Am I the only one who's getting a gigantic kick out of watching Eyjafjallajökull spit in the eye of modern technological civilization? Take that, human air travel. And this has to be the best thing I've seen so far about this spectacular demonstration of planetary poetic justice:
While airlines hope to fly up to about half their regular schedules Monday, the potential for long-term air travel disruption still exists. Records show that the last time the Icelandic volcano stirred, in 1821, it erupted on an off for two years.
Two years? Oh god yes.
Go, Earth, go!
(If you think I'm being too flippant about all these suffering travelers or you'd just like something a little more substantive, go read George Monbiot's observations about the fact that in order to address global warming, we must drastically reduce the amount of flying we do. The point that struck me the most forcefully: "But I urge you to remember that these privations affect only a tiny proportion of the world's people. The reason they seem so harsh is that this tiny proportion almost certainly includes you.")
The Distant Ocean 
You are not alone.
I for thought about erecting a Eyjafjallajökull (or Katla) shrine at our train station.
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One word: Airships.
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What I don’t understand, because I haven’t been following it as much as I should, is why the constant eruption isn’t endangering Icelanders. My understanding is that the heat from eruptions melts any ice in the region and goodbye, people at the bottom of the volcano (which is what’s expected to happen with Mount Ranier and Seattle sometime in the future).
Or, more to the point, Mt. St. Helens.
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That’s what I’m thinking too … Go Earth Go … lol 🙂
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That’s by far my favorite ever comment spam, but I’m afraid I had to remove the URL anyway.
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