15th APRIL 2010

It appears to me that natural disasters are nowadays more likely to be tsunamis, earthquakes or tornadoes than volcanic eruptions. Maybe this has something to do with global warming. Maybe it has something to do with the constant evolution of the planet. Maybe it's because the planet is slowly but surely dying. Who knows? My point is, that when a story comes a long about volcanic eruptions it definitely draws a lot of media and public attention.

On this day in 2012, a volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, in Iceland erupted, causing up to four thousand flight to be cancelled due to closure of flight zones in Norway, Britain, Sweden, France, Finland and Denmark. At the time, Euro control said that the problem would last for at least 48 hours. It ended up causing delays and other problems to flight patterns for six days.

All because of some giant ash cloud in the sky.




Image available: http://article.wn.com/view/2011/10/13/Experts_warn_over_Iceland_volcano/