Iceland? More like Fiery Volcano Land
You don't hear much about Iceland. They mustn't get up to much. Perhaps they are busy hiding under a thinly veiled disguise of being inhabitants of an "Iceland" when in truth, they should be known as "Volcanoland". Yes that does sound like a Disneyland attraction and perhaps it wouldn't do their trade relations any favours, but their secret is out now, Iceland has more fire than it does ice.
What is really interesting is how concerned we all are about our holiday plans going up in flames when the Icelanders are facing a veritable Armageddon. This is a volcano people! Just because we haven't heard of Icelanders doing anything doesn't mean they don't exist. Why are they showing people curled up asleep on airport counters? I want to see journalists trembling on the rim of the fiery crater, eyes burning, microphone melting as they report on the sulphurous chaos.
Nearby, the nation of Greenland has been fooling us for a long time too. That name is a marketing gimmick designed to fool people into thinking they might be buying real estate in a lush, fertile paradise. Google Earth soon puts those false assumptions to rest. The Greenlanders have so little greenery they need to import the stuff just to remind themselves what it is.
Global warming is quickly changing that so I guess they get off the hook. How lucky is that. Let's hope the volcano action in Iceland is not going to continue for too much longer though because if you blot out the sun that lovely new found turf in Greenland won't last long.
What is really interesting is how concerned we all are about our holiday plans going up in flames when the Icelanders are facing a veritable Armageddon. This is a volcano people! Just because we haven't heard of Icelanders doing anything doesn't mean they don't exist. Why are they showing people curled up asleep on airport counters? I want to see journalists trembling on the rim of the fiery crater, eyes burning, microphone melting as they report on the sulphurous chaos.
Nearby, the nation of Greenland has been fooling us for a long time too. That name is a marketing gimmick designed to fool people into thinking they might be buying real estate in a lush, fertile paradise. Google Earth soon puts those false assumptions to rest. The Greenlanders have so little greenery they need to import the stuff just to remind themselves what it is.
Global warming is quickly changing that so I guess they get off the hook. How lucky is that. Let's hope the volcano action in Iceland is not going to continue for too much longer though because if you blot out the sun that lovely new found turf in Greenland won't last long.
