Volcano!!!!

I found this article on foxnews.com

A Volcanic Eruption in Iceland has disrupted air travel throughout the world due to the massive amounts of volcanic ash being shot into the air. All flights in and out of London Heathrow airport have been cancelled due to the fact that the Plume of smoke and ash is drifting over parts of Europe. The Volcano has also caused massive amounts of flooding in the local areas around the volcano because it is melting the ice at a very rapid pace. This is the biggest airline shutdown since 9/11/01. Iceland is a country of 320,000 people and is known for its history of devastating eruptions.

I have to wonder why if Iceland is known for its history of devastating eruptions, why do people still live there? I am a pretty simple guy but I am the kind of person who believes if you know that the area you live in floods every year like clockwork why would you still live there? I can’t imagine how frustrated people must be right now, trying to go on vacation and already took off work but their flight has been cancelled. That would suck. I was almost put in that situation and if it hadn’t been for some really good planning I would have been. While I was deployed we were supposed to be relieved by the 25^th ID from Alaska about the time they were gearing up to leave to come replace us a volcano was nearing eruption, fortunately they changed their mission and transferred all of their gear and equipment to anchorage by train and managed to escape just in the nick of time. When their last guy had landed in Afghanistan the volcano blew. When we were told we might have to stay an additional 3 months the moral of our unit went down drastically.