Volcanic Ash Grounds UK Flights

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The only (very mildly) amusing aspect of the news reports I can see is how all the TV reporters keeper referring to "the volcano". The papers do the same.

Can't they pronounce (or spell) "Eyjafjallajokull"?

The Met Office boffin on BBC News just now said that he could see this problem going on well into next week unless the eruption calms down. He said it's the water from the glacier being superheated and blowing off as steam that's causing the explosions that are pushing the dust so high, and until that stops, the disruption will continue....

And the longer the eruption goes on, the bigger the backlog of flights that'll need clearing, and the longer people will be stuck in places they don't want to be. I suppose the problems are made worse because so many journeys are routed through a relatively small number of major European airports like Frankfurt and Heathrow.