Mount Redoubt

Hi Osh! Thanks for stopping by :)

I copied this picture above from the AVO-USGS site, http://tinyurl.com/dd42l3 , taken by Dennis Anderson of Homer AK on the morning of March 18Th. Last night Mt Redoubt had 4 explosive eruptions through the night and a 5Th one early this morning. AVO has reported that one seismic station and one web cam have stopped functioning. This could mean a lot of things but the volcano is fairly remote and they have a lot of darkness still this time of year so hard to get a handle on what's really going on visually. The one thing to keep in mind is that ash and electronics don't play well together. She is keeping things interesting. The poor vulcanologist's at AVO have to feel like yo-yo's about now. Redoubt would surge to activity and the warnings would go up. They began to staff the center 24/7 to keep a close eye on it. (I won't even mention a certain politicians remarks about 'something called volcano monitoring'...) Then she would quiet down and they would lower the warning only to have her rumble again and have to raise it...up, down, up...Well, last night I guess she got the last word...for now.

The latest wecorders show activity but not as strong as over night. Here's a couple links to the webcorders in case anyone wants to check them out. http://tinyurl.com/cxwypx and http://tinyurl.com/cww4tp I know the airlines have rescheduled and cancelled some flights in the area, schools are open and so far things seem to be under control. AVO is planning an over flight later today so hopefully I can get a glimpse or a picture or 2 when they post their findings. Will post more when I get an update.