Last year it was the gas crisis that provided a new experience for us here. This morning, we woke to a layer of dust on everything. The air was thick, and the sky appeared hazy. At first I thought it was sand from the beach on the floor. The Mero sand is black and very fine, which matched the dust coating that greeted us this morning. Then after we loaded up the car to get the kids off to school, we noticed that many people were wearing masks or covering their mouths with cloths.
When we got to school, we heard that the neighboring island of Montserrat had a volcanic eruption. This dust was volcanic ash.
We did our best to keep the ash out of the apartment and from coating everything, but it was not a battle we could win, so we gave into it, making sure that cameras, our laptop and other sensitive electronics were protected. Everything else just became gritty – even the food. Walking barefoot is like having a 220 grit sandpaper floor.
Ironically, Dominica is believed to have one of the highest concentrations of active volcanoes in the world. Yet the ash that’s falling here is from one of the neighboring islands.
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Amazing! I was just reading about volcanoes with my daughter, Anna. I had no idea Montserrat was so close. Guess I should have looked on a map! I hope things have settled down with the dust. The pictures are wonderful! Miss you guys!
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