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Afghanistan
Ash Cloud Diverts US Wounded Back to Andrews AFB
2010-04-17
Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418

#7  Does the Queen Mary still function?
Posted by: Gabby   2010-04-17 20:30  

#6  We need to keep in mind that this eruption can continue at its current rate for months, even years.

Icelandic volcanoes like this one often erupt for years at a time.
Posted by: crosspatch   2010-04-17 19:28  

#5  and none were to North America, as I recall...

There you go again Frank, giving Obama another gov't project idea to tax us with.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-17 19:03  

#4  on KFI yesterday I heard that Paris airports were closed and passengers were urged to use trains. Unfortunately no trains were unbooked until the 22nd - and none were to North America, as I recall...
Posted by: Frank G   2010-04-17 18:51  

#3  I would NOT want to be stranded in Munich or at Ramstein AFB right about now. It must be a zoo.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-17 18:33  

#2  Thank God they were designed with the RANGE to get from Afghanistan to the US. No other nation has the capacity for such long-range transportation.

I'm surprised the train traffic from Rome to Munich isn't heavier. The major airline terminals that are open are all in the southern part of the continent. Train traffic runs all the time, and isn't hampered by volcanic dust.

There was an article on WUWT, I think, that said the last time this particular volcano spewed smoke and ash, it lasted for more than 10 years and caused a "little ice age". I think there needs to be some LONG RANGE planning going on, in all parts of the world.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2010-04-17 18:30  

#1  Thank God for those C-17 Globemasters and their brave medical evacuation crews. There are no finer men and women serving anywhere.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-17 17:00  

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