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Mt. Redoubt Volcano Has Finally Erupted
Alaska Volcano Observatoroy ^
| March 22, 2009
| Self
Posted on 03/23/2009 12:26:00 AM PDT by redhead
Mt. Redoubt Volcano has finally erupted. At about 10:30 pm, local time. Not much of a blowout, and it's too dark to see anything, but it has finally occurred.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; catastrophism; redoubt; volcano
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posted on
03/23/2009 12:26:00 AM PDT
by
redhead
To: redhead
Check the source link for an information page with graphs, warning/alert status, and webcams during daylight hours.
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posted on
03/23/2009 12:27:19 AM PDT
by
redhead
(Don't look at ME! I voted for SARAH!)
To: redhead
Any threats to be away of? Thanks for the breaking news link.
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posted on
03/23/2009 12:28:12 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: GOP Poet
Not that I know of. The Observatory website updates every few minutes, though. Check the link above to find out what they are recommending. Kenai is probably recommending masks and eye protection, no unnecessary driving, etc. I don’t know at this point. Nothing much to worry about here in Wasilla, it’s about 150 miles away.
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posted on
03/23/2009 12:40:28 AM PDT
by
redhead
(Don't look at ME! I voted for SARAH!)
To: redhead
Oh goodie!!! Just what I need to make this enjoyable (groan) moving experience that much better...
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:13:40 AM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: redhead
Ash might be an issue....
6
posted on
03/23/2009 1:26:27 AM PDT
by
Danae
(Amerikan Unity My Ass)
To: Danae
2009-03-22 23:20:21
Current estimate for eruption cloud height are 50,000 ft above sea level.
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:29:16 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Americans have truly let America down. A sad day.)
To: redhead
Just got back from the lava flow from Kilauea...absolutely amazing.
Will be taking a 4 am hike tomorrow (to avoid the Rangers and get a lot closer).
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:30:55 AM PDT
by
Boiling Pots
(The Politicians think we're all stupid, and they're largely correct.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Aloha Night Owl!
Waiting's over.....use a soft cloth to clean your windshield in the morning. Volcanic ash is abrasive.
9
posted on
03/23/2009 1:32:17 AM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
To: redhead
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:41:54 AM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: BIGLOOK; DieHard the Hunter
Been following it....50,000' and ash headed north.
Courtesy of RYAN BIERMA / Alaska Volcano Observatory / USGS.... Alaska Volcano Observatory geologist Ryan Bierma poses near the survey marker for GPS station RREF on the east flank of Mount Redoubt March 18,2009. The volcanic activity at Redoubt rose markedly March 22, AVO staff reported.
Animation of possible cloud path
Mount Redoubt erupts for third time
By GEORGE BRYSON
gbryson@adn.com
Published: March 22nd, 2009 11:33 PM
Last Modified: March 23rd, 2009 12:49 AM
Long threatenting Mount Redoubt erupted about 10:38 p.m. Sunday, then again at 11:02 p.m., and 12:14 a.m. today sending an ash cloud an estimated 50,000 feet into the air.
Winds were expected to carry the ash plume north toward the Susitna Valley, possibly missing Anchorage to the east, the National Weather Service said.
“It looks like (Anchorage) might dodge the bullet,” Alaska Volcano Observatory geophysicist Peter Cervelli said.
Observatory staffers notified Federal Aviation Adminiistration officials immediately followiing the eruption.
More story
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:56:25 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
12
posted on
03/23/2009 2:15:08 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: redhead
Whoa!
They were warning about this on the 5 oclock news here in Seattle. Something like 100+ quakes today!
Still trying to find a realtime seismogram station near there, if anybody has a pointer, please let me know!
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posted on
03/23/2009 2:15:54 AM PDT
by
djf
(Sara Haines finally confessed her love... sorry, sweetheart, I already lost interest...)
To: Paleo Conservative; geologist
“Anchorage! Anchorage! This is it!”
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posted on
03/23/2009 2:25:12 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: redhead
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posted on
03/23/2009 2:26:47 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: redhead; All
If you don’t have an army surplus or surgical face mask type thingy, a suitable replacement can be fabricated from coffee filters!
Just be very careful. A high percentage of volcanic ash is actually microscopic glass crystals.
Might make for a very bad hair day.
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posted on
03/23/2009 2:30:41 AM PDT
by
djf
(Sara Haines finally confessed her love... sorry, sweetheart, I already lost interest...)
To: djf
Webicorder I can't tell if it is realtime, but it does update.
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posted on
03/23/2009 2:32:34 AM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: Kathy in Alaska
I just got back on my puter, saw the news, checked out AVO and the ash trajectory, woke up my wife and listened to her scream and moan about this, apparently she has the duty to cover up over all the schools computers every day for the last month when Redoubt started its first rumblings, then AVO dropped the status warning to yellow a few days ago so she put all the covers back in storage.
The school she works at is about 8 miles north of Wasilla, for now it also looks like it may miss us, usually the wind patterns have been more NW right over me just a bit south of Houston.
At least I have spare air filter for the vehicles, if it really gets bad we are sealing up the house and staying put.
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posted on
03/23/2009 2:32:36 AM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
To: Danae
Ash might be an issue....
Your right, Too much ash is not good for the heart.
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posted on
03/23/2009 2:33:56 AM PDT
by
chainsaw
(If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
To: BIGLOOK
use a soft cloth to clean your windshield in the morning. Volcanic ash is abrasive.
Do not clean with a cloth. Just hose it off, or you will be buying a new windshield.
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posted on
03/23/2009 2:37:06 AM PDT
by
chainsaw
(If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
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