Republican Tim O'Connell, a state representative, says he thinks it is at least six months, if not a year, too early for the current level ofintensity and activity.
Although the current eruption of Eyjafjallajoekull in Iceland appears not to be comparable in intensity to those of Laki and Tambora, it will have some effects, such as those on air travel, that were never realized back in those simpler times.