Feb 18 2009
in which mt. redoubt doesn’t do much, really
Yeah, I think I said I’d update if more happened with the volcano situation up here. Or maybe I didn’t. I don’t know. Whatever the case, there’s been…basically nothing. People are still covering their computers with plastic bags to keep out the ash when it does come, because the stuff’s so fine it will almost certainly get into buildings, but nothing has actually happened. Maybe Mt. Redoubt’s still gearing up for a big one–and I imagine it is, considering the seismic activity hasn’t really settled down and we’re probably due anyway–or maybe it’s going to taper off. (Volcano image is a photo my dad took in 1989, last time Mt. Redoubt went off. Click to enlarge.)
As a recent article at the LA Times website put it, “If Alaska’s Mount Redoubt is going to blow its top, will it hurry up already?” I quite agree, especially since I really, really want a volcano day off school. That would just be…several kinds of awesome, really. (The same article has a couple of priceless comments–one person says, apparently in all sincerity, “the volcano will blow its top on march 14 at 4:57 i had a dream some one on tv said that and it was a mid explosive erruption,” and another commenter responds, “The Volcano will blow Feb 32nd at elleventeen o’clock. Instead of lava, there will be warm strawberry sauce for snowy mountain, which will turn into ice cream. Had a dream about it, its gonna happen. Just you wait.” I love the internet.)
As for other weather stuff, since you all know how much I like complaining about that, it’s got a lot warmer lately–up around 30° and higher–which is nice, I guess, except that it actually means everything is very slick and there’s slush everywhere. So that’s fun.
