Volcano Ash Cloud Is Having Quite An Impact On Europe And The World

I have no doubt that there are conspiracy theorists working away right now in the belief that the invisible volcanic ash cloud from Iceland is non-existent and this is really some global, or European, conspiracy to test out plans to totally restrict and control the free movement of people around Europe. It is interesting how the cloud seems to have pretty much covered Europe but not so much anywhere else but I am prepared to accept it is all genuine and the ban on aircraft flights is for the right reasons.

There is little doubt it is causing chaos in all the countries affected and that is not just the ones where the cloud hovers menacingly in the air. There are travellers trapped air-side in airports all over the world who are on route to Europe but having been forced to land short of their destination do not have the correct papers to leave the airport of the country they arrived in. It must be a pretty miserable experience and presumably there are people who are due to return home but can’t and they are having to somehow survive in foreign countries having run out of money. My thoughts go out to them but it will be something to tell their grandchildren one day. These are historic events.

I suspect a lot of schools will restart after the Easter break and find they are short of both teachers and pupils who have been marooned in the places they took a short vacation. Apparently the cabinet are meeting this afternoon to discus matters relating to the ash cloud and I am sure there must be a lot of people spread all over Europe and the world who could do with some physical and financial support. Hopefully ministers can stop electioneering long enough to make sure there is support available for those who need it.

Finally, on the subject of the ash cloud. What if this were to reoccur in 2012 around the time the Olympics were to due to take place in London? It could mean half empty stadiums and a lot of absent athletes. I wonder if there is a contingency plan to postpone the event if some natural disaster was to occur or would it just mean that Britain would win a whole heap of gold medals because nobody else could make it? Every cloud has a silver lining, as they say.