Something kinda exciting and potentially frightening started this weekend. Mt. Redoubt a volcano which lies across Cook Inlet about 100 miles had a series of small tremors within the cone starting yesterday.
From the AVO
"
REDOUBT VOLCANO (CAVW #1103-03-)
60°29'7" N 152°44'38" W, Summit Elevation 10197 ft (3108 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: ADVISORY
Current Aviation Color Code: YELLOW
Earlier this morning, AVO elevated the Aviation Color Code to YELLOW and the Volcano Alert Level to ADVISORY at Redoubt Volcano. Beginning about 4:00 pm AKDT on December 27 (0100 December 28 UTC), small repetitive earthquakes began to occur in the vicinity of the volcano's summit. Activity is continuing this morning; these earthquakes are very small and have decreased in frequency overnight. These earthquakes represent a departure from seismicity at the volcano over the past five months. (See http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webicorders/Redoubt/RSO_EHZ_AV.php). Clouds currently obscure web camera and satellite views of the volcano.
These earthquakes could be precursory to renewed eruptive activity at the volcano and increased instability of the lava dome. Whether this will result in explosive activity or collapse of the lava dome is unknown at this time. However, there is a heightened possibility of volcanic activity that would produce a volcanic ash cloud and associated ash fall, pyroclastic avalanches, and lahars and flooding down the Drift River.
AVO is monitoring the situation closely and will attempt to overfly the volcano when weather allows.
Heavily ice-mantled Redoubt volcano is located on the western side of Cook Inlet, 170 km (106 mi) southwest of Anchorage and 82 km (51 mi) west of Kenai, within Lake Clark National Park. Redoubt is a stratovolcano which rises to 10,197 feet above sea level. Recent eruptions occurred in 1902, 1966-68, 1989-90, and 2009. The 1989-90 and 2009 eruptions produced mudflows, or lahars, that traveled down the Drift River and partially flooded the Drift River Oil Terminal facility. The ash plumes produced by the 1989-90 and 2009 eruptions significantly disrupted air traffic and resulted in minor or trace amounts of ash in the city of Anchorage and other communities in south-central and interior Alaska."
If you'd like to read more go here. About halfway down the page on the right you'll find the seismic readouts, labeled RSAM. It gives a good picture of what is happening now versus the period in which Redoubt erupted in April. Pretty cool stuff, something I'll be keeping an eye on.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
About time
I'm not sure how but it has been two weeks since my last post...
The town is abuzz with life as the Anchorage International Film Festival is in full swing. I missed the opening weekend but will be checking out some of the entries this weekend. Most notably I'm interested in the "about Alaska by Alaska films". I'm typically not real big on movies as I haven't been to the theater in awhile, actually I guess it was this summer. Any way I enjoy catching movies on TV that I know nothing about. In a way the AIFF is the same as I know nothing about the majority of these films and have only read about a couple. I'm looking forward to it.
The weather has been mild, typically in the teens or twenties. We haven't had snow since Thanksgiving weekend, so my snowman, oh yeah I built a snowman, has not grown any and is waiting for fresh snow for his arms. He is no Snowzilla, "Oh this snowman has had a very trying year, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept him, well, I guess that's more than most 16 foot tall snowman can handle...Snowzilla" No word on Snowzillas return this year...
The city has been socked in by fog for the past few days. I think they call it inversion, basically it is warmer up in the mountains around town and the cold air has sunk into the bowl. LA, Vegas and the like deal with the same thing only they have smog. Everything around town has what appears to be a bad case of freezer burn. Basically tiny ice particles that have frozen out of the fog. Tree limbs, pine needs, mailboxes, the 1982 Datsun Camper that has been parked outside for weeks, everything.
BTW, this will probably come as big news to most of you, but for those that know of my outstanding athletic abilities it should be no shock. I will be competing in the next winter Olympics. Not this year in Vancouver or Whistler, well somewhere in BC, but the next time. I will be competing in the event where you cross country ski and shoot things. This weekend I plan on finding the nearest Play it Again Sports and purchasing a pair of XCountry Skis. The rifle will come much later. Get ready folks, picture it, podium, snow falling, me, medal, draped in the flag, all the while in the background, SnS. After the National Anthem of course...
The town is abuzz with life as the Anchorage International Film Festival is in full swing. I missed the opening weekend but will be checking out some of the entries this weekend. Most notably I'm interested in the "about Alaska by Alaska films". I'm typically not real big on movies as I haven't been to the theater in awhile, actually I guess it was this summer. Any way I enjoy catching movies on TV that I know nothing about. In a way the AIFF is the same as I know nothing about the majority of these films and have only read about a couple. I'm looking forward to it.
The weather has been mild, typically in the teens or twenties. We haven't had snow since Thanksgiving weekend, so my snowman, oh yeah I built a snowman, has not grown any and is waiting for fresh snow for his arms. He is no Snowzilla, "Oh this snowman has had a very trying year, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept him, well, I guess that's more than most 16 foot tall snowman can handle...Snowzilla" No word on Snowzillas return this year...
The city has been socked in by fog for the past few days. I think they call it inversion, basically it is warmer up in the mountains around town and the cold air has sunk into the bowl. LA, Vegas and the like deal with the same thing only they have smog. Everything around town has what appears to be a bad case of freezer burn. Basically tiny ice particles that have frozen out of the fog. Tree limbs, pine needs, mailboxes, the 1982 Datsun Camper that has been parked outside for weeks, everything.
BTW, this will probably come as big news to most of you, but for those that know of my outstanding athletic abilities it should be no shock. I will be competing in the next winter Olympics. Not this year in Vancouver or Whistler, well somewhere in BC, but the next time. I will be competing in the event where you cross country ski and shoot things. This weekend I plan on finding the nearest Play it Again Sports and purchasing a pair of XCountry Skis. The rifle will come much later. Get ready folks, picture it, podium, snow falling, me, medal, draped in the flag, all the while in the background, SnS. After the National Anthem of course...
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