Americans are seeing something radically new in the news that they rarely see… satellite photographs of Europe.Wait a minute…Where??!!
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano (no, I can’t pronounce it either) in Iceland has erupted sending an atmospheric ash plume over northern Europe, bringing airline traffic virtually to a standstill.
Now normally anything that happens in Europe, actually anywhere outside the good ol’ US of A, is of no interest whatsoever to most Americans. So then why has the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption garnered any news airtime at all?
Because it affected Americans – American tourists and American dollars!
It is estimated that New York is losing tourism dollars due to 12,000 fewer tourists a day. And of course, this European problem is causing Americans to not be able to return home, forcing them instead to cough up more Euros as they camp out in luxury hotels waiting for their canceled flights to be reinstated. Awwwww.
The frightening thing is that most Americans can't find Iceland on a map, let alone the European continent. Case in point...
And it only gets worse...
