Post by Paddy by Grace on Jan 3, 2010 8:39:23 GMT -7
Alaska Volcano Rumbles Mount Redoubt Ready To Erupt? Run!
www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212276504.shtml
Mount Redoubt has been showing signs of increased activity, and scientists are taking extra steps to ensure their monitoring networks
are upgraded and ready to provide data.
Geological experts said they expected the activity to continue for weeks or months back in March of this year, when it reportedly rumbled back to life after a long period of domancy. The last time the volcano was active was in 1989, when eruptions lasted 5 months.
The alert level advisory for aviation was raised to yellow, in order to insure pilots didn't get caught up in any ash that might spew upwards.
Scientists had noted a series of small earthquakes occurring on the mountain, and now they are becoming more powerful but less frequent.
Mount Redoubt is 10,197 feet tall, and the biggest fear observers have at this point is that a lava dome that formed in the middle of the volcano will erupt.
Go here to learn more about the most recent activity.
In other news, UPI reports that the U. S. Geological Survey says it will allocate $7 million for research by 15 universities and state agencies into modernizing volcano monitoring networks.
The USGS said the funding will be used to modernize equipment, produce high-resolution maps of high-threat volcanoes for modeling volcanic hazards and analyzing data from recent eruptions.
Universities receiving funding include the Universities of Utah, Washington, South Florida, Wisconsin, Alabama, Hawaii-Manoa and Alaska-Fairbanks; California State University at Fullerton, Boise State University, Northern Arizona University and Southern Methodist University.
State agencies receiving funding include the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Wyoming State Geological Survey, Washington Department of Natural Resources and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. (c) tPC (c) UPI
Below is an amateur video of Mount Redoubt's 3/22/09 explosion, the only one we could find of the exact moment of the explosion. It lasts approximately 3 seconds, but there are good aftermath pics. Enjoy!
www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212276504.shtml
Mount Redoubt has been showing signs of increased activity, and scientists are taking extra steps to ensure their monitoring networks
are upgraded and ready to provide data.
Geological experts said they expected the activity to continue for weeks or months back in March of this year, when it reportedly rumbled back to life after a long period of domancy. The last time the volcano was active was in 1989, when eruptions lasted 5 months.
The alert level advisory for aviation was raised to yellow, in order to insure pilots didn't get caught up in any ash that might spew upwards.
Scientists had noted a series of small earthquakes occurring on the mountain, and now they are becoming more powerful but less frequent.
Mount Redoubt is 10,197 feet tall, and the biggest fear observers have at this point is that a lava dome that formed in the middle of the volcano will erupt.
Go here to learn more about the most recent activity.
In other news, UPI reports that the U. S. Geological Survey says it will allocate $7 million for research by 15 universities and state agencies into modernizing volcano monitoring networks.
The USGS said the funding will be used to modernize equipment, produce high-resolution maps of high-threat volcanoes for modeling volcanic hazards and analyzing data from recent eruptions.
Universities receiving funding include the Universities of Utah, Washington, South Florida, Wisconsin, Alabama, Hawaii-Manoa and Alaska-Fairbanks; California State University at Fullerton, Boise State University, Northern Arizona University and Southern Methodist University.
State agencies receiving funding include the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Wyoming State Geological Survey, Washington Department of Natural Resources and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. (c) tPC (c) UPI
Below is an amateur video of Mount Redoubt's 3/22/09 explosion, the only one we could find of the exact moment of the explosion. It lasts approximately 3 seconds, but there are good aftermath pics. Enjoy!