One side effect of the dust that settled- - - - -ceramics hobbyists and pottery businesses discovered that it made some of the best quality pottery glazing material they had ever used. There was a big business for quite a while, collecting the volcanic ash and selling it to pottery shops.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!