Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Volcanic Ash
From the BBC World News Org: Traveler accounts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8630145.stm
Examples:
1132 Scores of musicians, stranded in the UK because of the travel disruption, are now looking for work. Simon Cooke, managing director of Ronnie Scott's in London, says the club has been deluged with calls from musicians hoping to play the club this week as their flights out of the country remain grounded.
1126 The European Union's transport commissioner, Siim Kallas, tells a news briefing that the economic impact to the airline industry could be greater than that caused by the attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001.
1031 French tourist Busi Daniel, stranded in Hong Kong, says hotels are cashing in on the flight ban: Yesterday we have a price of a room at 250 euros (£220; $335), at midday it was 460 euros, and in the evening, the price was 800 euros a room, for a day - we can't pay that.
0937 Alice Pegrum, a British university student stranded in China since Saturday, writes: We are staying at university accommodation and are not being given any information. With little money and support, we are all struggling to afford our unexpected longer stay. I was due back at university today. Some are jeopardising their degrees by missing dissertation deadlines and important exams. We have been emailing our lecturers to inform them of our situation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8630145.stm
Examples:
1132 Scores of musicians, stranded in the UK because of the travel disruption, are now looking for work. Simon Cooke, managing director of Ronnie Scott's in London, says the club has been deluged with calls from musicians hoping to play the club this week as their flights out of the country remain grounded.
1126 The European Union's transport commissioner, Siim Kallas, tells a news briefing that the economic impact to the airline industry could be greater than that caused by the attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001.
1031 French tourist Busi Daniel, stranded in Hong Kong, says hotels are cashing in on the flight ban: Yesterday we have a price of a room at 250 euros (£220; $335), at midday it was 460 euros, and in the evening, the price was 800 euros a room, for a day - we can't pay that.
0937 Alice Pegrum, a British university student stranded in China since Saturday, writes: We are staying at university accommodation and are not being given any information. With little money and support, we are all struggling to afford our unexpected longer stay. I was due back at university today. Some are jeopardising their degrees by missing dissertation deadlines and important exams. We have been emailing our lecturers to inform them of our situation.
1539Paul Greenham is stranded in the Maldives. He says: Normally it would be nice to get an extra week or so somewhere as lovely as this but we've got a problem - our daughter is getting married on Friday and I'm walking her down the aisle, so I need to be back in the UK... it's getting very close now.
1840 Paul from Motherwell says: I travelled for 37 hours from Copenhagen to Motherwell leaving Copenhagen by car for a 1,500 mile trip through Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France to Dieppe, then a ferry to Newhaven, train to London then on to Glasgow. It can be done if you put your mind to it. I managed to make it in time for my 50th birthday with my family.
1916 William from London says: Currently stranded in Southern California. Admittedly there are worse places to be stuck in the world, however my employer is now trying to make me take some or all of this as holiday leave. I was meant to be back in the office last Thursday.
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