Usually we here about the devastation caused for the people living near to a natural disaster but this one is having much more impact on people who've never heard its name before. Almost everyone seems to have a relative or friend who's stuck elsewhere in the world. I had a phone call tonight from relatives stuck in America who should have arrived home tomorrow morning but now are booked on a flight in 12 days' time. People not able to go to work or to school or to visit family or friends or to have the holiday of a lifetime or get to a funeral or a wedding - the list is endless. Someone commented today that the world seems to be falling apart, quite literally. Earthquakes and now a volcano and we're only up to April this year. She could be right.
Meanwhile we've had a phenomenon I haven't experienced for many years - clear blue skies and no con trails.
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" had a phone call tonight from relatives stuck in America who should have arrived home tomorrow morning but now are booked on a flight in 12 days' time."
Since even the experts don't know when the volcano is going to stop erupting I wouldn't bank on them getting back even then.
A salutary lesson on how nature can run rings round mankind
Of course, this is difficult, even tragic for many people round the world - and it's not ideal for me, I'm meant to be flying soon - but aside from that, I must say, all this volcanic activity has been fascinating!
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