Topic: Mt. Redoubt Erupted

[Halbred]

It's actually been erupting for days, but until today, Anchorage was not hit by the ashfall. It's not deep by any means, but it's persistant in the air, which means everyone needs to wear masks outside, and you can't drive because the air filter will get owned. This could continue for several weeks--the volcano shows no signs of slowing down.

This wouldn't be as big a problem in the summer. Rains would eventually wash everything clean, but in the winter--yeah, it sucks.

[RABicle]

Plant beans on your windowsill.

[ShyGuy]

I remember when Mount Saint Helens went off when I was.... three? The ash was like snow. The ash can be good for agriculture, so it's not all bad.

[ThePerm]

poor dog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeji_get%C3%B6teter_Hund.jpg

[RABicle]

Yeah Pompeii is pretty incredible.

[ShyGuy]

I'm more of a Krakatoa fan myself. Largest noise ever in recorded history.

[RABicle]

There was one eruption in the Caribbean where some toxic fumes or something engulfed a town and killed absolutely everyone in the city except for one, single guy; a prisoner in solitary confinement. After 3 days he was getting really hungry and began making enough noise for disaster relief workers to find him.

[Stogi]

Crazy.

Did you see the video of the volcano that erupted underwater last week? It was awesome looking.

[NWR_pap64]

Mother Nature's pissed!

[Stogi]

Here's a link of that volcano:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2009/mar/19/tonga-underwater-volcano

It looks to crazy; to the point that it seems to defy physics.

[IceCold]

Granted, I'm not a geologist, but shouldn't there be waves created by such an eruption? I was scared for the people there just watching the footage, but they seemed pretty indifferent.

[Stogi]

While there should have been waves, a volcanic eruption is not as serious as say an earthquake. You shouldn't expect tsunamis.

[ThePerm]

thats some awesome video, real estate forming right there

[RABicle]

Found a page talking about the story I mentioned earlier. I guess tehre were another couple of survivors with equally incredible stories.

[EasyCure]

I need glasses because for days i saw this topic and thought it said MR not MT, and i though it was about some dude i'd never heard of, therefor never visited the thread.