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I read an article earlier that the real threat from the as-yet dormant Mt. Katla volcano is that there is allegedly a historic pattern of Mt. Eyjafjallajökull's eruptions melting a glacier covering Mt. Katla, which reduces the pressure holding down the magma on Mt. Katla and so gets it to erupt too. And Mt. Katla's eruptions purportedly are bigger and of longer duration than those of Mt. Eyjafjallajökull.

I read a story today that the eruption of Mt. Eyjafjallajökull might last for weeks, and interrupt European air travel for weeks. Make that months if Mt. Katla erupts too.

The article I read earlier this week also said that Mt. Katla's past eruptions have been so big as to reduce the northern hemisphere's crop growing season for a year or two. Not just Europe's crop season, but that of the whole northern hemisphere. Let's hope Mt. Katla stays dormant.

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"The article I read earlier this week also said that Mt. Katla's past eruptions have been so big as to reduce the northern hemisphere's crop growing season for a year or two. Not just Europe's crop season, but that of the whole northern hemisphere. Let's hope Mt. Katla stays dormant. "

That was my point for saying, "Got Milk."

Informed people will make a bee-line to the supermarkets the minute they hear that Katla has blown...this will cause a worldwide food panic, like we've never seen.
(I will buy some (more) storeable food supplies tonight and beat the rush, ahem)

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Eyjafjallajökull Ash Cloud Could Cripple UK Food Imports Within Days

" Eyjafjallajökull could have a severe impact on UK food imports, with foreign fruit and vegetables like pineapple and baby sweet corn already seeing shortages, according to The Guardian."

"Other produce under threat includes lettuce, grapes, and asparagus."

What effect on prices?