"Iceland is safe"

[wellinghall]

"An eruption very seldom occurs, and even when it does, it occupies but a small tract of time. Travellers cannot therefore be much obstructed by it." Horrebow, The Natural History of Iceland; reported in Auden & MacNeice, Letters from Iceland.

Comments

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

This has been more or less true - as long as one is actually in, and not desirous of leaving, Iceland...

I believe it's been a pain for the Faeroes, though.

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

I should forward this quote to my former dormmates who were stuck in Sicily on a field trip, but my survival instincts warn me against sending that mail...

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Someone just had to say it, didn't they!