I was going to post a comment on the New York Times website to alert them to the planned closing of Austrian airspace tonight. The NYT has a great colleciton of current information on many airports but at this writing, Austrian aireports are not included. So here is what I saw on the page when I clicked to add the note:
"readers' comments
Volcanic Ash to Curtail Air Traffic Into Midday FridayBack to Article »
By NICOLA CLARK and LIZ ROBBINS
The plume of ash from a volcano in Iceland forced aviation authorities to order the restrictions, affecting thousands of flights in a wide arc from Ireland to Scandinavia.
Are you affected by the travel disruptions? Share your experience.
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I added the bold face for the last line. Is that dumb or what on the part of the Times? A great example of some techie at the Times not asking reporters if they wanted to maintain a flow of input from readers, I bet.
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