Sorry for my extremely verbose answer earlier patorak3d.  I was very tired.  People who live in the towns closest to the volcano are advised to stay indoors and not to go outside without covering their faces.  The ashfall is so thick there that at times they can't even see the house next door.

I live far away from the volcano and the air here is pretty clear at the moment but the atmosphere is eerie.  There are strong winds and when I went outside this morning leaves were blowing around.  It feels like we've skipped summer and went straight from spring to autumn.

The eruption is still going strong and scientists say it will propably remain so for the next few days.  This is troubling as the ash has now spread to Scotland and parts of the UK and airlines have started cancelling their flights in those regions.  This is not likely to increase our popularity ;)

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