“At 5:50 AM, January 11, 2006, AVO raised the color code at Augustine volcano to RED. For complete details, please see the Augustine activity page”
From:
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/index.php
More detail at:
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Augustine.php
Looks like anyone near the Cook Inlet, including Kenia, Anchor Point and Anchorage, may be at some risk. The NW coast of the US and Canada may also be at risk of ash fall, tsunami, earthquakes and other hazards.
Likely everyone who needs to know knows about this but it deserves, IMHO, an ‘all-points’ alert. Perhaps it will amount to nothing but better safe, and silly, than regretting I didn’t make a noise.
Perhaps this would fit better in the Woodshed but it is likely to get more attention in the General Discussion folder. And that is kind of the point. If you could give this post a few hours the General Discussion folder it would be, IMHO, a good thing.
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Geez. Cook inlet residents better get to somewhere else... That island will make for mondo tsunami if it pops.
Thanks for the warning.
Edited 1/12/2006 5:10 am by Hackinatit
I was a bit worried that I was making a bigger deal of this that need be. Probably still am. I hadn't heard a peep about it on any national media. Of course I'm down in Florida and about as far from the epicenter as the continental US allows.I was rooting around the www and saw it on one of the disaster preparedness/TEOTWAWKI/conspiracy sites. They are usually good for a laugh. I see a post about a volcano expecting to have the usual EOW scree but a legitimate site is referenced. They were crowing about the alert level being orange. When I looked it was Red. Hmmm. Might not be a good time for that seaside vacation in sunny Alaska.I figured a lot of construction folks are too busy with the things directly in front of them to come up for air much less catch the news. Some may visit Breaktime as a way of avoiding the fire hose of bad news on the media. Entirely possible that for a few the first they might hear about it is when the police drive around with the loud hailer or the sirens go off. I know in such a situation I would appreciate an extra few hours warning.
Saw this on CNN this morning. Didn't know if you'd run across it or not:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/01/11/alaska.volcano.ap/index.html
All is good in Sitka AK.
Read in the paper yesterday that the ash plume is not affecting any towns (yet??). I guess the jets going to Anchorage or Asia have been slightly rerouted to avoid the ash.
The same newspaper said to not burn any firewood that had the ash on it. Now that's a new one. wonder why?
bt
In the story, it says Kenai, which is where Dave Thomas is. I don't recall any recent posts from him.
-- J.S.
I've missed David Thomas, too. Kept watching for him on the Frapper map....
One of the more solid contributers here.
I just looked Dave up using the search and sent him an e-mail. Asked him to check in and say if he's OK.
-- J.S.
Good deal! Thanks! ( should have thought of that! :-)
I had forgotten his name but not the posts. Always good stuff. Dave Thomas, being in the area, was a concern. As I understand it there are a few others in the wider area. You never know where the people in Alaska may end up as some travel long distances to work. Work, paid work, as I understand it, is mostly nearer the population centers, the coast and the volcano. And people who are working away from home may be away from their normal sources of information. People traveling are often the last to know.So far I have seen nothing in the national media. I guess it will make the news if it blows up big enough. That sort of bothers me. They needn't make a big deal of it with a huge 'sky is falling' story but some mention seems, IMHO, like a good idea. Something along the lines of 'We are watching a volcano in the Cook Inlet area that has a history of exploding. Find out more at XYZ.'Special thanks to the moderators for indulging my concerns and this sidetracking of the rules.Edited to add last two blocks.
Edited 1/12/2006 9:31 pm ET by 4Lorn1
4Lorn1, your backyard volcano did make National News. Twice! The latest, states that it only blows on the years that end with the number "SIX" Your lucky year! "Break out the weeners Maw"......................Pop
Re: "Break out the weeners" ...Now if I could just find a 3200 mile long stick ...
I did not know there were volcanos in Fl.......I did not know that
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...."Now if I could just find a 3200 mile long stick "...wouldn't the hot dog be cold by the time you put it on the bun
It seems that most BT visitors in the Alaska area are aware of the situation and relatively safe. I don't think this thread gets any of the credit for that but it seemed worth a shot. If nothing else perhaps Alaska, and the resilient, and thin blooded, folks who inhabit the state can appreciate the concern. It is too easy to discount Alaska as a place with little more than oil, caribou and the associated bitching, going for it when, in fact, a lot goes on unnoticed. I hear they even have something close to the outlines of a real civilization up there. LOL.Re: ..."wouldn't the hot dog be cold by the time you put it on the bun"Trick is to have someone put the dog into the bun and stick the whole thing on the end of the stick. If they are kind enough to toast before assembling the treat so much the better.The bun insulates the hotdog on the way back. Some hotdog buns have higher R ratings than others. And they thought this thread would never have a connection to home building.Update: I'm listening to a report on the Augustine volcano on the radio. All Things Considered on National Public Radio. Several minutes with a reporter in Anchorage. Again Public broadcasting comes through. Support your local stations.Edited for clarity and to add the last block of text.
Edited 1/13/2006 6:29 pm ET by 4Lorn1
Thanx for your concern.
Some would say we are somewhat civilized although that would be considered a stretch by others.
There is no arguement about the bitching, though. That's how we make it through the winter...generates plenty of heat.
Reddog
They don't call it cabin fever for nuthin. :-)
Hey red, 850ft is that in town or are you off of East End rd?
I've worked on a few places on East End and did some remodel work on Save-U-More when it was by the Subway.
Dave
Dave,
Our office is off East Hill, which is technically inside the City, but I live out East End Road at about 1500' elevation.
We did eventually get a light dusting of ash...enuf to color the snow and prompt me to spray off the car.
Reddog
> So far I have seen nothing in the national media.
The venerable Hal Fishman of the WB/Tribune station KTLA gave it a brief mention in the 10 PM local news last night. They have a full hour of news, so they tend to be more thorough. Basically just said that something could happen, and they're keeping an eye on it.
Good to hear that Dave's OK.
With that 3200 mile long stick, you don't even need the volcano. Just wave it thru the air fast enough.... ;-)
-- J.S.
Not to make light of your sitituation, but in reviewing the last 13 months of world disaters, can you do a little better than that? Flying Bravo, (red flag)? LOL. Me, I would be "Hot Footing" (poor pun) out of there until things cool down (what, another pun).
I apologize, for not sounding sensitive, being born in Honlulu, raised in California, now living on the northeast coast. I wish you and yours the best of luck, be packed and ready to go! Remember, Mother Nature, always will win, in the long run...........................Pop
If I understand correctly, he was concerned that a large landslide would cause a tsunami. That would certainly be cause for concern.
The human mind is like an umbrella; it functions better when open.
And if you check, 4Lorn is in Florida, so the volcano would have to be a whopper to effect him directly.
Doug
No problem. Like I said it could amount to nothing so you make a good point. Last I looked the alert had receded to Orange again. Waiting for something to happen could get old. Or very exciting very quickly.Of course Hawaiian volcanoes are well behaved compared to their continental neighbors, remember St.Hellens, they give more warning and even people close to the crater can move quick enough to sidestep the flows. Typically they don't go Boom. Something about the chemistry. Long ago they used to have tours across Kilauea crater. I was on one of those. Steam, sulphur, twisted hot rock but not too bad. All surrounded by lush woods just outside the crater. Something like six months later the volcano erupted and wiped out route we took.
Well we survived the blast well it was more like a burp. I didn't even notice any smoke or ash in the area. It blew mainly towards Kodiak. Most of the smoke went straight up and there was hardly any ash fall out .
Thanks to all for the concern, Dave
Well Dave, that is the good news, but as stated in the National News, your backyard volocano gets restless every year that ends with a six. Does that mean you folks will be walking on egg shalls for the next 11 months? Or does it rumble once, then goes back to sleep?
Everytime I hear new about a volcanic disturbance on the eastern rim of the ring of fire, I think of Seattle and its "Backyard" volocano, Mount Rainier! If that baby goes, its going to paint an ugly picture! I'll take the east coast, along with the fellow from Fla. ...........Pop
I'll take the east coast, along with the fellow from Fla.
Ummm, Pop, you do know that weather generally heads from W to E? When Ranier blew I got a very painful chunk of it in my eye- while living in Denver.PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Having been through Mt St Helens I can tell you having a bunch of sand dumped is no fun. It was the darkest dark, no birds or other noises, only the sound of sand raining down on the metal buildings. I still laugh thinking about the signs the banks had on their doors..."Please remove masks before entering bank"..
Well she's still belching. This time there was a little more ash to it. They closed the schools in Homer which is to the south of me and Dave Thomas.
It took me a while to get it, and I laughed twice as hard, one half of my laughter, was laughing at what you said about the mask, going into the bank, and the other half, at my own stupidy! Still LOL..............Pop
To all,
As of 1:30PM (AK time), all is well. I'm sitting directly in the path of the ash cloud which is expected to hit my town, Homer, any minute. The ash fall is predicted to be light, but we all know how reliable predictions can be. Augustine is about 80 miles from here, so, other than the ash, would not likely have any direct impact unless there is a massive slide into the ocean, which could cause a tsunami (it happened once, in 1883). The town of Homer lies anywhere from sea level to about 1000 ft, depending on how far one is from the water. Fortunately, my office is at about 850 ft elevation, so I think I'm pretty safe. Schools and other government offices are closed for the day, and pretty much all evening activities have been cancelled.
Reddog