So this may seem really random to blog about my dear readers, for this I apologize. However, I feel like this is important enough to at least report on because it's not every day a volcano erupts kind of close to where you are...especially if you live in Erie, PA.
According to the New York Times, "A dark and spectacular volcanic cloud shrouded much of northern Europe on Thursday, forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights as it drifted at high altitude south and east from an erupting volcano in Iceland. The shutdown of airspace was one of the most sweeping ever ordered in peacetime, amid fears that travel could continue to be delayed days after the cloud dissipates...The volcano erupted Wednesday for the second time in a month, forcing evacuations and causing flooding about 75 miles east of Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital...On Thursday, 5,000 to 6,000 of the 28,000 daily flights across Europe were canceled as a result of the ash plume, said Lucia Pasquini, a Eurocontrol spokeswoman."
Some of the students on the trip were planning on going to Germany the weekend that the eruption occurred, but the flights ended up being canceled and they had to find ways of getting back home to Dungarvan. All travel has ceased for us so that even post is not being shipped. It is not exactly scary or threatening in any way. However, it is a little thrilling to know that all the airports are closed down (since they haven't for a very long time) and I am on this side of the globe to experience it! I don't know - call me weird or crazy or whatever you like - but I find it rather invigorating that all this is happening here! It's a good story!
Until my next post, have some craic!
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