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/

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So is this a TEOTWAWKI moment or ho-hum?

Maybe someplace in between.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Some nice pictures here.

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

cool.