Alaska's Redoubt Volcano is erupting

[JoyJuice]

"Alaska's Redoubt Volcano is erupting explosively for a fifth time since 10:38 p.m.

It began showing signs of unrest earlier this year, and the USGS first warned of a potential eruption in January. The alert level has wavered between yellow and orange since then."

Yeah that Earthquake monitoring equipment, just more pork barrel spending.

 

[romanov]

"Alaska's Redoubt Volcano is erupting explosively for a fifth time since 10:38 p.m.

It began showing signs of unrest earlier this year, and the USGS first warned of a potential eruption in January. The alert level has wavered between yellow and orange since then."

Yeah that Earthquake monitoring equipment, just more pork barrel spending.

It has been going off for about two weeks or more. A Frontier Air Cargo plane was the first to notice in December.

 

[Panzerkamfwagen]

It has been going off for about two weeks or more. A Frontier Air Cargo plane was the first to notice in December.

They spent how many millions of dollars on seismographs and all that jazz, and some dude in a plane is the first to realize that it's erupting?

LOL

 

[romanov]

They spent how many millions of dollars on seismographs and all that jazz, and some dude in a plane is the first to realize that it's erupting?

LOL

Yeah, We got the things all over the place and at least one each couple of years gets active. Normally just stream and rumblings. These volcano centers get calls all the time from fisherman or whatever.

 

[XTE]

They spent how many millions of dollars on seismographs and all that jazz, and some dude in a plane is the first to realize that it's erupting?

LOL

Actually we noticed steam coming from it just 3 days ago....

Also, the USGS told us an eruption would happen in the coming days and that was 2 days ago....

I know you would like to think Bobby Jindal is all that and a bag of chips, but he simply doesn't understand the predictive power science gives us on these things. It will save lives and money in the end. If we continue to listen to you and people that think like you, we'll do without the preventative measures that ultimately save money. Oh, and we might believe to many distortions too....

 

[JoyJuice]

They spent how many millions of dollars on seismographs and all that jazz, and some dude in a plane is the first to realize that it's erupting?

LOL

Reading is your friend:

"It began showing signs of unrest earlier this year, and the USGS first warned of a potential eruption in January."

 

[romanov]

Reading is your friend:

"It began showing signs of unrest earlier this year, and the USGS first warned of a potential eruption in January."

A pilot in late December saw steam coming out the top.

 

[AirPo]

A pilot in late December saw steam coming out the top.

Do you know the differnce between steam and an eruption?

 

[romanov]

Do you know the differnce between steam and an eruption?

Do you know the difference between an active and a dormant volcano?

 

[Maverick3000]

Steam just means it is alive with some activity; it states nothing about when a volcano is about to erupt and what damage it will do which is what volcano monitoring equipment is for.

 

[Saving Hawaii]

Do you know the difference between an active and a dormant volcano?

Used to live near one of the latter. It's always been a local doomsday scenario as an eruption would likely bury hundreds of thousands of homes. But eh, the Cascadia Subduction Zone going is entirely likely to happen within my lifetime, and that'll make Katrina look friendly.

 

[romanov]

Steam just means it is alive with some activity; it states nothing about when a volcano is about to erupt and what damage it will do which is what volcano monitoring equipment is for.

Yeah, the reports have gone something like this.

Mount Redoubt may erupt a little or a lot or even not at all. So, just be aware something may happen, unless it does not. In which case stay tuned to this station just in case something may happen...or not happen.

You can not predict with any degree of certainty what a volcano will do. All you can do is say after the fact it hit what ever on the Richter scale.

 

[pgp_protector]

The other nice thing about having the Equipment for monitoring Volcanoes is data correlation

If we can record the data from multiple volcanoes, we can see if there's a pattern that develops in the data to help forecast eruptions.

 

[TheNewWorldMan]

Most government science agencies like the USGS and NOAA rely on a network of both professional and amateur observations and data. No need to politicize science any more than it already is.

 

[Maverick3000]

Yeah, the reports have gone something like this.

Mount Redoubt may erupt a little or a lot or even not at all. So, just be aware something may happen, unless it does not. In which case stay tuned to this station just in case something may happen...or not happen.

You can not predict with any degree of certainty what a volcano will do. All you can do is say after the fact it hit what ever on the Richter scale.

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We are pretty good of figuring out when a volcano is about to burst due to certain level of activity and other signs, as well as figuring out what will happen when it does erupt (We can look at scars of old eruptions and see what direction the eruption takes place, and where the mudslides take place). It has saved numerous lives, and one of the reasons why volcano related deaths are becoming much rarer now. The Mt. Pinatubo was one of the most violent eruptions in recorded history and was near a densely populated area. Tens of thousands of people were saved due to predictions and timely evacuation.

 

[romanov]

<staff edit>
We are pretty good of figuring out when a volcano is about to burst due to certain level of activity and other signs, as well as figuring out what will happen when it does erupt (We can look at scars of old eruptions and see what direction the eruption takes place, and where the mudslides take place). It has saved numerous lives, and one of the reasons why volcano related deaths are becoming much rarer now. The Mt. Pinatubo was one of the most violent eruptions in recorded history and was near a densely populated area. Tens of thousands of people were saved due to predictions and timely evacuation.

I went around the net a bit looking to see if anything has changed since I took geology in college. (I am not a geologist.) What I found was a web site that talked at length about how volcanologist were able to save hundreds of lives at Pinatubo. They studied that eruption and learned so much. That is just weird how your post matches that site.

Anyway, they can not predict an eruption with any degree of accuracy. They can say a volcano is likely to erupt. But they really can not tell you when. Next week, next month, or maybe next year. Or how bad it will be. A magma chamber can cool off and the volcano can go dormant again. It can build pressure slowly over time and erupt with no warning. They got lucky with Pinatubo. Instead of heroes, they would have been scorned if they had been off by a week. All they can do is take a guess. Call it an educated guess. But it is still just a guess.

 

[TheNewWorldMan]

Anyway, they can not predict an eruption with any degree of accuracy. They can say a volcano is likely to erupt. But they really can not tell you when. Next week, next month, or maybe next year. Or how bad it will be. A magma chamber can cool off and the volcano can go dormant again. It can build pressure slowly over time and erupt with no warning. They got lucky with Pinatubo. Instead of heroes, they would have been scorned if they had been off by a week. All they can do is take a guess. Call it an educated guess. But it is still just a guess.

All the more reason to invest in efforts to learn more about the intricacies of God's creation...

 

[romanov]

All the more reason to invest in efforts to learn more about the intricacies of God's creation...

Maybe so, all I know is I make a post about the experts talking on the radio about this thing and I get;

Congratulations for showing you are completely clueless on the current gains made in volcano monitoring. Please stop posting on this subject before you actually spend time researching on the subject.

One time in his lifetime the scientist make an lucky prediction on an eruption. Wow, great track record. Here is the thing. These great prognosticators of volcanology are drooling all over themselves up here to get on radio or TV to tell us, uh it may erupt uh lots more. But...it may.. you know..not erupt..uh..so much. You can watch the birds and animals and get a better idea of what to expect. I make that observation and I get; Why don't you pick up a book you ignorant rube!!


I just noticed I was chewing on a tooth pick when I wrote this post. Is that irony?

 

[TheNewWorldMan]

Nobody said anything about Bush or Palin until you brought them up. Why are you deliberately trying to derail this thread into debates about Palin and Bush?
Ringo

Actually, I think the text you quoted was itself intended to satirize those who did in fact inject politics into the thread. Just my $0.02 worth...

 

[Maverick3000]

That is just weird how your post matches that site.

Its mostly common knowledge, so I wouldn't be shocked if many sites noted similar information. It was a pretty big event you know.

Anyway, they can not predict an eruption with any degree of accuracy. They can say a volcano is likely to erupt. But they really can not tell you when. Next week, next month, or maybe next year. Or how bad it will be. A magma chamber can cool off and the volcano can go dormant again. It can build pressure slowly over time and erupt with no warning. They got lucky with Pinatubo. Instead of heroes, they would have been scorned if they had been off by a week. All they can do is take a guess. Call it an educated guess. But it is still just a guess.
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Of course they can't predict the eruption by the exact day, but they are now able to tell when a Volcano is at a point where getting people out of the area and (most importantly) be able to estimate what will happen are major steps. Calling it "luck" is an incredible discredit to the numerous scientists who worked, and saved countless lives.