By: The Yank | Published Thursday, June 17, 2010, 6:52 PM | Updated Friday, September 9, 2011, 9:37 PM
With every passing day I feel more guilty about taking the ash cloud so lightly last week. I never expected it would go on and on and on and ...
I don't see anything beneficial about people being unable to get home or get away on vacation or to sporting events or whatever. I'm not at all like those environmentalists who are openly thrilled that the ash cloud has caused a fall in carbon dioxide emissions across Europe.
Still, I did find myself in a very quiet Sally Gap, Co. Wicklow {photo} last week and I took this short video of the silence.
With every passing day I feel more guilty about taking the ash cloud so lightly last week. I never expected it would go on and on and on and ...
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.SusanG8 | May 17, 2010, 01:10 PM EDT
Makes you experience what it was like before airplanes took over as the most efficient mode of transportation worldwide.
TheYank | Apr 24, 2010, 04:24 PM EDT
It's an optical illusion. Those mountains really average about 15,000ft in height.
murphy66 | Apr 20, 2010, 04:36 PM EDT
You call those ant hills mountains?
jacersisityourself | Apr 20, 2010, 04:01 PM EDT
I was stunned yesterday when I first heard and then saw a plane flying near Dublin Airport. Honest!