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Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption
An anonymous reader writes "Mount Redoubt, or Redoubt Volcano, is an active stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range of Alaska. The once quiet volcano has begun to roar once again. Its last eruption was in 1989 and geologists suggest that the next one is upon us. Alaskans who lived through the earlier eruption are stocking up on breathing masks and goggles. Starting on Friday, January 23 2009, the level of seismic activity increased markedly, and on Sunday AVO raised the Aviation Color Code to ORANGE and the Volcano Alert Level to WATCH. On the basis of all available monitoring data AVO regards that an eruption similar to or smaller than the one that occurred in 1989-90 is the most probable outcome. We expect such an eruption to occur within days to weeks." From the AP article: "Alaska's volcanoes are not like Hawaii's. 'Most of them don't put out the red river of lava,' said the observatory's John Power. Instead, they typically explode and shoot ash 30,000 to 50,000 feet high — more than nine miles — into the jet stream. 'It's a very abrasive kind of rock fragment,' Power said. The particulate has jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. 'They use this to polish all kinds of metals,' he said." The server for the Alaska Volcano Observatory appears to be overloaded and is unresponsive.
Perpare?
My grandpappy stayed on this mountain, and I'll be damned if I'm going to leave it! I'm staying righ#@$#@%$NO CARRIER
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And so you post a direct link to it on the slashdot front page?
Way to go, kdawson, way to go. You've ensured the Alaska Volcano Observatory site is going to be down even longer.
Why would you do that? Did that site molest you when you were young or something?
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> The server for the Alaska Volcano Observatory appears to be overloaded and is unresponsive.
/. homepage, right? kdawson, you're da man :)
And we're helping the poor sysadm by linking from
So I guess Sarah Palin is not the only thing from Alaska that emits a lot of gas and hot air.
Given her foreign policy credentials, are the Republican talking heads going to advance this event as proof of her experience with geology and vulconalogy?
she won't be able to see Russia from her backyard anymore!
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I think that it qualifies to be called a internet meme.
They were not perpared.
one would say.. "it's like the earth wants to get rid of us" but thats crazy talk. It's more like the underground Molemen are pissed off by all the media coverage for things like tsunamis and fires. Maybe Dr. Evil allied with the Molemen and tried to blow the inners of the earth again but Austin Powers could not do anythings since he converted to some kind of guru. I blame religion for this.
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Also, Alaskans are, in general, more prepared to go without power, heat, water, transportation, and the like for months at a time. They call it "winter."
Volcano God unhappy! Bind and gag Sarah Palin and throw her in, then everything will be OK!
..seriously, it's a win-win situation for everyone. ;-)
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I wonder what kind of plans or route diversions they are making for military and commercial flights right now?
The particulate has jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. 'They use this to polish all kinds of metals,'
So I'm guessing American Airlines will be routing their whole fleet right over it for a free polish!
Set your phasers on "funky"!
Will Russians be able to see it from their house?
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Wow. Someone got piss instead of milk in their cornflakes this morning.
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He must be a kernel dev. Bow down in awe.
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