Topic: More Up-Close Images of Eyjafjallajokull Volcano and Its Effect on Life in Icela

[sam]

Astronomer Snaevarr Gudmundsson from Iceland, who shared his incredible close-up images of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano with Universe Today back in April, has made another trek out to visit the region near the volcano. "Under the ash clouds the world takes strange turn," he wrote in an email. "It is hard for residents to live in the neighborhood under these circumstances. When wind turns the ash clouds over their home village it gets unbearable to stay outside. It is absolutely essential to keep mask and goggles on to prevent sore throat and eyes filled with fine grained ash. The fine grained ash fills up every pore and penetrates into houses through every weakness, like joints around doors and windows, even though it is very well sealed. As you see where the bus is near the grill house at Vik (see below) a bad ash storm was making otherwise normal life awful."

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/05/19/more-up-close-images-of-eyjafjallajokull-volcano-and-its-affect-on-life-in-iceland/

[Rik]

We think the effects are bad, but just imagine what's it's like for them.

[Rodders]

It must be murder on wash-day.   

[Rik]

I remember how earnest my mother was about wash day as a kid. Nowadays, it's just a case of bang it back in the machine if something goes wrong, but back then it was a disaster.

[sam]

that's a positive for the future!