While this is a horrific event for most all of Java, it seems that Gunung Kelud was smiling on Bali, because, if this latest eruption occurred during the dry season, Bali would have been in a serious mess.
The easterly to westerly wet season trade winds carried Kelud's ash as far away as Bandung, some 680 kilometers west of Gunung Kelod, while our little island sits only half that distance to the east and we could very well have had accumulations of 3 to 5 cm of ash over much of Bali, had Kelud waited a few months.
Our prayers for our brothers in Java, and our offerings to Gunung Agung that it stays in a deep sleep.