Will Trade Volcano for Prom Gown

Who knew how much inconvenience a volcano could wreak?

Example (based on a true story):
You're a teenage girl living in Alaska. This means you're probably going to go to a prom or fancy dance at some point. But then, so are the 10,000 other teenage girls living in your local area. There are approximately 2 stores stocking prom dresses in the entire state of Alaska and one of those is a consignment shop... so it stocks dresses purchased at the other store which have already been worn at least once.

Not wanting to be a prom clone, you do what 9,825 other girls are doing in your area. You order your dress from Outside. Probably off Ebay.

Enter volcanic plume.

Unfortunately for you, the local volcano has chosen the weeks prior to your prom to begin erupting repeatedly. This means very few UPS or Fedex flights are getting through to Anchorage. Your dress will be safely stowed in Seattle until the ash plume dissipates. You'll hopefully have it in time for the 4th of July picnic. But even that might be optimistic.

Off to the consignment shop for you.