Apparently Iceland is dealing with a massive and nasty volcano. Since that is within the territory of a Norse game, I did a double take when I actually watched tv for the first time in ages and there it was.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100417/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_iceland_volcano
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100417/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_iceland_volcano