[Brother Buzz]

15. Barack's got that covered. Ain't America grand!

[progressoid]

6. Wow.

[inna]

8. Looks like a little rehearsal for 2012?...

jk

OTOH, you never know. :shrug:

[tekisui]

9. That is incredible.

[Sheepshank]

12. looks like Icelan is being spared....ironic.

[Strelnikov_]

13. Fertilizer n/t

[inna]

17. what is?

[ikri]

18. Volcanic Ash is highly fertile

Lots of farms get set up near volcanoes despite the inherent risks of living next to one since the land is superb for farming.

[never cry wolf]

19. I was going to mention, is this a good year to invest

in european wines?

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. amazing. thanks