Gaia Is Trying To Kill Us

That's the only conclusion to be drawn by these two stories.

First, Volcano!

All UK flights have been grounded until tomorrow morning as a spreading cloud of volcanic ash heads south from Iceland towards continental Europe.

In the first extended closure of British air space in living memory, millions of airline passengers face travel chaos as National Air Traffic Services (Nats) said no civilian planes would fly until at least 7am on Friday morning because of the eruption in Iceland.

"The cloud of volcanic ash is now spread across the UK and continuing to travel south. In line with international civil aviation policy, no flights other than agreed emergencies are currently permitted in UK controlled airspace," a spokesman from Nats said.

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The plume of almost Biblical proportions was hurled into the sky above Iceland following an eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which surged back into life on Tuesday. The cloud severely limits visibility but could also endanger the aircraft if flown through, clogging the engines with molten glass. No flights are reported to have been caught in the cloud itself.

You'd think the enviro nuts would be thrilled with the grounding of planes, what will all the carbon not being spewed into the air and all. Problem is, I'd bet the volcano is releasing a hell of a lot more carbon than those planes ever will.

Meanwhile, the planet almost let a meteor hit the ground.

Oh sure you can say it happens all the time and yeah it's spectacular to look at but I think it's clearly a warning from Gaia..."start showing me some respect or I'll let this stuff through and then we'll see who is so tough."

posted by DrewM. at 11:33 AM

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