Horace: Have you ever been to Kodiak Island? -Mark
-----Original Message----- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:hheff...@mtaonline.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:22 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Sakaurajima volcano erupts On Mar 10, 2009, at 5:59 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > A Meteorological Agency video camera captured dramatic images of a > volcano erupting a few hours ago in Japan, at 6 am local time. The > video is here at the Asahi newspaper website (text in Japanese): > > http://www.asahi.com/video/news/TKY200903100244.html > > The location is at Sakurajima, Kagoshima pref. in south Kyuushu. > > A Met. Agency official is quoted in paragraph 1: "There have been no > volcano related earthquakes, tremors or other indications that a large > scale eruption is likely, so we do not think that citizens need to > evacuate at this time." > > The latest eruption is 2.5 km from the nearest settlement, where 15 > people live. > > - Jed The latest volcano to threaten my location is 9,000 ft high Mt. Redoubt, even though I live about 200 miles away: http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/NorAm/Redoubt/RedoubtPlume.jpg As you can see, the volcanoes here are more about ash plumes than lava. The last eruption dumped ash over a 20,000 km^2 area. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska) Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.9/1992 - Release Date: 3/9/2009 7:20 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.10/1994 - Release Date: 3/10/2009 7:51 PM
