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Busy volcanic morning

Posted by Alaskology

Posted: March 26, 2009 - 10:07 am

Apparently Mount Redoubt is ticked off. At least that's what one of the editors here at the Daily News said this morning.

After a couple days of inactivity, our now world-famous volcano is amping up its activity. Twice this morning, Redoubt has exploded. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the latest blast at 9:24 this morning was a "major explosive event" and the cloud has reached at least 65,000 feet above sea level.

It's still a bit cloudy here in Anchorage, so there's not much to see. And it appears the ash is headed away from Anchorage and toward Homer.

I'll post something later if the situation changes here in town.

--Steve