I'm surprised how little news coverage this thing is getting. It's wreaking a lot of havoc up in Alaska and if the winds shift around a bit, Anchorage could be in the plume of ash that is currently raining down on points west of them where the NWS has Ash Advisories posted. And if this thing keeps on going off (It's been going off on and off for about 12 hours or so), it has the potential to cool the Earth's climate a few degrees for the next few years.
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I'm surprised how little news coverage this thing is getting. It's wreaking a lot of havoc up in Alaska and if the winds shift around a bit, Anchorage could be in the plume of ash that is currently raining down on points west of them where the NWS has Ash Advisories posted. And if this thing keeps on going off (It's been going off on and off for about 12 hours or so), it has the potential to cool the Earth's climate a few degrees for the next few years. -
Re: Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts
No, because it would be temporary. And, if carbon dioxide is actually the culprit causing global warming, then this has the potential to put more carbon dioxide in the air than man ever has in the Earth's history, so greenies, go cap the volcano!
The same thing happened with Mount Pinatubo in 1991 and it resulted in a cooling of a few degrees over the next couple of years. A more extreme example would be Krakatoa, which was a massive eruption and actually led to New York City getting a blizzard in the middle of summer since it was so cold.
Except Sarah Palin.
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Re: Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts
I remember when Mt Spurr erupted, Anchorage was completely covered in dark grey ash. I would say 2-3 inches. It was so disgusting. Dark dust would come out of your vents, picking out black boogers for weeks. Talk about a gloomy site, hours of raining dark ash.
My dad says there's really nothing happening yet in Anchorage, no major earthquakes no ash like Mt Spurr. Anchorage benefited after with all the fertilization the ash brought to the land. Hence the birth of the legendary ATF.Comment
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Re: Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts
Another eruption just occurred. This one blasted ash 65,000 feet into the atmosphere. Take a look and notice how the temperature rose 30 degrees (It later rose to 65, but I don't have the GIF for that) from this webcam stationed 7.5 miles from the volcano. Pretty amazing.
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Re: Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts
Mount Redoubt Eruptions, according to Wikipedia:
- March 22 10:38PM
- March 22 11:02PM
- March 23 12:14AM
- March 23 01:39AM
- March 23 04:31AM
- March 23 07:41PM
- March 25 05:12AM
- March 25 10:17AM
- March 26 08:34AM
- March 26 09:24AM Ash cloud reached 65,000 feet above sea level
- March 26 11:47PM
- March 27 08:40AM
- March 27 05:35PM Ash cloud reached 40,000 feet above sea level
- March 27 07:25PM Ash cloud reached 51,000 feet above sea level
It's too bad there's not much coverage. This is a very interesting event.Comment
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Re: Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts
Check out this picture of one of the eruptions from space! The black puff sticking out is the ash cloud from the eruption.
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