Volcanic Fall out?

[Jim von Krieg]

Larry,

I lived on the edges of Mount St. Helens eruption, so it was an interesting force of nature for me. Volcanic ash is a very destructive force for mechanical equipment.

I just wonder what the threat is versus the perception. We know the effect is very bad, but is the threat all pervasive along all air corridors between Europe and North America. Or is it a case of better safe than sorry.

I see that it was somewhat of a perfect storm for the volcano. Jet stream was blowing just right and once the glaciers are gone/melted, my understanding is the threat will be gone.

News is saying this is bigger than 9/11 flight halt.

It is interesting to see just how vulnerable our civilization is to mother nature. I also found it quite humorous that global warming was thrown in by some so called expert even though this volcano has been spewing routinely for an extremely long time.

Regards,

Jim