My gosh, was it really that long ago? We were living in Casper, WY and I remember our cars being smothered with the ash, that far away. Anyone with respiratory problems, etc. was advised to stay inside. My doc told me to stay home for a couple of days. It was hard to clean the ash off if one used water, I remember...it turned to a kind of sludge. It was very weird seeing the sky so dark, yet light with the colour of the ash; overcast with ash is not a normal weather pattern for WY!