Volcanic Ashes in Iceland disrupting air traffic

Recently, I have been reading the newspapers and I was shocked when I heard a huge volcano had erupted in Iceland and caused Air traffic to be disrupted for a long time.

An enormous ash cloud from a remote Icelandic volcano caused the biggest flight disruption since the 2001 as it drifted over northern Europe and stranded travelers on six continents. According to officials, it could take days for the skies to become safe again in one of aviation's most congested areas.

The cloud, floating kilometers above Earth were capable of knocking out jet engines and wrecked travel plans for tens of thousands of people, from tourists and business travelers to politicians and royals.

Non-emergency flights in Britain were canceled, and most stayed grounded until at least midday Friday. Authorities in Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Belgium also closed their air space. France shut down 24 airports and Germany's Berlin and Hamburg were shut and several flights out of the U.S. had to double back.

This has caused caused airlines direct losses of more than one billion euros. The ash cloud also caused a lot of people to be stranded in other countries.

I feel that man is overly reliant on nature to provide for his needs. This can be shown by the fact that once a volcano erupts, man is helpless and have to be stranded in other countries and suffer losses.