Many know by now, I'm compiling a list of 1,000 posts to read before you die. They're not my posts - they're yours. And I'm picky. Read them all here (I don't have a thousand yet, but they are adding up to at least a few dozen, so get some coffee and relax, and of course - read them).
Remember Mt. Redobut? It's quieted the last couple days, making some doubt it's recently hyped imminent eruption. I'm not so sure it's not the quiet before the storm. It will erupt. But, when? It most certainly has done it before (as have its many close neighboring peaks).
Mt. Redoubt and its sister and cousins and grandfathers all live in a very real ring of fire - as fellow blogger, up in Alaska - Laura Merle, points out in an archived 2002 post:
"Shortly before we moved to Homer, the area was dusted with volcanic ash duringInterestingly, I also read this article today at the Alaskareport.com recalling the worst earthquake to hit our nation, the 1964 earthquake that demolished Anchorage. You do know that earthquakes and volcanoes are interlinked - and that up in Alaska the Pacific continental plate is diving under the North American plate - yes, quite literally diving underneath it. In 1964, it dove thirty feet. Thirty feet. Thirty. Feet.
an eruption of Mt. Augustine. Several years later, we awoke one morning to find a quarter-inch of gray ash covering the February snow, courtesy of Mt. Redoubt. The folks who lived on Diamond Ridge got a spectacular show."
Thirty Feet. Incredible amount of moving earth and energy.
" . . . the magnitude 9.2 that occurred on March 27, 1964 at 5:36 p.m. Alaska Standard Time. One hundred fifteen Alaskans died as a result of the earthquake and the tsunamis that followed, as did 16 people in Oregon and California."and, as a result - shock waves essentially went world wide,
"and shortened the intervals between eruptions of Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park."
As Laura reminded us,
"The graceful conical shapes that dominate our landscape remind us that we live along the Ring of Fire. The earth is in motion and the tranquility of those snow-capped peaks is an illusion."
4 comments:
the tranquility of those snow-capped peaks is an illusion.
What a great line. And so true.
Okay, so you scared the pants off me and now I have to go read some of you 1000 friend's posts. This was a good one, Shelby!
That 1964 earthquake and eruption triggered the tsunami that almost destroyed Cannon Beach right here on the north Oregon coast. Scary and fascinating at the same time.
I just finished reading South To Alaska that you reviewed awhile back. Great book. I really enjoyed it. We lived in Ketchikan when I was small, so I really loved the part when they first pulled the boat into the harbor there. Very fun.
I remember the 64 quake in Alaska. I had a school mate that was camping on the ocean in northern california. They were in a tiny travel trailor. She and her mom got washed inland -- tore her moms clothes all off. They didn't know where her dad or brother went at first (found fine later, at another spot)...
But, she and her mom had to go into a tavern with her mom naked -- for help.
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