Mount Redoubt goes Nuclear!!! YOWZA!!!!

Be sure to stock up on supplies, though it may be too late now. Things that come to mind on something like this would be to have extra furnace filters on hand. Extra filters for the generator too along with lots of gas. If you have to run the generator, check the air filter on the unit often during the ash fall. Turn the unit off during the worst of the ash, as you will need it later once the ash subsides. I don't know much about volcanic ash, but forest fire smoke does similar things to filters on a much smaller scale.
 
Well, at work right now. Thankfully no ash fall here yet. Winds are taking it North and if it shifts, should still miss Anchorage. Home Depots up here are now open 24/7 for a while for supplies. Did a run at 2am to one last night to get some basics.

All is well for now, but others are preparing as Russ said to make sure we are prepared. And I was hoping for a day off of work. School kids are pissed lol
 
KnifeAddictAK said:
Well, at work right now. Thankfully no ash fall here yet. Winds are taking it North and if it shifts, should still miss Anchorage. Home Depots up here are now open 24/7 for a while for supplies. Did a run at 2am to one last night to get some basics.

All is well for now, but others are preparing as Russ said to make sure we are prepared. And I was hoping for a day off of work. School kids are pissed lol
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Ha! Well at least you guys are safe.
 
KnifeAddictAK said:
Well, about an hour or so ago, the volcano erupted. 2 hrs estimation time on ash (Not the good kind lol) arriving in KAAK's back yard. :eek: Will be fun to see what happens. Just waiting out the details right now and keeping up to date on them. Have the dust mask, just not the drinking water.

Will try to keep ya'll posted.


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I know.:) I've been "inspecting" your little ... issue ... today.

Looks like fun.:D

Joking aside, be careful over there. The ash is often abrasive and occasionally corrosive. Do NOT suck that crap into your lungs.
 
Hope you guys stay safe through this.

On a lighter note anyone think this eruption and the imminent arrival of the Killa Zillas is just a coincidence?

The internet rumors are that Jerry has further tapped into the earths molten core to get enough infi smelted for the perceived blade demands. This has led to a disturbance in the natural flows of magma with Mount Redoubt unexpectedly receiving the unwanted magma from the smelters in Wauseon.

I believe the rumors were started by rival knife brands in an attempt to topple Busse from the top.
 
KnifeAddictAK said:
Well, at work right now. Thankfully no ash fall here yet. Winds are taking it North and if it shifts, should still miss Anchorage. Home Depots up here are now open 24/7 for a while for supplies. Did a run at 2am to one last night to get some basics.

All is well for now, but others are preparing as Russ said to make sure we are prepared. And I was hoping for a day off of work. School kids are pissed lol
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Geez... In Ohio our kids wish for FOG, SNOW, ICE and whatever days...STAY SAFE KAAK:):)

WOW...I am glad that I do not have ASH on my face...bad joke my bad:):)
Amy-0
 
RoyalM said:
On a lighter note anyone think this eruption and the imminent arrival of the Killa Zillas is just a coincidence?

The internet rumors are that Jerry has further tapped into the earths molten core to get enough infi smelted for the perceived blade demands. This has led to a disturbance in the natural flows of magma with Mount Redoubt unexpectedly receiving the unwanted magma from the smelters in Wauseon.

I believe the rumors were started by rival knife brands in an attempt to topple Busse from the top.
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Naw, that's just a vicious rumor. But the knives do have this funny inscription on them:

Ash nazg durbatuluuk
Ash nazg gimbatul
Ash nazg thrakatuluuk
agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
 
I was just a "childins" when Mt. Saint Helens blew up in Washington. I remember being so mad that we could not go out and play in all the "snow". Keep your mask on, and as others have said, start filling pots and pans, and the bathtub with water, you can use it for drinking and cooking if it comes to that (I would boil it first, and make sure you wash the tub out as well as possible, but if it is needed, you will be glad to have some water).

In my town, smack dab in the center of Washington, you could not really drive a car for 3 days +. We just had to live on the food we had in the house. My dad had to go up on the roof, and shovel all the ash off to keep it from collapsing under the weight. He actually shoveled it all off the lawns too, and moved it with a bunch of trips in a wheel barrow down into a gully. The neighbors just left it on their lawn, and it has never recovered, even decades later, their lawn still won't grow right.




Keep it safe. If there is a bunch of ash, you might not be able to run your car (can cause the car to overheat if your radiator gets blocked, and can plug up your air filter etc).

I keep a couple of months food supply, a water filter big enough to supply my family with water for many many months (easy to use one, put any water in it and gravity fills the 5 gallon container through the filters).

I don't have the money, or the space right now for a full 2 year supply, but I would definitely be ok for a few months if it came to that (ammo, guns, knives, axes, camp stove that runs on any liquid fuel, and emergency food supply).

I was raised thinking you should have a 2 year supply of food and water (essentials etc.....nudge and a wink to Alaskanativeson on the LDS thing).

It is kind of easier for me, as my parents give us kids emergency stuff for Christmas. How many people's parents give them a few months food supply, water filter, and bug out bags for everyone in the family? It is the kind of gift that gives you a sense of security, and stuff you would have a hard time paying for (or making your self spend the money on).
 
Well, Got home last night and I'm still tired. We worked 17.5 hrs Late Sunday and into Monday to get everything wrapped and covered. Most of the ash has infact tracked away from Anchorage/Valley area thank goodness, but it still landed on other towns and across the country side. We arn't out of the woods yet, but at least I'm home with the wife and critters for a week.
 
I'm glad all is well with your place. I know that Yellowstone has a "SuperVolcano" which is overdue on eruption. Luckily overdue is usually categorized in hundreds of thousands or millions of years. So with some luck our great, great, great, great, great, great, great, etc, grandchildren will still be just fine.
 
Bryan, sorry man, I completely missed this post.

Hope you and yours are safe brother.

Let us know if we can help.:thumbup:
 
rutmi01 said:
I'm glad all is well with your place. I know that Yellowstone has a "SuperVolcano" which is overdue on eruption.
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I remember watching some Disney show on Yellowstone when I was a kid and I never liked the place. Years later when I read about what Yellowstone really was, I was happy to know my instincts were right. Scary place.
 
rutmi01 said:
I'm glad all is well with your place. I know that Yellowstone has a "SuperVolcano" which is overdue on eruption. Luckily overdue is usually categorized in hundreds of thousands or millions of years. So with some luck our great, great, great, great, great, great, great, etc, grandchildren will still be just fine.
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Well, there is a lake in Yellow stone that is constantly rising, because of the bubble of magma pushing the lake bed up a bit every year.


I can tell you this. When the super volcano under yellow stone goes, it will kill about 90% of the earths population. I have watched several programs about it. The entire valley of yellow stone is a valley because the last time it blew, the whole magma bubble blew up, creating that entire valley. The last one blew so much ash in to the air, that large mammals clear over on the eastern side of the state died instantly under 15 feet of ash. The ash traveled around the whole earth several times, and I believe changed the weather, and was responsible for mass extinctions of many species.


A geneticist specalizing in human genes did a study on why there appeared to be a genetic bottleneck where the human population appeared to shrink almost instantly to less that 90% of it's former side. That bottle neck co-insided with a major eruption of a volcano some where (I can't remember off the top of my head). But that eruption was much smaller than the yellow stone one is predicted to be.
 
Bigfattyt said:
But that eruption was much smaller than the yellow stone one is predicted to be.
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"...the 585 cubic miles (mi3) of magma that was erupted from Yellowstone 2.1 million years ago (Ma) was nearly 6,000 times greater than the volume released in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington, which killed 57 people and caused damage exceeding $1 billion. Even the 1815 Tambora, Indonesia, eruption—the largest on Earth in the past two centuries—was more than five times smaller than the smallest of Yellowstone’s three great prehistoric eruptions at 1.3 Ma."

Cool image on website listed below

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/images/fs2005-3024_fig_15.jpg


http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/
 
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