There was a lady at my girl's dance studio yesterday who was all excited. She and her family were supposed to be leaving today, flying out of Pittsburgh to Paris and then on to somewhere in Germany. She has a sister there, and they had been unable to see one another for quite some time. I woke up and read about the ash cloud and felt so bad for her and her family. I hope it clears out soon so they can get together.
My husband and I were in Spokane, Washington when Mt St. Helens errupted in 1980. The ash was bizarre. We came out of a restaurant after lunch and it was pitch black and the ash was everywhere--very surreal as we didn't know what had happened. We still have a gallon bucket of the ash that my husband cleaned out of the wheels of his truck.
I live more or less bang in the middle of England. The weather has been dull here today, but not from an ash cloud. As far as I know this problem hasn't quite reached this area yet. I was talking to our school nurse today, and she is very diligently tracking what's going on, because of asthmatic children that we have in school. My car is parked outside the house and it's a very light colour. I'll see in the morning when I go to work if anything has come down overnight and settled on it.
Lorchen
From the edge of Sherwood Forest, home of Robin Hood
For those of you in the UK, how are your sunsets? Have you been bothered by the ash? I hope you weren't planning on going anywhere soon by air. Judy in AZ
