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« on: April 15, 2010, 08:31:51 PM » |
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With the erupting Icelandic volcano, has anyone here or know someone who's had an overseas flight affected by the ashes? I'm sure it's no fun being stuck on an extended layover!
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« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2010, 08:40:16 PM » |
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Yep. A friend of mine is stuck in Paris. Poor thing! He is devastated!
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2010, 09:28:06 PM » |
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I have a friend stuck in Dublin until Saturday. And she is not crying in her Jameson's.
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« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2010, 10:45:02 PM » |
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Ironically, a colleague of mine who works in volcanology and was in England for unrelated reasons is now stuck there.
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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2010, 11:33:15 AM » |
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My spouse and children are trapped in Belgium: luckily, they're staying with family, and have a rescheduled flight for Sunday. Assuming the airport is open by then, that is.
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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2010, 01:37:22 PM » |
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Eyjafjallajoekull. I just wanted to type that.
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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2010, 03:47:50 PM » |
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Eyjafjallajoekull. I just wanted to type that.
Google tells me it should be "Eyjafjallajokull" but I think google is just being lazy about the o with the dots on it. My spouse and children are trapped in Belgium: luckily, they're staying with family, and have a rescheduled flight for Sunday. Assuming the airport is open by then, that is.
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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2010, 07:07:32 PM » |
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Our trip to Europe is in a week. Hopefully this will be over by then.
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« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2010, 02:27:10 AM » |
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Our trip to Europe is in a week. Hopefully this will be over by then.
I wouldn't count on it. I'm having second thoughts about buying tickets to go to the US this summer. The volcano has been erupting non-stop, no sign of letting up. The winds might change -- but they might not. |
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« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2010, 03:15:45 AM » |
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Our trip to Europe is in a week. Hopefully this will be over by then.
If I were you, I'd be studying the conditions of my travel insurance very carefully. I wouldn't count on it. I'm having second thoughts about buying tickets to go to the US this summer. The volcano has been erupting non-stop, no sign of letting up. The winds might change -- but they might not.
Well, they should switch back to the usual prevailing westerlies and send the cloud off to bother the Ruskies, but when they do, it's also back to the usual rain, rain, rain, with a side order of rain. |
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« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2010, 03:57:25 AM » |
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I'm supposed to be flying from the UK to Washington DC on Wednesday. We'll see.
Of much more concern is that we have field courses scheduled to fly this weekend. I have no idea what plan B is!
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« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2010, 04:05:01 AM » |
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I'm supposed to be flying from the UK to Washington DC on Wednesday. We'll see.
WH is supposed to be flying to NYC tomorrow. Somehow we don't think so ;-) Of much more concern is that we have field courses scheduled to fly this weekend. I have no idea what plan B is!
Um, does Plan B actually exist? |
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« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2010, 04:09:27 AM » |
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Of much more concern is that we have field courses scheduled to fly this weekend. I have no idea what plan B is!
Um, does Plan B actually exist? I think it's being frantically written as we speak! I'm so so glad I'm not the department chair... |
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It's not procrastination. It's "just in time" delivery.
Nutso is the new normal.
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« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2010, 05:38:30 AM » |
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A friend of mine has his doctoral defense next week - and his committee is supposed to fly in.
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« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2010, 07:03:04 AM » |
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A friend of mine has his doctoral defense next week - and his committee is supposed to fly in.
Videoconferencing was made for this. |
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