Alaska Volcano Redoubt Is Erupting

[PearliePoo2]

Source: Alaska Volcano Observatory

The Alaska Volcano Observatory is reporting Mount Redoubt started erupting at 22:38 AKDT 3/22/09.
Aviation color code is now red. The ash cloud is presently estimated at 20,000 feet.

No link yet.

[PearliePoo2]

1. Eruption Cloud is now at 50,000 feet

[BadgerKid]

38. But can Palin see it from her house? n/t

[Aristus]

49. Hey, it's happening in Alaska; that makes her an instant expert in vulcanology.

B-)

[Rekoning7]

73. Not fair

I have been following Redoubt on http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php since I first heard about the activity starting, and even occasionally sharing emails with the scientists emails.

The funny thing is... that I actually CALLED this. If anyone remembers about a week or so ago the activity ceased more or less. I told the experts that this was the calm before the storm. Thats funny.. I'm not a geologist or anything but I am glad that everyone had plenty of time to prepare and/or evacuate.

What I do not think is fair is to go after someone personally, as funny as a biased point of view is.

What I am trying to say is that a volcano is a deadly disaster, a natural disaster happening in one of our States... jokes aren't called for. Granted I doubt anyone was harmed yet or will be... but ashfall is very destructive and deadly to breathe... it is basically microscopic razor blade carbon (fwiw, im sure Redoubt has surpassed its carbon output allowance)

But what I am REALLY trying to say... is that in my expert comical opinion... this comment wasn't funny in the least... and I am frankly offended at its lameness. Do better next time Aristus.


Besides, they interviewed Palin about the eruption this afternoon, to which she promply replied:

"You sir , are full of horsehockey! Ive seen every episode! There was NO Vulcan named Redoubt, and certainly NONE of them exploded! okiedokie then?"

Then the reporter shot himself

[Aristus]

81. You had me going with your poutrage there for a while...

I was about ready with some poutrage of my own; namely, that we in Washington State did the whole mountain eruption, suffocating ash, deadly pyroclastic flows thing nearly thirty years ago, and joked about it then, too.

Funny joke, although not very realistic. Any self-respecting reporter would shoot himself BEFORE having to interview Caribou Barbie...

[carlyhippy]

84. snorts

Carly

[L. Coyote]

43. Mount Redoubt volcano 'in full eruption'

Monday, March 23, 2009, 12:47
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano 'in full eruption'
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0323/breaking29.htm


Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted with four large explosions last night that shot a huge plume of gas and smoke 15 kilometres into the air and sent ash drifting toward the state's largest city Anchorage.

"It is in full eruption," said Matthew Haney, a research geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Mount Redoubt, which is some 170 kilometres from Anchorage, rises 3,108 metres above the Kenai Peninsula. About 50,000 people live on the peninsula within 80 kilometres of the mountain and it is one of the most densely populated areas of the state.

The National Weather Service issued an ash-fall advisory and some flights into Anchorage airport have been canceled.

[Why Syzygy]

57. AP link

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hcWJaxwgurm_TV9AVcObQBWbS25QD973Q1P80

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times

By MARY PEMBERTON – 51 minutes ago

WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years.

Residents in the state's largest city were spared from falling ash, though fine gray dust was falling Monday morning on small communities north of Anchorage.

"It's coming down," Rita Jackson, 56, said early Monday morning at a 24-hour grocery store in Willow, about 50 miles north of Anchorage. She slid her fingers across the hood of her car, through a dusting of ash.

Ash from Alaska's volcanos is like a rock fragment with jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. It can injure skin, eyes and breathing passages. The young, the elderly and people with respiratory problems are especially susceptible to ash-related health problems. Ash can also cause damage engines in planes, cars and other vehicles.

Alaska Airlines on Monday canceled 19 flights in and out of the Anchorage international airport because of the ash.

[roguevalley]

2. oh crap. oh crap. I hate it when they go off. I have four of them within a short

distance from me and they keep going off. inconsiderate fuckers, them. :) go to adn.com

[dkf]

3. I guess this is normal then?

[roguevalley]

83. redoubt pops about every ten years and the others more or less

more often.

[PearliePoo2]

5. The Alaska Weather Service is reporting

ash is falling in the Sisitna Valley including the cities of Talkeetna, Willow and Cantwell.

[goclark]

23. So sorry to hear this ~ a question

Did Sarah Paalin name her daughter after the town of Willow?

It's a pretty name, just asking.

[JHB]

30. After he dream babysitter

[roguevalley]

82. its going north and northwest so far. denali will get most of it. right

now I feel the ions and the smell is just slight.

[JayMusgrove]

40. Thanks for this news and the

links and comments on this thread.

[sakabatou]

4. So who wanted volcano monitoring to be cut?

Oh right: Republicans. I hope everyone stays safe.

[bulloney]

10. Speaking of which, where's Bobby Jindal been since the blowback from his Mr. Rogers audition?

[SpiralHawk]

20. "We were against it before we were for it, or whatever." - Sarah Pale Horse (R)

"You got a problem with a little Republicon flip-floppery?

"Good Republicon Homelander BEELIEVERS understand that this is, um, a sign from Gee-ho-ver. Smirk."

- Sarah Pale Horse (R)

[greyl]

6. Links:

Alaska Volcano Observatory: www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php

Twitter Updates: http://twitter.com/alaska_avo

Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mount%20Redoubt%20alaska&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

[Lasher]

7. Here's a news clip from CNN

Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupts

(CNN) -- Mount Redoubt, a volcano in southern Alaska, began erupting late Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The eruption, starting about 11:38 p.m. Sunday local time (2:38 a.m. Monday EDT), was obscured by darkness and snow. But the initial height of the eruption cloud was estimated at less than 20,000 feet above sea level, the USGS said.

With the eruption, mudflows were possible on the Drift and Crescent Rivers, and ashfall was likely near and downwind from the volcano, the USGS said.

Earlier Sunday in Alaska, researchers had raised the monitoring status for the volcano, which was showing increased seismic activity.

"It is possible for unrest at the volcano to change rapidly, and seismic activity or other signs of unrest could escalate culminating in an eruption within days to weeks," a statement said at the time.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/23/alaska.volcano/?iref=mpstoryview

[Sancho]

8. Shouldn't Jindal get a framed photo?

:dem:

[uppityperson]

9. Guess that will impact flights for a while

thanks for the heads up

[Submariner]

11. I love that stuff about Alaska

Where else can one be standing on the Homer Spit beach sipping a beer, hear a loud explosion, and look up to see Mt. Augustine erupting in the distance? I think it was 1986.

The pilot of our flight back to Anchorage got the word out he was leaving Homer early to beat the ash cloud. That night in the Anchorage Holiday Inn, I awoke to my bed shaking from a local earthquake.

One August we were playing a softball game at Prudhoe Bay at midnight when a blizzard rolled in. We had to call the game because we couldn't see 2nd base from home plate.

I always find something exciting when visiting Alaska. On my next trip I'd like to see Sarah Palin being chased by a pack of pissed off wolves. :evilgrin:

[alfredo]

12. I am monitoring the earthquakes. None of the stations nearby are reporting.

I'm monitoring a station near Vancouver.

[denem]

13. The fundamentals of our volcanos are strong.

Jindal clinches his Hoover award.

[Historic NY]

14. Good thing we have monitoring, with Jindal who would have known.

[LynneSin]

22. There is such irony - a man, whose state relies on the monitoring of Hurricanes, would criticize..

spending on Volcano monitoring.

[madrchsod]

15. oh no...how can sarah keep an eye on those russians?

[thereismore]

16. God hates Bobby Jindal. nt

[TheEuclideanOne]

26. You are not with that "God hates fags" group are you?

Just asking.

[HillWilliam]

27. Jindal can't help it. He's not a seismologist; he's a guber

natorial representatative :D

[krispos42]

37. He's a guber, all right

:eyes:

[shadowknows69]

17. Can we blame this on Sarah Palin somehow? She did refuse the stimulus money.

Wait what am I thinking? PALIN IN 2012 all the way baby!!!

[NewJeffCT]

39. That must be it

it's a sign from God that she should take the stimulus money

[tavalon]

50. So true!

But, alas, it's looking like we won't get her back in 2012, no matter how many of us would enjoy that. We may have to settle for a Newt.

[SlingBlade]

18. This is ALL Bobby Piyush Jindal’s Fault

You would think that New Orleans would be enough to shut his pie hole

[boomerbust]

19. Redoubt - July 2004

[barbtries]

45. wow - did you take that picture?

that is striking. beautiful.

[boomerbust]

78. Yes

Taken from the top of my rv outside of Homer.

[LynneSin]

21. Jindal was right - we have no need for spending money on monitoring volcanos

If this asshole runs for president I see the campaign commercial that can be used against him. We'll have Jindal doing his rebuttal speech against Obama's SOTU where Jindal talks about what a waste it is to spend money on monitoring volcano (ironic that it comes from a governor whose state relies on Hurricane Monitoring). In the background will be Redoubt erupting.



BTW that is the predicted ash fallout from Redoubt. And that's Anchorage right in the firing range (btw Wasilla is in it too).

[barbtries]

46. i can't see your image

not sure why

[tavalon]

52. He's not going to run

He destroyed that option within 5 minutes of stepping onto that stage for the "rebuttal".

[dgibby]

24. CNN reporting now.

Story after commercial break.

[radfringe]

25. 04:37:08am (alaskan time) Another large explosion is occurring at Redoubt.

2009-03-23 04:37:08

Another large explosion is occurring at Redoubt.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php

---

5th one since eruptions started

[radfringe]

28. webcam photos will update periodically during the day

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/Redoubt_-_CI.php


http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/Redoubt_-_Hut.php

[radfringe]

31. alaska_avo is using Twitter.

alaska_avo is using Twitter.
http://twitter.com/alaska_avo

Another large explosion is occurring at Redoubt.
37 minutes ago from TwitterMail The eruption of Redoubt volcano continues. Ashfall advisories are available on the National We... Read more at http://tinyurl.com/c4zzd5

about 1 hour ago from TwitterMail The eruption of Redoubt volcano continues. Ashfall advisories are available on the National We... Read more at http://tinyurl.com/cn86mv

about 2 hours ago from TwitterMail As of 2:00AM March 23, 2009, AVO has recorded FOUR large explosions at Redoubt volcano at the f... Read more at http://tinyurl.com/cwwdcy

about 3 hours ago from TwitterMail As of 12:27AM March 23, 2009, AVO has

[TheEuclideanOne]

29. So does this mean that Sarah Palin might die in burning Lava.

Now, I would not wish for anybody to die, but if I can follow a certain politicians line of thinking...... Let's say that terrorists had planted a nuclear device somewhere and I had to pick one person from Alaska to die otherwise millions would be killed and I had no other choice, I would go with Sarah Palin. Hey, millions of people would survive, right?

[Sancho]

32. Jindal could visit Alaska to watch volcano's & remove the devil from Palin's daughter...

Palin has such good eyesight that she can see Russia from her porch; so she can get a job in Louisiana standing on the porch of the bay and watching for hurricanes while coaching the LSU basketball team in the off season. Sounds to me like the GOP has some real skills and talents that match up with the needs of the nation!

[denem]

33. Bristol has already given birth.

[mikelgb]

41. ba dum cha!

[rocktivity]

87. .

rocktivity

[Sancho]

80. I was going for an exorcism!

I understand that was one of his specialties.

[jazzjunkysue]

34. "Sarah, this is God. Put down the rifle and listen to me for one blasted minute."

"It's time for the silly name calling to stop. You're all god's creatures, so, drop the pseudo political/religious name calling and just start taking care of everyone, OK? This is your last warning. I've had about enough of your silly barbie doll posing."

[Towlie]

35. Attention all Alaskans! Please review this "Duck and Cover" video at once.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/149714

[Odin2005]

36. Can we dump Jindal in front of the pyroclastic flow?

[LynnTheDem]

42. Heck of a job, Bobbie!

Republicans crack me up.

[Kalyan]

44. now isn't the time ...

... to bring politics in ... hope Palin does a good job of protecting Alaskans during this natural crisis.

[kestrel91316]

54. I suspect her idea of protecting Alaskans from the volcano consists of

stepping up her prayer schedule just a tad.

[Why Syzygy]

58. She has her "How badly I was mistreated" speech all ready to go. nt

[VaYallaDawg]

76. The idea of Sarah protecting anything ,...

well, it's enough to scare the daylights out of me.

[Dukkha]

47. Palin angered the lava god by rejecting the stimulus package

now you will pay!

[RobertSeattle]

75. Hey Sarah - I bet you get see Russia from the top of Mt. Redoubt...

:evilgrin:

[Dumak]

48. The original post failed to mention the party affiliation of this volcano.

Obviously that means it's a RAT volcano, and that the Alaska Volcano Observatory is part of the liberal media, too! They even painted it red to mislead us.
We don't need volcano monitors on democrat volcanos!

:sarcasm:

[Zambero]

51. Booby Jindal: This is one of them Acts of God. DON"T evaluate it!

The use of federal revenues to monitor heavenly-inspired geologic events is an abomination. And while we're at it, can y'all kindly retrofit that there Katrina event to the divinely ordained "gov't hands off" category? :sarcasm:

[alfredo]

53. Maybe he can do an exorcism on it.

[Dudley_DUright]

55. LOL

You owe me a new keyboard. :spray::rofl:

[alfredo]

64. Maybe he can pour some holy water into the caldera.

[KamaAina]

77. Bobby Vs. The Volcano

:P

[alfredo]

79. Maybe he can sacrifice a virgin while he is there. Of course there may

not be many in Alaska. Maybe he can use Miss Meth mouth Wasilla 2008. She's game for anything.

[happygoluckytoyou]

56. JINDAL DANGLING ABOVE A VOLCANO.... cheap GOP heat warning system ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[theblasmo]

59. Nothing To See Here...

...please move along. No need for monitoring of these seismic events, since they don't fit the populist platform -- meaning it needs more than 2-3 sentences to explain to them.

[goforit]

60. I guess the snow and ice will be melting shortly.

[haydukelives]

61. something called volcano monitoring

[underpants]

62. Are the plates shifting or something?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5313595&mesg_id=5313595

[NorCalDem]

63. WE SHOULD CUT ALASKA VOLCANO MONITORING!!!

RIGHT REPUGS?!?

fucking retards...

[kestrel91316]

65. I need pics!!!!! I wanna see this one! Maybe there are too many clouds and

too much crap in the air to actually see the mountain, but I wanna see clouds of crap, lol.

[spinbaby]

66. Screw the danger, get pics!

:hide:

[kestrel91316]

68. Well, heck, the people on the other side of the sound have a clear view, right?

And they haven't been evacuated. They can point and shoot and upload and have them all over the internet.

So WHERE THE HECK ARE THE PICS???? lol

It must be an overcast day. Sigh.

[damntexdem]

67. Oh my God! Is the ash getting into Putin's hair?

As Sarah whether she can tell when she looks from her front porch.

;-)

[alfredo]

69. The camera near the volcano is down, but the one across the water is

up and running. Now to wait to see if the cloud cover lifts.

The camera is 38 miles from the mountain, attached to an oil platform.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/Redoubt_-_CI.php

[DS1]

70. DAMN YOU JINDAL!

[Duer 157099]

71. So beautiful

[Algorem]

72. that sarah palin has some pretty big volcanoes

hubba hubba

[RobertSeattle]

74. AIG is probably selling Volcano insurance as we speak...

[struggle4progress]

85. Redoubt's Causes (SFN)

Wash DC 23 Mar (StruggleForNews) - As Mount Redoubt erupted, some were asking why the Obama Administration did not do more to stop it. But other sources say classified documents prove the Administration actually caused the eruption

One governor pointed out that many volcanoes come to the US illegally. "I don't want to monitor them," he said. "I don't even want them here in the first place."

Another governor later provided more specific information. "I can see it from here," she said. "And I can tell you it didn't come from Russia, because we don't let that happen here. Terrorists brought us this volcano from Hawaii."

Both governors expressed anger and dismay at the Administration's failure to prevent foreign volcanoes from entering the US

But highly intelligenced Washington insiders are telling a more ominous story ... http://tiny.cc/obamaredoubted

[daleo]

86. Didn't a Republican say there was no need for volcano watching

After all, they never erupt.

[alfredo]

88. Yep, and he's scheduled to do an exorcism on the rim of the volcano today.

[daleo]

89. I hope he doesn't trip or anything

Just saying.

[alfredo]

90. Wind gust are terrible up there, and the snow and ice is treacherous.

[sofa king]

94. Why yes, it was Bobby Jindal.

And, curiously enough, the volcano erupted on the very night that Jindal gave his second response (video here).

Obviously, President Obama is manipulating the volcanoes for political gain.

[appleannie1]

91. Another explosion last night

REDOUBT VOLCANO (CAVW #1103-03-)
60°29'7" N 152°44'38" W, Summit Elevation 10197 ft (3108 m)
Current Aviation Color Code: RED
Current Volcano Alert Level: WARNING

Redoubt remains at Aviation Color Code RED and Alert Level WARNING. Seismic activity at the volcano is currently relatively low, and no activity is observed in partly cloudy web camera images. Pilot reports and satellite images indicate that a steam plume is currently rising to at least 20,000 ft asl and drifting at least 40 miles to the northwest. We have no indication that the volcano is currently emitting ash, though explosive activity could resume with little or no warning.

The last explosive event occurred last night (March 23) at 7:41 pm (AKDT) and lasted for roughly seventeen minutes. The top of the ash cloud was estimated to have reached at least 50,000 ft above sea level based on National Weather Service radar. Winds in the vicinity of the volcano carried the ash cloud primarily to the west and north. Pyroclastic flows were visible traveling down the volcano's north flank in web camera images. Last night's explosive event was the sixth thus far since explosive activity began Sunday, March 22 at 10:38 PM AKDT.

Yesterday, AVO staff visited the area around Redoubt by helicopter to assess conditions and repair equipment damaged by Sunday night's eruptions. They fixed the telemetry link at AVO's observation hut, which is once again transmitting images from the web camera and data from a GPS and two seismic instruments. Clouds obscured the summit, but observers reported very large lahar and flood deposits in the Drift River Valley that likely occurred during and/or following the first five explosions. These flows, which contained ice, water, mud, and other debris, inundated the Drift River Valley and traveled more than 35 km, reaching Cook Inlet. In the middle to upper Drift River Valley, high-water marks reached 6-8 meters above the valley floor. At the AVO hut (roughly 7 miles NNW of the summit), a 6-cm thick fall deposit was observed.

A gas-measurement flight is currently en route to the volcano.

AVO remains staffed 24 hours per day will issue further information as it becomes available.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/avoreport.php

Wasilla got some of the ash. Shame it did not all drop on just one house.

[appleannie1]

92. 25 pictures are listed here.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/recent_images.php


Not only of Redoubt itself but also the flooding in the Drift River Valley from melting snow and ice mixed with mud and debris.

[alfredo]

93. A screenshot a couple days before the eruption. Venting steam.

[Blue_In_AK]

95. Redoubt kept us in Nome for a couple extra days,

but we're back safe in Anchorage now. I am most concerned with Chevron's tank farm at Redoubt's base. Please read my post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5329831&mesg_id=5329831

This is a very serious matter.

[L. Coyote]

96. 03/26: Redoubt ash fall continues to hurt alaskans = 65,000 ft eruption

Redoubt ash fall continues to hurt alaskans
By Corey Allen-Young, CBS 11 News Reporter
Posted: 03/26/2009 - http://www.ktva.com/ci_12006919

.............

After being relatively quiet for about a day, Redoubt shouted loud and clear twice this morning blowing more than a 12 mile high cloud of ash. Ash that's proving to be quite the nuisance.

"We had two large ash producing explosions this morning, one at about 8:34 a.m. local time and the second one was at 9:24 a.m. local time," said Stephanie Prejean, a geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. "We had no short term warning and that's what we expected." Since coming to life Sunday night, Redoubt and its ash is putting a damper into many Alaskan's plans. "My flight has been cancelled to Seattle, so I am stuck at the Anchorage airport," said Stephanie Felix, an Anchorage resident who was trying to get to Seattle for the weekend.

Thursday, multiple air carriers including Alaska Airlines cancelled all flights due to the ashes potential to cause damage ..............

[L. Coyote]

99. IMAGES: Mount Redoubt bellows steam and ash an estimated 65,000 feet

Mount Redoubt bellows steam and ash across the Cook Inlet from Ninilchik, Alaska, Thursday, March 26, 2009. Ash from the volcano is seen on the snow. The volcano on the west side of Cook Inlet erupted Thursday morning sending ash clouds an estimated 65,000 feet (nearly 20 kms) into the air

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hcWJaxwgurm_TV9AVcObQBWbS25QD976Q0500

[radfringe]

97. MT REDOUBT BLOWS AGAIN - Fri 3/27/09

MT REDOUBT BLOWS AGAIN - Fri 3/27/09
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php

2009-03-27 00:55:24
An explosive series of eruptions that began at 11:47PM AKDT continue.

Check the National Weather Service site for ash advisories:
http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/volcano.php

2009-03-27 00:15:31
An eruption of Redoubt volcano began at about 11:47pm AKDT, March 26. National weather service radar indicates a cloud height of about 38,000 ft above sea level.

Photo from Thurs 3/26 eruption:

[L. Coyote]

98. Redoubt eruption overnight was at least 32,000 feet. + PHOTO of plume from space.

An eruption of Redoubt volcano occurred at approximately 23:48 AKDT (7:48 UTC).
National Weather Service reports the cloud height to be at least 32,000 ft above sea level.

[L. Coyote]

100. Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupts again

Mount Redoubt volcano in southern Alaska has erupted again, shooting ash as high as 45,000 feet in the air on Saturday, experts said.
A series of eruptions has been rattling Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano since Sunday.

A series of eruptions has been rattling Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano since Sunday.

The eruption occurred at about 1:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey told CNN.

Some of the ash fell around Anchorage, resulting in the airport to close, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The volcano erupted three times Friday, at times shooting ash as high as 51,000 feet.

........... http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/28/alaska.volcano/