It smells of sulfur and ash is falling.
Leaving to get my kid from school.
I know you’re busy and have far more important things to do, but I’d love to hear exactly what’s what in that regard, when you have time. I always figured there must be some Hawthorne effect going on, but 90% bullshit is waaay more than the Hawthorne effect could account for.
Stay safe, all y’all up there!
I would love to. I have some opinions. Send me a PM to remind me tomorrow and i will start a thread or you can start one on the Hawthorn Effect and I will post.
As far as the ash fall it is kinda wild. The most I have ever seen but probably still considered a trace to 1/16’"
It started snowing almost at the same time. And everyone in town was wearing respirators. With the heavy dirty snow (fallout) and most businesses closed for the evening due to ash it felt like drinking at the end of the world. It no longer smells of sulfur. Either we are use to it now or that wave passed. Seismic activity is still high.
Sure. Obviously, this is not a priority.
Looks like another significant eruption is happening now.
As far as I can tell the ash plume will head toward Anchorage.
Here is a link if anyone up likes to watch a seismograph of an active event.
Hey fifty-six, I’m glad that you made it home safely. I have a friend in Homer who is out cod fishing. I haven’t been able to raise him via cell phone, do you know when the season ends over there?
My oldest is living in Seward with her husband and toddler, and the next oldest is in Anchorage. I tried to talk to the kid in Seward today, but her cell service was really crappy. It’s nice to not have to deal with any ash fall, but I am concerned for the kids, and my friend.
It’s times like this which make me appreciate my volcano activity primer when Mt. St. Helens did her thing in the early '80’s.
Ash fall was light so I am assuming everyone is OK in all areas. It was still annoying though it got in my eyes and mouth before I put on my respirator. I think I will wear safety glasses next time. I would not have gone out except that it was at its worst when school was dismissing. Every kid had a mask on and my daughter said they basically did nothing today except listen to announcements concerning the volcano about walking home and stuff like that. By the end of the day my daughter said there were only 27 kids left in the whole school, well over 100 normally.
Cod fishing should be ending real soon if not already. I just saw a neighbor kid and he is done.
Cool, fifty-six, thanks for the come-back.
You and yours take care!
Anchorage got its first dusting from the eruption yesterday afternoon. Things are pretty gray and grainy this morning. It wasn’t enough to cause any problems and I hope things stay that way. I bought a box of N95 face masks, goggles, and a few rolls of duct tape way back when the warnings started and before the stores got cleaned out, so we’re prepared if it gets serious.
whoa
Yeah, last time Redoubt erupted, it went on for four months.
Yeah, “whoa”. They don’t do volcanoes where I live. I wasn’t sure what kind of supplies you’d need for dealing with the effects.
As noted, respirators and goggles for personal protection. Duct tape to seal windows and doors, plastic to cover all electronics, pantyhose for the car filter. And you still won’t keep it out.
Pardon me if this is a stupid question, but is it possible for the ash to travel to the East Coast and fall? I live in Alexandria, VA and was wondering if that could happen. :eek:
Sure, but it would be such minute amounts, you wouldn’t notice. The jet stream moves through this area of the world, so it could pick up amounts of ash and transport them quite a long distance.
We thankfully got a couple inches of snow last night (never thought I’d say that at the end of March!), which has covered up the ugliness for the time being. The lovely thing about volcanic ash is that it isn’t water soluble, and it never goes away. If one digs in the dirt here, one comes to a layer of ash from the last time Redoubt (and every other volcano in the area) erupted. It’s also abrasive, so you can’t just brush it off your car without scratching the paint. If you excavate in Kodiak, you run into a 3-foot layer of ash from when Novarupta blew back around 1912.