Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Halbred on March 29, 2009, 02:03:34 AM
Title: Mt. Redoubt Erupted
Post by: Halbred on March 29, 2009, 02:03:34 AM
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.
Title: Re: Mt. Redoubt Erupted
Post by: RABicle on March 29, 2009, 03:28:10 AM
Plant beans on your windowsill.
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Post by: ShyGuy on March 29, 2009, 04:17:54 AM
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.
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Post by: ThePerm on March 29, 2009, 04:42:32 AM
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Post by: RABicle on March 29, 2009, 05:15:52 AM
Yeah Pompeii is pretty incredible.
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Post by: ShyGuy on March 29, 2009, 05:22:28 AM
I'm more of a Krakatoa fan myself. Largest noise ever in recorded history.
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Post by: RABicle on March 29, 2009, 12:04:51 PM
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.
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Post by: Stogi on March 29, 2009, 09:35:39 PM
Crazy.
Did you see the video of the volcano that erupted underwater last week? It was awesome looking.
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Post by: NWR_pap64 on March 29, 2009, 09:58:43 PM
Mother Nature's pissed!
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Post by: Stogi on March 30, 2009, 12:37:10 AM
It looks to crazy; to the point that it seems to defy physics.
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Post by: IceCold on March 30, 2009, 03:05:56 AM
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.
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Post by: Stogi on March 30, 2009, 03:16:57 AM
While there should have been waves, a volcanic eruption is not as serious as say an earthquake. You shouldn't expect tsunamis.
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Post by: ThePerm on March 30, 2009, 03:49:23 AM
thats some awesome video, real estate forming right there
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Post by: RABicle on March 30, 2009, 08:13:55 AM
Found a page talking about the story I mentioned earlier. I guess tehre were another couple of survivors with equally incredible stories. (http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Pelee.html)
Title: Re: Mt. Redoubt Erupted
Post by: EasyCure on March 30, 2009, 09:25:52 AM
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.
