Simple. They rely on idle individuals to send world-wide without a ten second web check. Actually, a common sense check takes less that that.

Agree.

I have pictures of volcanic ash damage as well as sand ingestion damage (there is a difference) but I'm darn sure in todays environment that the half-experts who troll web sites would take them out of context and spew them throughout the web in order to support their own expertise among the ignorant.

Just once I saw what can happen when one of my photos was taken out of context and ended up on Snopes ... hopefully never again.

This is the sort of fallout to be worried about :eek:

Last pic on the slideshow

BBC News - In pictures: Volcanos erupt in Ecuador and Guatemala