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Old 6th May 2010, 23:28
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odd indeed!

"...The media in Britain has reported widespread claims of ash falls over cars, gardens and streets throughout Britain, but these reports are likely to have been greatly exaggerated. Members of RHOXTOR5, have been laying volcanic ash traps in various parts of Britain to establish the concentration of glass particles actually falling to ground.
Dr Blockley says, “While the process of analysis is still at an early stage, nevertheless swabs taken from cars in various parts of Britain have not included any volcanic glass, but only pollen grains and non-volcanic dust. The only samples from which volcanic glass has been recovered so far are of rainwater collected from Englefield Green in Surrey and Fort William in Scotland. These fall into an expected size range of between 0.025 and 0.1 mm in size, and are in very low concentrations..."

Who is to be believed???
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