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Volcano erupts in Alaska
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coolhandluke74 
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Alaska volcano erupts, flings ash 30,000 feet high
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A volcano has erupted with little warning on an island in Alaska, sending an ash cloud at least 30,000 feet high.
The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning. Seismologists at the Alaska Volcano Center detected a series of small tremors hours before.
Okmok is located on one of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, 60 miles west of the busy fishing port of Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island.
Jerry Lucas, a spokesman for PenAir, the primary airliner serving the area, says two planned flights from Unalaska were canceled in response to the eruption.
Geophysicist Steve McNutt says the 3,500-foot volcano last erupted in 1997. He says the volcano has shown signs of increased activity during the last few months
Now we know why all those earthquakes were happening....
Nothing is ever as it seems |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 9:33 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
mmm I will bathe in the lava |
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coolhandluke74
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7/12/2008 9:36 PM
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It is chaos i tell you, chaos
Nothing is ever as it seems |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 9:37 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 9:42 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
Thank you Jesus |
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coolhandluke74
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7/12/2008 9:43 PM
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Thank you Jesus Quoting: Anonymous Coward 465671
Nothing is ever as it seems |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 9:52 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
AVO/USGS Volcanic Activity Notice
Volcano: Okmok (CAVW #1101-29-)
Current Volcano Alert Level: WARNING
Current Aviation Color Code: RED
Issued: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 4:02 PM AKDT (20080712/0002Z)
Source: Alaska Volcano Observatory
Notice Number: 2008/A7
Location: N 53 deg 23 min W 168 deg 9 min
Elevation: 3520 ft (1073 m)
Area: Aleutians Alaska
Volcanic Activity Summary: A strong explosive eruption began at approximately 1943 Z (11:43 AM ADT) and continues at this time based on high levels of seismicity recorded on the AVO seismic network. The ash cloud may be reaching in excess of 35,000 feet above sea level and is moving generally east and southeast from the volcano. Ash fall has been reported on eastern Umnak Island and in Dutch Harbor.
Recent Observations:
[Volcanic cloud height] The ash cloud is reaching in excess of 35,000 ft above sea level. Light winds appear to be carrying the ash cloud to the east and southeast at this time.
[Ash fall] Ash fall was reported soon after the eruption onset at Fort Glenn 7 miles southeast of the volcano. Ash fall has also begun at Dutch Harbor on Unalaska. We have no information on the amount of ash that has fallen.
[Other observations] US Coast Guard aircraft are in the area and have been asked to report any visual observations of the eruption.
Hazard Analysis:
[General hazards] Ash fall is expected to continue downwind of the volcano including over marine areas in the North Pacific. Areas in the immediate vicinity of the volcano on Umnak Island should be avoided, particularly the Crater Creek drainage northeast of the caldera.
[Ash cloud] An ash cloud is drifting east and southeast of the volcano and poses a risk to aircraft in the vicinity. At this time, we estimate the ash cloud to possibly reach 35,000 feet above sea level.
[Ballistics] Ballistics may impact the areas around the caldera rim.
[Lava flow/dome] Historical eruptions of Okmok have typically produced lava flows, however at this time we cannot confirm that a lava flow has been produced.
Remarks: Okmok Volcano is located on the northeast end of Umnak Island in the eastern Aleutians about 65 miles southwest of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor. The volcano consists of a 6-mile-wide circular caldera or crater about 1600 feet deep that formed about 2000 years ago. Okmok has been frequently active in historical times producing ash clouds often accompanied by lava flows within the caldera. The most recent eruption occurred in 1997 and produced ash clouds and a lava flow that traveled about 5 miles across the caldera floor.
Please see [link to www.avo.alaska.edu] |
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Omega
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7/12/2008 9:53 PM
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Yahoo IM omega375hh |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 9:57 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
Alaska volcano erupts, flings ash 30,000 feet high
Great Post coolhandluke74! You even scooped Drudge.
The last eruption of this volcano was 11 yrs ago. |
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coolhandluke74
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7/12/2008 10:05 PM
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Alaska volcano erupts, flings ash 30,000 feet high
Great Post coolhandluke74! You even scooped Drudge.
The last eruption of this volcano was 11 yrs ago. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 454918
Perhaps more to come......
Nothing is ever as it seems |
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Release Daeharmonics
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7/12/2008 10:07 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
Wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo !
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 10:46 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
Anyone in coastal PNW see any plume on this
clear blue sunny day?? I'm looking from the
'other' side of the mtns and don't see anything
yet. 30-3500' heading SE and rising...???
At what rate I wonder?? Winds in that area??
Anyone?? |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 10:49 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
oops...add another zero to that--35,000' sorry! |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 10:50 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
Anyone in coastal PNW see any plume on this
clear blue sunny day?? I'm looking from the
'other' side of the mtns and don't see anything
yet. 30-3500' heading SE and rising...???
At what rate I wonder?? Winds in that area??
Anyone?? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 272605
Unalaska, AK, population 4347, is located in Alaska's Aleutians West (CA) county, about 795.7 miles from Anchorage and 1949.1 miles from Seattle. ...
Are you Superman?
Did you learn any geography in high shool? |
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A Concerned Canadian
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7/12/2008 10:54 PM
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The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning.
Keyword here. How many is that this year so far? For these super volcanoes waking up again. |
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/12/2008 10:57 PM
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The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning.
Keyword here. How many is that this year so far? For these super volcanoes waking up again. Quoting: A Concerned Canadian
Curious... where do you get "caldera" means "super volcano" from?
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Anonymous Coward
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7/12/2008 10:58 PM | | Re: Volcano erupts in Alaska | Quote |
The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning.
Keyword here. How many is that this year so far? For these super volcanoes waking up again. Quoting: A Concerned Canadian
Ummm, the word caldera does not indicate Super Volcano. Most pyrochlastic explosions create a caldera.
Okmok erupted 11 years ago.....it's just letting off steam. |
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/12/2008 11:12 PM
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This may help for locating it..
:okmokmap:
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A Concerned Canadian
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7/12/2008 11:15 PM
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The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning.
Keyword here. How many is that this year so far? For these super volcanoes waking up again.
Curious... where do you get "caldera" means "super volcano" from? Quoting: Geogal
Why, Is a super volcano something else? Yellowstone is a super volcano. I don't know I think I picked the term of when them elk or animals were found dead there a few years back and all that hype started.
Calderas are not your regular average volcano. Not even close. |
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A Concerned Canadian
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7/12/2008 11:16 PM
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The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning.
Keyword here. How many is that this year so far? For these super volcanoes waking up again.
Ummm, the word caldera does not indicate Super Volcano. Most pyrochlastic explosions create a caldera.
Okmok erupted 11 years ago.....it's just letting off steam. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 467166
What indicates super volcano? |
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/12/2008 11:19 PM
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Alaska volcano erupts, flings ash 30,000 feet high Quoting: coolhandluke74
Excellent catch CHLuke...
Oh.. the swarm you spotted a few days ago... over 800 mile away. Nothing to do with this specific spot and volcano... but, there have been pretty good ones there recently. I think that there was a Mw5 there not log ago... and yes, the activity did increase in the specific area recently...
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A Concerned Canadian
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7/12/2008 11:31 PM
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The Super Volcanoes are:
YELLOWSTONE
LAKE TOBA, SUMATRA, INDONESIA
LONG VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
LAKE TAUPO, NEW ZEALAND
VALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICO
AIRA, JAPAN
SIBERIAN TRAPS
JUPITER'S IO
The last super volcano that went off was 70,000 years ago.
[link to dsc.discovery.com]
I believed that all calderas were super volcanoes. I may be wrong. I ain't no volcanologist that's for sure. |
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/12/2008 11:32 PM
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The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning.
Keyword here. How many is that this year so far? For these super volcanoes waking up again.
Curious... where do you get "caldera" means "super volcano" from?
Why, Is a super volcano something else? Yellowstone is a super volcano. I don't know I think I picked the term of when them elk or animals were found dead there a few years back and all that hype started.
Calderas are not your regular average volcano. Not even close. Quoting: A Concerned Canadian
Actually there are 2 definitions geologically for "caldera"
Caldera is the big hole in a volcano when it goes boom. And Rhyolite Caldera is actually a volcano type (like strato is another... etc...)
Super volcano is a term (barely) saved for defining just a really big volcano, like Toba, Yellowstone, etc... It is based upon previous eruption history and limits of ash fall, bomb fall, magma, etc... it also suggests magma chamber size.
Want any links for full explanation?
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/12/2008 11:32 PM
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opps.. double post
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A Concerned Canadian
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7/12/2008 11:37 PM
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The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning.
Keyword here. How many is that this year so far? For these super volcanoes waking up again.
Curious... where do you get "caldera" means "super volcano" from?
Why, Is a super volcano something else? Yellowstone is a super volcano. I don't know I think I picked the term of when them elk or animals were found dead there a few years back and all that hype started.
Calderas are not your regular average volcano. Not even close.
Actually there are 2 definitions geologically for "caldera"
Caldera is the big hole in a volcano when it goes boom. And Rhyolite Caldera is actually a volcano type (like strato is another... etc...)
Super volcano is a term (barely) saved for defining just a really big volcano, like Krakatoa, Yellowstone, etc... It is based upon previous eruption history and limits of ash fall, bomb fall, magma, etc... it also suggests magma chamber size.
Want any links for full explanation? Quoting: Geogal
Nope. I'm good. Thanks |
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/12/2008 11:39 PM
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Want any links for full explanation?
Nope. I'm good. Thanks Quoting: A Concerned Canadian
True... you got your own definitions up before i could get mine done.
LOL!
BTW... satellite of Okmok from this morning and it's ash cloud
:okmok3:
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/12/2008 11:45 PM
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The last super volcano that went off was 70,000 years ago.
I believed that all calderas were super volcanoes. I may be wrong. I ain't no volcanologist that's for sure. Quoting: A Concerned Canadian
The 70kyr ago would be Yellowstone, likely... though that was a small burp for it.
Hey! I consider it a good day when I learn something new. I love learning!
Being "wrong" in this sense, it's more of a misunderstanding or not enough info... this kind of understanding I run into a lot. VERY few geologists are volcanologists... some just have a passion for volcanoes, even if they enjoy other parts of geology better... me for instance. I'm not a volcanologist, I'm more a structural geologist.
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A Concerned Canadian
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7/13/2008 12:28 AM
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The last super volcano that went off was 70,000 years ago.
I believed that all calderas were super volcanoes. I may be wrong. I ain't no volcanologist that's for sure.
The 70kyr ago would be Yellowstone, likely... though that was a small burp for it.
Hey! I consider it a good day when I learn something new. I love learning!
Being "wrong" in this sense, it's more of a misunderstanding or not enough info... this kind of understanding I run into a lot. VERY few geologists are volcanologists... some just have a passion for volcanoes, even if they enjoy other parts of geology better... me for instance. I'm not a volcanologist, I'm more a structural geologist. Quoting: Geogal
I enjoy being set straight. Saves me from looking like an ass a second time. Some people when they catch a mistake this way will beat you to the ground and then some. Then come back later to kick you some more. I like the way you set me straight. By making me think 2wice about it. Thanks. |
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/13/2008 12:31 AM
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I enjoy being set straight. Saves me from looking like an ass a second time. Some people when they catch a mistake this way will beat you to the ground and then some. Then come back later to kick you some more. I like the way you set me straight. By making me think 2wice about it. Thanks. Quoting: A Concerned Canadian
I dislike ever being mean to anyone (who doesn't deserve it). Misunderstanding something never deserves meanness. I more often than not try to joke of tease if someone is getting weird or mean. If I can use what I know to help others, the more the better.
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A Concerned Canadian
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7/13/2008 12:54 AM
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structural geologist Quoting: Geogal
Do you work in this field? That's pretty neat stuff. I have a few questions that maybe you might know. |
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Geogal
Hu ka pele, lava pour forth
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7/13/2008 12:59 AM
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structural geologist
Do you work in this field? That's pretty neat stuff. I have a few questions that maybe you might know. Quoting: A Concerned Canadian
Yep. I can answer you as best I know.
But, instead of asking them here and high-jacking CHLukes thread... I have a thread open to anything you want to ask.
[link to www.godlikeproductions.com]
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