Volcano Erupts In Southwest Alaska, Sending Ash 20,000 Feet

USA Today reports that according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Pavlov Volcano, "about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted at 4:18 p.m. local time. The agency says the eruption also led to tremors on the ground. ... The USGS has raised the volcano alert level to "Warning" and the aviation warning to 'Red.'" Television station KTUU of Anchorage has a few photos of the emerging ash plume, which has so far risen to about 20,000 feet (hence that aviation warning).

Tremors

[Anonymous Coward]

I think I felt those tremors in the ground and I live in Knik. (Near Wasilla and across the bay from Anchorage.)
Thought it was the start of an earthquake but apparently it was a volcano.

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[Aighearach]

So that's what that "volcano monitoring" stuff is about!

http://wonkette.com/414938/rem... [wonkette.com]

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[KGIII]

It looks like a pretty good disruption at about 12:20 local time.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webi... [alaska.edu]

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[Tulsa_Time]

Fabricated quote from SNL that was attributed to Sara Palin.

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[ShanghaiBill]

I think I felt those tremors in the ground and I live in Knik. (Near Wasilla and across the bay from Anchorage.)

Povlof is about 600 miles (1000 km) from Anchorage. It is extremely unlikely that you felt the tremor at that distance.

Since you live there, I shouldn't have to tell you this, but Alaska is big.

ÃoeWarningÃ

[Hognoxious]

How do you pronounce "ÃoeWarningÃ"?

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[Hognoxious]

Seen that word before. It means "timothy is an asshat", I think.

Re:ÃoeWarningÃ

[Anonymous Coward]

AoE Warning!

Since volcano obviously does AoE damage!

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[U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M]

Virtual +1 Funny.

How are people still getting mod points? My Karma has been positive for months and I haven't had mod points in nearly a year, if not more. I can't even recall.

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[ShaunC]

As best as I can tell, it's been tied to metamoderation for some time now. If you don't metamod, you're never going to get mod points; when I do get them, it's typically a few minutes after submitting the metamod form.

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[U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M]

metamoderation?

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[Coren22]

No, it is not tied to metamoderation, as I have done that once, like a month ago, and I have always been flush with mod points.

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[Quirkz]

I don't think I've ever metamoderated, and I get mod points every week or two.

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[Applehu Akbar]

So the Australians don't really have 400 different words for 'vomit' and the Hawaiians don't actually have 400 different terms for 'fucking haole'?

Re: 20,000 feet...

[O('_')O_Bush]

Thanks Google calculator.

The internation aviation standard is feet.

[Chibi Merrow]

There are only a few countries that use meters, and most of them (e.g. Russia and China) aren't countries many people fly in and out of...

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[tlhIngan]

There are only a few countries that use meters, and most of them (e.g. Russia and China) aren't countries many people fly in and out of...

ICAO uses meters, except in North America where it's feed due to existing convention.

Pressure is in Pascals everywhere outside of North America as well (where it's inches of mercury). Likewise weather reports uses miles (both statute and nautical!), again only in this region.

Modern airliners have a metric/imperial switch to switch the instruments between the two measureme

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[dkman]

Yes, I wish the US would get their heads out of their collective asses and make the switch. The medical industry and the military have used the metric system for years.

I personally think we should have both numbers just about everywhere (they're already on food) but noticeably absent from speed limit signs. If we condition people for a period of time then the switch won't be so painful, but if we continue to do as little as possible we'll never do it.

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[Chibi Merrow]

ressure is in Pascals everywhere outside of North America as well (where it's inches of mercury).

But "Two niner niner two" is so much easier to remember...

Likewise weather reports uses miles (both statute and nautical!), again only in this region.

Hmm are you sure it's only in that region? I know altitudes for PIREPs and SIGMETs and such are usually in feet and/or flight levels. Last I checked we parse international METARs, PIREPs, Winds Aloft, etc. the same way we do domestic ones, which would imply they're

Sorry, couldn't resist

[Tablizer]

Both Palin and Putin can see it from their houses.

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[Aighearach]

I don't think they exiled Puttiput to Siberia just yet.

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[Hognoxious]

In Soviet Russia, earthquake feels you!

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[chadenright]

In America, if an earthquake feels you, you can sue it for harassment and emotional damages.

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[Salgak1]

. . . so would that require a "Tremor Warning". And what did you have in mind for the "Safe Space". . .

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[jeffasselin]

She immediately posted on twitter that it was Obama's fault.

Putin obviously blamed it on gay people.

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[Notorious G]

I think you meant Tina Fey. Bizarre how propaganda flows into even the most insignificant areas of your life.

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[Tablizer]

She actually did say something similar to that. Fey merely "decorated" and exaggerated it for comedy purposes.

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[Coren22]

http://www.snopes.com/politics... [snopes.com]

What she ACTUALLY said is true though, not some ignorant line. You can see Russia from some islands in Alaska. However, I can't see how that would have any effect on Palin's ability to negotiate with Russia as she was being asked.

nah

[drinkypoo]

Soot and ash drive global cooling, until they fall on the ice

Also check out the Alaska Volcano Observatory

[aklinux]

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/acti... [alaska.edu]

Pavlov volcano

[Anonymous Coward]

Did someone ring a bell?

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[dwye]

Did someone ring a bell?

THANK YOU! Someone finally makes the obvious comment, and it has to be an AC so modding it up helps no one.

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[U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M]

I knew that name sounded familiar.

Hey look, cookies!

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[boristdog]

I don't know, but that volcano makes me salivate.

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[Coren22]

'm honestly not sure if letting us acs post willy nilly is a good idea. on the other hand, we have one ac who is obviously using a botnet/vpn/tor/etc to post entire conversations with himself usually about how republicans hate children but he's had some variety lately at least.

There is also APK who would shitpost whole torrents of spam. It seems he has mostly backed off recently though.

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[jafiwam]

Fuck Whiplash, just look at the number of articles with less than 20 posts.

Maybe listening to the whinging minority wasn't the greatest of ideas, eh? But hey, you are an 'entrepreneur', so I guess it's not your money that's is being pissed at the wall.

They are finally blocking some of the spam.

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[Hognoxious]

He was telling the truth. None of them speak English at all.

RatatatataTISH!

âoeWarningâ?

[johannesg]

That's a local word, right? I don't know what it means but it sounds bad!

Re:âoeWarningâ?

[jrumney]

It's Inuktitut for "It's snowing rocks, let's get the f**k out of here!"

Mount Pavlof

[riverat1]

According to Wikipedia it's spelled Pavlof. [wikipedia.org] It's located pretty far out on the Alaska Peninsula.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Flights from the west of North America to Asia pass through that region. They'll have some novel scenery to look at this time provided there's no trouble.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Volcanic ash and jet engines are NOT good friends..

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[riverat1]

:)

Pavlov Volcano

[StikyPad]

Alaskans could tell it was the Pavlov Volcano because all of their dogs started drooling.

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[Tablizer]

More like the volcano is drooling. God must be ringing a bell.

A brilliant plan

[pellik]

Whoever figured out how to train a volcano to erupt in a pavlovian style just saved the world. That ash will lower global temperature and fight warming!

British Airways Flight 9

[asasdlfgnjl]

"Falling from the Sky." Mayday. Season 4 Episode 2

20K Feet

[pebear]

Actually it's a small blast since this same volcano has sent plumes over twice that far in the relatively recent past. This guy is a very active volcano if not the most active one in the Aleutian islands.