Sunday, March 29, 2009

church cancelled on account of ash



Well last sunday night Mt. Redoubt erupted, and has done so repetitively (13 times) since. we've mananged to avoid ashfall and ashclouds until last night. Redoubt blew at about 3:30p.m. and three hours and 100 miles later the ash cloud was over us, you can kinda see the cloud in this picture, without that black cloud it would have been fairly sunny out! you can see the ashfall against the snow. we couldn't see it falling down, but it finely accumulated on everything. we spent our sunday melting snow and straining the water to get the dust out! a vial of volcanic ash for a souviner!

10 comments:

Amanda said...

Oh, ash collecting, what a great idea! If you want some more, there's a whole ton accumulated on my windshield wipers right now--and you're welcome to all of it!

Kritta22 said...

We have a bunch over here too!!

Maybe I'll go put some in a jar!!

Strupp Family said...

Get a vial for me too. Seeing as how everyone but me has some. Would you like me to collect some hail or tornado for you?

Story Family said...

Whoa, cool! And kind of scary. But that probably just heightens the experience. Isn't it neat to be around for awesome things?

Jessie said...

What a fun idea! Plus having a keepsake from this event will be nice!

The Boyle Family Press said...

Mags and Mike,
Hope the knee is knice, Mike. We're aching for you. Mags, I'm looking forward to the souvinir you're gathering. Hoping to get a souvenir out of all this too!

Mary Monster Mary said...

Your're so smart. I wish I would have thought of that. My kids set a jar outside to collect it but we really didn't get anything. How much ash did you get?

Nicole said...

WOW! I hope you guys are okay. Seriously is it just one long "cool" experience living there! Your blog is the most exciting thing I read all week!

Emilee said...

Holy smokes! A volcano. Who has that happen? Unless, you live in Alaska. Yet one more cool thing you are experiencing.

Nicole said...

It rained mud here the other day, honest to goodness mud. Too bad it's not as collectible as ash. Now you'll have a great story to tell around the campfire about the day(s) Mt. Redoubt erupted!!

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