Rest of the post aside, in case anyone is wondering the "blackened skies two thousand miles away" bit is literal truth. We literally saw darker skies in a way t

Rest of the post aside, in case anyone is wondering the "blackened skies two thousand miles away" bit is literal truth. We literally saw darker skies in a way that is impossible to take for regular city pollution. I recall ash falling from the sky due to a small volcanic eruption from really, really far away when I was a child. Seeing the sky gray and feeling the air "stickier" reminded me of that, I had completely forgotten