Monday, March 23, 2009

Mt Redoubt is spewing ash ...

For those of you who don't know ... Jari was on a flight home from Phoenix last evening ... scheduled to land in Anchorage at 12:55 a.m. His flight was rerouted to Seattle where he spent the rest of the night. Today he made it home ... we're thrilled. Looking at the volcano observatory sight just now ... good thing he did. :)

This first photo I believe was taken last week of the mountain.

This one here is less than an hour old with the newest eruption. The plume reaching 60,000 above sea level ... and ash reported in Wasilla. Last nights ash ended up in Talkeetna and Willow. Wasilla is getting a little closer. Carol Ruonavaara Johnson was telling me today how she remembers taking ash off the car in the yard when she was young. Remembers all the hoopla about Mt St Helens ash. Should I see any on my car ... I'll save some for you. If anyone needs substitute coal for Christmas stockings. :)

I do have a running blog going on at livingthealaskadream.blogspot.com. Feel free to drop in and visit. I love to see signatures of writers too. (hint)
-a

4 comments:

Kuoppala and Inlaws said...

Yikes! That'll make a mess on the snow! Thanks for the update. #9

Kuoppala and Inlaws said...

Probably would even cover the beautifully painted green grass in Arizona ;)

-b

Kuoppala and Inlaws said...

Why can't I see that video that everyone keeps talking about?

Kuoppala and Inlaws said...

Why can't I see that video that everyone keeps talking about?