But it’s starting to look like it’ll be soon:
If Mt. Redoubt blows, Alaskans may get a light show
The volcano watch for Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt continues apace.
According to the Anchorage Daily News:
An observation flight by scientists this afternoon reported no sign of ash emission yet, but discovered significant steaming from a new melt depression at the mouth of the summit crater….
That flight took place Jan. 30.
Not much to add to this, except that: volcanoes are pretty cool, and if there’s an eruption where no-one gets hurt it’d be an interesting and educational thing to see. So if you live near Mt. Redoubt, move well away from the area, please. Let’s not have another Mount St. Helens
Crossposted at Moe Lane.
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If it erupts this weekend
Josh Painter (Diary) Saturday, January 31st at 12:24PM EST (link)it will be Sarah Palin’s fault for being in Washington in her state’s desperate time of need. Almost as bad as Bushitler’s hate crime against the poor katrina victims.
Oh, the humanity!
- JP
“An armed society is a polite society” – Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)
Latest on Mt. Redoubt eruption here:
Achance (Diary) Sunday, February 1st at 2:32PM EST (link)http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/674643.html
I was at Anchorage airport when the KLM 747 that hit the ash cloud landed in ’89. I’d already been stuck there a few days because of bad weather in Juneau. Ultimately took me 11 days to make it from ANC to Juneau, via Seattle, nine of them with no bags and only my American Express card – Alaska ATM cards wouldn’t work down south back then and I’m not even sure if I had one.
The 747 looked like it had been sandblasted and the passengers looked like they’d been through Hell. I’ve had some airplane adventures, but coming down from over thirty – thousand feet with the engines snuffed by ash must have been one Helluva ride, especially without knowing whether they could restart them. Best I recall they finally got an air start at about 8000 feet.
If Redoubt blows with a big cloud it will disrupt World air traffic, not just Alaska since ANC is the major refueling point for cargo on the Great Circle route to the Orient. Also, most over the Pole or great circle passenger flights use ANC as a waypoint and emergency landing spot though they can re-route.
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