volrider
Thats true, the volcano is on the south shore of Iceland and we have strong northerly winds that blow the ash away from us for the time being. The farms just beneath the volcano are getting slapped with thick layers of ash and their farmlands are ruined.
I live some 90km to the west of the eruption and we hope that wind will be favourable to the most of us. In this context it is hard to judge what is best but everyone thinks about their own so what have you?
It is hard to watch the impact this eruption has on Europe and sitting up here in the sunshine, watching the volcano spew its thing over to you is quite surreal. Some are even making sarcastic jokes about this all. Iceland runs great and our airliners can leave the country at will, at least to the west. Some flights have been made to Scotland from Iceland so things are moving a bit.
In here we are preparing for loss of harvest over the next years in case this eruption will last for months or even years. If the mountain Katla, which is only a few miles to the east of Eyjafjallajokull starts erupting, it will make this erupton look like a "campfire". This is a real possibility now because eruptions in Eyjafjallajokull mountain have been known to trigger eruptions in mount Katla. If that happens, we will not be having debate about if it is safe to fly in the UK like we do now, it will most likely not be safe or even clear enough to go VFR.
Thats that... Happy days.