Tundra Talk: Any doubts? Redoubt Eruption "Visible" = "nuisa"

State Fair board will allow farmland to remain farmland

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/731087.html

PROTESTS: Training school's site now will be south of fairgrounds.

Published: March 21st, 2009 12:40 AM
Last Modified: March 21st, 2009 12:41 AM

WASILLA -- The Alaska State Fair has scrapped plans to sell 40 acres of former dairy land for an industrial training school amid calls to preserve the fair's farming roots.

Mount Redoubt Activity----to fly or not to fly

photo courtesy of Lloyd Hunt taken last week

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php
Current Status and Observations
Seismic activity at Mount Redoubt increased at about 1:05 AKDT Sunday afternoon (March 15, 2009) and approximately 4 hours of continuous volcanic tremor ensued. The onset of the tremor was associated with a small explosion that produced a plume of gas and ash that rose to about 15,000 feet above sea level and deposited a trace amount of ash over the summit-crater floor and down the south flank of the volcano to about 3,000 feet. AVO responded to this increase in activity by raising the color code and alert level to ORANGE/WATCH at 2:50 PM AKDT. At this time it does not appear that the increase in activity heralds a significant eruption in the short term, but conditions may evolve rapidly.

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