Volcano

TheMercenary · 03-29-2009, 09:54 AM

Interesting bit from one of my Buds.

2009-03-28 19:36:47 - VAN/VONA

Another explosive eruption of Redoubt volcano occurred at approximately 19:23 AKDT (03:23 UTC). NWS reports a radar cloud top above 45,000 ft above sea level.

You can stay posted on all the Alaska volcanos at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

shamelessly copied verbatium

slang · 03-30-2009, 04:57 AM

So is this a TEOTWAWKI moment or ho-hum?

Maybe someplace in between.

TheMercenary · 03-30-2009, 08:21 AM

I don't think so, but it was an interesting geologic event. The Alaska chain is one of the most active in the Ring of Fire.

sugarpop · 03-30-2009, 06:36 PM

If it was up to Bobby Jindal you wouldn't be able to monitor volcanos.

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2009, 09:10 AM

To be fair, he just couldn't figure out what it was. If someone had pointed him to a dictionary, he might have been more supportive.

classicman · 03-31-2009, 11:10 AM

And he is a friggin Governor. whew! He is a shpecial one, that he is.

Sheldonrs · 03-31-2009, 11:44 AM

A giant, steaming hole in Alaska spewing gas and darkening the skies.
And she's still the gov.

TheMercenary · 04-06-2009, 02:30 AM

Quote:

A pain in the ash: Volcano irritates Alaskans

Apr 5, 1:23 PM (ET)

By MARY PEMBERTON

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Mount Redoubt is getting under the skin of Alaska, and it's not just the irritation caused by volcanic ash.

For residents of Alaska's largest city, living near an active volcano means sometimes wearing air-filtration masks and stretching panty hose over the air intake of cars and trucks.

The volcano also brings daily uncertainty about whether it will blow and, if it does, where the ash will go.

"I would like it to have a big boom and get it over with," said Brad Sandison, a retired truck driver and avid cyclist who carries a face mask and goggles whenever he rides just in case the volcano starts spewing ash.

The mountain 100 miles southwest of Anchorage tends to erupt every decade or so and belch ash for months. Geologists have recorded at least 19 eruptions since March 22, including one on Saturday.

So far, Mount Redoubt's almost daily ash clouds have canceled hundreds of airline flights, reduced the number of shipments flowing through a huge FedEx cargo facility and cut shipments of fresh Alaskan seafood.

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090405/D97CEHUG0.html

dar512 · 04-06-2009, 11:46 AM

Some nice pictures here.

TheMercenary · 04-06-2009, 11:51 AM

Great photo's dar! That third pic is pretty ominous. And damm the lightning ones as well.

sugarpop · 04-10-2009, 08:58 AM

cool.

03-29-2009, 09:54 AM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Volcano Interesting bit from one of my Buds. 2009-03-28 19:36:47 - VAN/VONA Another explosive eruption of Redoubt volcano occurred at approximately 19:23 AKDT (03:23 UTC). NWS reports a radar cloud top above 45,000 ft above sea level. You can stay posted on all the Alaska volcanos at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/ shamelessly copied verbatium __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-30-2009, 08:21 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I don't think so, but it was an interesting geologic event. The Alaska chain is one of the most active in the Ring of Fire. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-31-2009, 09:10 AM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	To be fair, he just couldn't figure out what it was. If someone had pointed him to a dictionary, he might have been more supportive. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-31-2009, 11:10 AM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	And he is a friggin Governor. whew! He is a shpecial one, that he is. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-31-2009, 11:44 AM	#7
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	A giant, steaming hole in Alaska spewing gas and darkening the skies. And she's still the gov. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-30-2009, 04:57 AM	#2
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	So is this a TEOTWAWKI moment or ho-hum? Maybe someplace in between.

03-30-2009, 06:36 PM	#4
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	If it was up to Bobby Jindal you wouldn't be able to monitor volcanos.

04-06-2009, 11:46 AM	#9
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Some nice pictures here. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

04-06-2009, 11:51 AM	#10
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Great photo's dar! That third pic is pretty ominous. And damm the lightning ones as well. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

04-10-2009, 08:58 AM	#11
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	cool.

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