Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption 293
An anonymous reader writes "Mount Redoubt, or Redoubt Volcano, is an active stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range of Alaska. The once quiet volcano has begun to roar once again. Its last eruption was in 1989 and geologists suggest that the next one is upon us. Alaskans who lived through the earlier eruption are stocking up on breathing masks and goggles. Starting on Friday, January 23 2009, the level of seismic activity increased markedly, and on Sunday AVO raised the Aviation Color Code to ORANGE and the Volcano Alert Level to WATCH. On the basis of all available monitoring data AVO regards that an eruption similar to or smaller than the one that occurred in 1989-90 is the most probable outcome. We expect such an eruption to occur within days to weeks." From the AP article: "Alaska's volcanoes are not like Hawaii's. 'Most of them don't put out the red river of lava,' said the observatory's John Power. Instead, they typically explode and shoot ash 30,000 to 50,000 feet high — more than nine miles — into the jet stream. 'It's a very abrasive kind of rock fragment,' Power said. The particulate has jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. 'They use this to polish all kinds of metals,' he said." The server for the Alaska Volcano Observatory appears to be overloaded and is unresponsive.
Really? (Score:3, Funny)
Bah! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Yup, that's the way we say it in Chicago. Just ask the mare.
Ocol (Score:5, Funny)
Fi Noly Ilnux ahd a psellchecker.
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
adding fuel to the (server) fire (Score:5, Funny)
And so you post a direct link to it on the slashdot front page?
Way to go, kdawson, way to go. You've ensured the Alaska Volcano Observatory site is going to be down even longer.
Why would you do that? Did that site molest you when you were young or something?
Poor Observatory (Score:3, Funny)
And we're helping the poor sysadm by linking from
Sarah Palin (Score:5, Funny)
Re:adding fuel to the (server) fire (Score:5, Funny)
Sarah Palin an expert in geology and vulcanology (Score:5, Funny)
Given her foreign policy credentials, are the Republican talking heads going to advance this event as proof of her experience with geology and vulconalogy?
And with all that ash in the air... (Score:5, Funny)
she won't be able to see Russia from her backyard anymore!
Re:Simpsons? (Score:3, Funny)
The googles, they do nothing! [google.com] = 239,000 results.
The goggles do nothing [google.com] = 325,000 results.
I think that it qualifies to be called a internet meme.
Re:Sarah Palin (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah it's considered an industrial strength abrasive!
Sarah, not the volcano. That would be an insult to the volcano.
-AC
Re:Sarah Palin (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Unresponsive web page (Score:3, Funny)
They were not perpared.
Re:Damn globe (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sarah Palin an expert in geology and vulcanolog (Score:3, Funny)
Score 2, Flamebait? Boy is someone still sore about the election.
Re:Bah! (Score:5, Funny)
My grandpappy stayed on this mountain, and I'll be damned if I'm going to leave it! I'm staying righ#@$#@%$NO CARRIER
Ok, so we've got someone who is unwilling to evacuate. Check. Now all we need is a fairly attractive MILF who may sire the future leader of the human resistance^W^W^W^W^W^W^W^W^Wis the mayor of a small town. Oh and Pierce Brosnan too. Can't forget him. Add those two things in and I think we've got ourselves a movie ;)
(Bonus points for adding in a family dog that will survive all manner of bad situations even as the humans around him are dropping like flies)
Re:adding fuel to the (server) fire (Score:5, Funny)
I did the same, but for another reason: when it goes down, you have to make sure it /stays/ down.
Re:Let's work to avoid another "Katrina" (Score:5, Funny)
4) Michael "heck of a job" Brown no longer at FEMA
OBLG: BSG (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bah! (Score:3, Funny)
Better than Tommy Lee Jones stopping lava with concrete and fire hoses.... ... oh and a building.
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
You betcha! (winks)
Re:Let's work to avoid another "Katrina" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:adding fuel to the (server) fire (Score:4, Funny)
One chance to stop the eruption! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:adding fuel to the (server) fire (Score:5, Funny)
I'll just set up a batch job to keep pinging it until it comes up...
Re:Think of the Airlines as Well. (Score:4, Funny)
I wonder what kind of plans or route diversions they are making for military and commercial flights right now?
The particulate has jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. 'They use this to polish all kinds of metals,'
So I'm guessing American Airlines will be routing their whole fleet right over it for a free polish!
Re:I have a vague memory of St. Helens (Score:5, Funny)
Re:MOD PARENT DOWN. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:MOD PARENT DOWN. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One chance to stop the eruption! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I have a vague memory of St. Helens (Score:4, Funny)