It seems the only concern most media reports have today about the eruptions of April’s Volcano in Iceland is the cost it has had on travel and tourism. There is little or nothing said about the effects it has had on food distribution and supply.
A cloud of ash covers everything, including farm lands and the food growing in the fields. That means food will be contaminated.I’m sure the ash can be cleaned off from the food but what about the contaminants in ground water and soil. What better reason do you need to grow your food in a controlled environment like your own greenhouse and your own soil and water supply?
If plans and cargo are grounded because of ash getting into engines, then how will the food from around the world be delivered. Since President Obama and Congress are trying to control food growing in America and limit it to only controlled growers, then we can’t buy from the neighborhood fruit and vegetable stands to save money. This also means local grocers cannot purchase from local vendors and suppliers, again raising the cost of food.
Mount St. Helen blew in 1980 and spewed ash for hundreds of miles. Salem Oregon residents reported that, at the time, there was two inches of ash on their cars. The May 18, 1980, eruption was the most destructive in the history of the United States.
“Downwind of the volcano, in areas of thick ash accumulation, many agricultural crops, such as wheat, apples, potatoes, and alfalfa, were destroyed. Many crops survived, however, in areas blanketed by only a thin covering of ash. In fact, the apple and wheat production in 1980 was higher than normal due to greater-than-average summer precipitation. The crusting of ash also helped to retain soil moisture through the summer. Moreover, in the long term, the ash may provide beneficial chemical nutrients to the soils of eastern Washington, which themselves were formed of older glacial deposits that contain a significant ash component. Effects of the ash fall on the water quality of streams, lakes, and rivers were short lived and minor.
“The ash fall, however, did pose some temporary major problems for transportation operations and for sewage-disposal and water-treatment systems. Because visibility was greatly decreased during the ash fall, many highways and roads were closed to traffic, some only for a few hours, but others for weeks. Interstate 90 from Seattle to Spokane, Washington, was closed for a week. Air transportation was disrupted for a few days to 2 weeks as several airports in eastern Washington shut down due to ash accumulation and attendant poor visibility. Over a thousand commercial flights were cancelled following airport closures.
The fine-grained, gritty ash caused substantial problems for internal-combustion engines and other mechanical and electrical equipment. The ash contaminated oil systems, clogged air filters, and scratched moving surfaces. Fine ash caused short circuits in electrical transformers, which in turn caused power blackouts. The sewage-disposal systems of several municipalities that received about half an inch or more of ash, such as Moses Lake and Yakima, Washington, were plagued by ash clogging and damage to pumps, filters, and other equipment. Fortunately, as these same cities used deep wells and closed storage, their water-supply systems were only minimally affected.” Quote from USGS, Science for a changing world.
It is easy to conclude that, in the case of volcanic activity in your area or not, you will be affected in a variety of ways. It only makes sense to consider the affects of world eruptions as well as those in the United States like Yellowstone and Mt. Rainier.
This report is not meant to scare you to death and cause you fear about future calamity; just walking down the street today possibly could be catastrophic to you. The point is that we need to store food and have non-hybrid seeds and small greenhouses to plant and grow our own food in a crisis of any magnitude. In other words, being prepared provides peace of mind.
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