MtnBarb Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Just checking in to find out if anyone is in the path of the possible volcano eruption. If so, please stay safe! Our prayers are with you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Shana is close to Fairbanks--very far away, so hopefully she will be OK. They are saying an eruption of Mt. Redoubt could send a lot of ash to Anchorage, though. Shana...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Hi! Linda, you're right. I'm far from Redoubt (or any volcano for that matter) but if it does have erruptions as it did in 1989-1990, it will effect Anchorage (I lived there during that time) and the international airport there. I remember flights were canceled and a big ash cloud fell and everyone was changing their car filters and the whole sky was cloudy and orangish grey for days. But mother nature likes to tease us and we never know if it will errupt this time like it did back then. Who knows? Anyway, skies are clear all over the state so beautiful photos of the mountain. I'll post a photo I found on the Internet. Here's a recent photo of the gas/steam burping out taken January 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 And here's a photo of Redoubt taken back in 1990. It errupted sveral times in 1989 and 1990 but this ash cloud is pretty cool looking!! I found this photo on the Internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Cool pictures Shana. I'm glad to hear you aren't in harms way. I remember when I lived in Wyoming and Yellowstone was burning. We had a pink/orange sun for days because of smoke. It made for some beautiful sunrises and sunsets! Debbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Okay, as you all know I would love to be a storm chaser....I love volcanos too....Me! The one who can't walk across the attic without falling through...could you see me near a volcano But I love 'em...they are just so magnificent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Mary Beth.... You, my semi-klutzy friend, are forbidden to go near Redoubt. Step away from the volcano, Mary Beth.... Step far, far away... :cool:;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyeQ Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Shana I lived in Kodiak in 89-90 and worked for Markair (the airlines up there during the time) People would call before they came out to the airport to see if the plane left Anchorage and thought it would make it to Kodiak. Sometimes the weather would be such that it would come all the way over (Kodiak is an island) but the clouds at the end of the runway (ocean) were too thick for it to land (mountain at the opposite end of the runway). When the volcano was going off during that time, people called every day and asked me, the lowly ticket counter agent, if the volcano was going to erupt today. SERIOUSLY!!! After a while I could take it no longer, and would just tell them "if I knew that I'd work for psychic friends hotline and make a lot more money than I do now". When I was really bad I'd advise them to hold while I consulted my crystal ball. :cool: We were all so fed up with it my boss couldn't even get real upset by it. Yep, I'm a people person. :P:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Prayers for those who could or would be affected by Mt. Redoubt... stock up on dust masks, air filters for cars, furnaces, air filters, etc... and food and water.. God Bless. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Originally posted by TracyeQ Shana I lived in Kodiak in 89-90 and worked for Markair (the airlines up there during the time) ....Yep, I'm a people person. :P:P:P Hey! I remember MarkAir! They had great food on the flights; fed us like kings. I used to fly it all the time when I worked on the slope. I remember many times eating those Godfathers personal size pizzas in the little cardboard pizza box. Yum! Plus free alcoholic drinks. This was in coach. Those were the days! Can you imagine? I was sad when they went out of business... I know what you mean about people calling and asking stupid questions. My DH when he was in college...in the summers he was a boatman running the whitewater rapids in Denali Park and the tall tales he would tell the tourists about Alaska ...ROFLMAO and they would believe every word. LOL!.Yep, He is a people person, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Shana, Your DH sounds like he has a great sense of humor along with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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