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If this is no exageration, and there really was no summer after Laki 1783, there'd be massive famine globally if it happened again. To grow crops, you need a certain frost free period, otherwise there can be no crop. I'm wondering if it is indeed an exageration, because if this did happen...

Might be talking about the 1783 Laki eruption? http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/article/Iceland/Laki-Volcano-Eruption-Iceland/529 See ya's.

It's still going? The iceland volcano is not even newsworthy anymore. It disrupted airlines for a week or two. Even grain prices spiked a bit but have dropped back down. But it's still going, causing problems. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7127706.ece...

Have a read of this as to what happened in 1783,.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1268405/And-thought-THIS-eruption-nasty-When-Icelandic-volcano-erupted-1783-feared-end-world-.html Global grain prices have already risen 5% on the current volcano. I suppose given the...