We should never panic of course or be too negative but last time this volcano erupted it lasted just over 1 year. As it was a very long time ago nobody knows exactly what the ash impact was on skies over Europe as aircrafts did not exist at the time.
Only a few months ago many scientists were saying that Eyjafjallajökull was not due to erupt soon and was under control and strictly monitored.
Basically there were no signs of an imminent eruption and nothing to worry.
The study of Nature is not a perfect discipline and especially Earthquakes and Volcanoes can behave in very unpredictable ways.
Maybe this is the beauty of nature.
Think of weather: how often the UK Met Office got the wrong weather forecast this year? Too often but then it is nature we are dealing with, what more can we do?
Not much really.
Hopefully we are lucky enough and it will all make history soon but chances are that this eruption might carry on for many more days if not weeks and the impact on aviation could be catastrophic.
Other larger neighbours volcanoes could activate too.
Our lovely planet is definitely in charge of our lives, as it should be by nature so this is entirely normal, nothing unusual by Earth's point of view.
If this will continue for weeks it could even mean the beginning of a better less stressfull life for us all. We do not know.
Nature is just reminding us that we are very little creatures temporarily living on this beautiful Planet. Nothing else really.
Rather than measuring National GDPs we should start measuring "National State of mind & Happiness" from now on.
