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Volcano Erupts In Southwest Alaska, Sending Ash 20,000 Feet (google.com)

Posted by timothy on from the why-can't-it-just-salivate? dept.

USA Today reports that according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Pavlov Volcano, "about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted at 4:18 p.m. local time. The agency says the eruption also led to tremors on the ground. ... The USGS has raised the volcano alert level to "Warning" and the aviation warning to 'Red.'" Television station KTUU of Anchorage has a few photos of the emerging ash plume, which has so far risen to about 20,000 feet (hence that aviation warning).

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  1. Tremors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think I felt those tremors in the ground and I live in Knik. (Near Wasilla and across the bay from Anchorage.)
    Thought it was the start of an earthquake but apparently it was a volcano.

    1. Re:Tremors by Aighearach · · Score: 1

      So that's what that "volcano monitoring" stuff is about!

      http://wonkette.com/414938/rem...

    2. Re:Tremors by KGIII · · Score: 2

      It looks like a pretty good disruption at about 12:20 local time.
      http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webi...

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    3. Re:Tremors by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 1

      I think I felt those tremors in the ground and I live in Knik. (Near Wasilla and across the bay from Anchorage.)

      Povlof is about 600 miles (1000 km) from Anchorage. It is extremely unlikely that you felt the tremor at that distance.

      Since you live there, I shouldn't have to tell you this, but Alaska is big.

    4. Re:Tremors by Tulsa_Time · · Score: 1

      Fabricated quote from SNL that was attributed to Sara Palin.

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  2. ÃoeWarningà by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

    How do you pronounce "ÃoeWarningÃ"?

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    1. Re:ÃoeWarningà by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      AoE Warning!

      Since volcano obviously does AoE damage!

    2. Re:ÃoeWarningà by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      Virtual +1 Funny.

      How are people still getting mod points? My Karma has been positive for months and I haven't had mod points in nearly a year, if not more. I can't even recall.

    3. Re:ÃoeWarningà by ShaunC · · Score: 1

      As best as I can tell, it's been tied to metamoderation for some time now. If you don't metamod, you're never going to get mod points; when I do get them, it's typically a few minutes after submitting the metamod form.

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    4. Re:ÃoeWarningà by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 1

      So the Australians don't really have 400 different words for 'vomit' and the Hawaiians don't actually have 400 different terms for 'fucking haole'?

    5. Re:ÃoeWarningà by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      metamoderation?

    6. Re:ÃoeWarningà by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      No, it is not tied to metamoderation, as I have done that once, like a month ago, and I have always been flush with mod points.

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    7. Re:ÃoeWarningà by Quirkz · · Score: 1

      I don't think I've ever metamoderated, and I get mod points every week or two.

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  3. Sorry, couldn't resist by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Both Palin and Putin can see it from their houses.

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    1. Re:Sorry, couldn't resist by Aighearach · · Score: 2

      I don't think they exiled Puttiput to Siberia just yet.

    2. Re:Sorry, couldn't resist by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      In Soviet Russia, earthquake feels you!

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    3. Re:Sorry, couldn't resist by chadenright · · Score: 2

      In America, if an earthquake feels you, you can sue it for harassment and emotional damages.

    4. Re:Sorry, couldn't resist by Salgak1 · · Score: 1

      . . . so would that require a "Tremor Warning". And what did you have in mind for the "Safe Space". . .

    5. Re:Sorry, couldn't resist by Notorious+G · · Score: 1

      I think you meant Tina Fey. Bizarre how propaganda flows into even the most insignificant areas of your life.

    6. Re:Sorry, couldn't resist by Tablizer · · Score: 1

      She actually did say something similar to that. Fey merely "decorated" and exaggerated it for comedy purposes.

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    7. Re:Sorry, couldn't resist by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      http://www.snopes.com/politics...

      What she ACTUALLY said is true though, not some ignorant line. You can see Russia from some islands in Alaska. However, I can't see how that would have any effect on Palin's ability to negotiate with Russia as she was being asked.

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  4. Also check out the Alaska Volcano Observatory by aklinux · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.avo.alaska.edu/acti...

  5. Pavlov volcano by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did someone ring a bell?

    1. Re:Pavlov volcano by dwye · · Score: 2

      Did someone ring a bell?

      THANK YOU! Someone finally makes the obvious comment, and it has to be an AC so modding it up helps no one.

    2. Re:Pavlov volcano by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      I knew that name sounded familiar.

      Hey look, cookies!

    3. Re:Pavlov volcano by boristdog · · Score: 1

      I don't know, but that volcano makes me salivate.

    4. Re:Pavlov Volcano by Tablizer · · Score: 1

      More like the volcano is drooling. God must be ringing a bell.

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  6. âoeWarningâ? by johannesg · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a local word, right? I don't know what it means but it sounds bad!

  7. Mount Pavlof by riverat1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to Wikipedia it's spelled Pavlof. It's located pretty far out on the Alaska Peninsula.

    1. Re:Mount Pavlof by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Flights from the west of North America to Asia pass through that region. They'll have some novel scenery to look at this time provided there's no trouble.

    2. Re:Mount Pavlof by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Volcanic ash and jet engines are NOT good friends..

    3. Re:Mount Pavlof by riverat1 · · Score: 1

      :)

  8. Re:âoeWarningâ? by jrumney · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's Inuktitut for "It's snowing rocks, let's get the f**k out of here!"

  9. Re:Who gives a shit? by jafiwam · · Score: 1

    Fuck Whiplash, just look at the number of articles with less than 20 posts.

    Maybe listening to the whinging minority wasn't the greatest of ideas, eh? But hey, you are an 'entrepreneur', so I guess it's not your money that's is being pissed at the wall.

    They are finally blocking some of the spam.

  10. nah by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

    Soot and ash drive global cooling, until they fall on the ice

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  11. Re: 20,000 feet... by O('_')O_Bush · · Score: 1

    Thanks Google calculator.

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  12. Pavlov Volcano by StikyPad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alaskans could tell it was the Pavlov Volcano because all of their dogs started drooling.

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  13. The internation aviation standard is feet. by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 1

    There are only a few countries that use meters, and most of them (e.g. Russia and China) aren't countries many people fly in and out of...

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    1. Re:The internation aviation standard is feet. by tlhIngan · · Score: 1

      There are only a few countries that use meters, and most of them (e.g. Russia and China) aren't countries many people fly in and out of...

      ICAO uses meters, except in North America where it's feed due to existing convention.

      Pressure is in Pascals everywhere outside of North America as well (where it's inches of mercury). Likewise weather reports uses miles (both statute and nautical!), again only in this region.

      Modern airliners have a metric/imperial switch to switch the instruments between the two measurements. The rest of the world uses the metric measurements.

      It's actually all standardized so even in Canada you use the same units everywhere (though they do provide a metric conversion for sea level pressure for your altimeter setting. Though most altimeters here are, of course, in imperial.)

      The confusion happens because trade is done in metric, and a rather famous aircraft incident happened because of a poorly done imperial/metric conversion.

    2. Re:The internation aviation standard is feet. by dkman · · Score: 1

      Yes, I wish the US would get their heads out of their collective asses and make the switch. The medical industry and the military have used the metric system for years.

      I personally think we should have both numbers just about everywhere (they're already on food) but noticeably absent from speed limit signs. If we condition people for a period of time then the switch won't be so painful, but if we continue to do as little as possible we'll never do it.

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    3. Re:The internation aviation standard is feet. by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 1

      ressure is in Pascals everywhere outside of North America as well (where it's inches of mercury).

      But "Two niner niner two" is so much easier to remember...

      Likewise weather reports uses miles (both statute and nautical!), again only in this region.

      Hmm are you sure it's only in that region? I know altitudes for PIREPs and SIGMETs and such are usually in feet and/or flight levels. Last I checked we parse international METARs, PIREPs, Winds Aloft, etc. the same way we do domestic ones, which would imply they're all using miles and feet/flight level...

      I don't spend much (read: any) time in cockpits internationally, so it could be that pilots regularly do change their altimeter setting between Imperial and Metric (though I've usually seen it as an installer-only setting), but all the WX data that comes across my desk is in Imperial... Well, except for temperature. That's always Celsius, because the freezing point is too convenient.

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  14. A brilliant plan by pellik · · Score: 1

    Whoever figured out how to train a volcano to erupt in a pavlovian style just saved the world. That ash will lower global temperature and fight warming!

  15. British Airways Flight 9 by asasdlfgnjl · · Score: 1

    "Falling from the Sky." Mayday. Season 4 Episode 2

  16. 20K Feet by pebear · · Score: 1

    Actually it's a small blast since this same volcano has sent plumes over twice that far in the relatively recent past. This guy is a very active volcano if not the most active one in the Aleutian islands.

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  17. Re:Who gives a shit? by Coren22 · · Score: 1

    'm honestly not sure if letting us acs post willy nilly is a good idea. on the other hand, we have one ac who is obviously using a botnet/vpn/tor/etc to post entire conversations with himself usually about how republicans hate children but he's had some variety lately at least.

    There is also APK who would shitpost whole torrents of spam. It seems he has mostly backed off recently though.

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