So, a big volcano started to erupt in Iceland. What does it have to do with us, on the other side of the world.
EVERYTHING it appears.
It is similar to a world crisis of oil: because the ash from the [crazy named volcano] (and they wonder why Icelandic is the hardest language to learn in the world) has floated across the airspace in Europe, it has stopped the movement of hundreds of thousands of people wishing to get on airplanes. This will interrupt imports, business meetings, and will bring Europe almost to a pre-commercial flight time.
This affects us because, in New Zealand (not sure about Australia) we import a number of goods, and are not fully self sufficient. This also affects our exports (a large amount of our dollars comes from this) and the tourism industry of Europeans to NZ.
How long will this volcano continue to spew ash into the atmosphere? Only God knows that. How long will it take for the ash to subside so that flights will resume? Even longer than that.
What to do in the meantime? Pray for the volcano, pray for the people disrupted, and pray for those whose insurance won't cover their extended stays in other countries.
Lets just hope that it all will blow over soon.
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