A hundred years ago today, the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century took place on the Alaskan peninsula. Actually, it was probably the biggest eruption for a hundred years either side of June 6th, 1912. And what did it leave?
Photo: Pavel Izbekov, Alaska Volcano Observatory / University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
A molehill instead of a mountain. … Read more
In the entire population of Facebook, I am the only person who likes Kasatochi Island.
I’m sorry no one else likes you, little midget volcano barely sticking your nose out of the Bering Sea. I happen to think you’re fascinating.… Read more
Evan’s having a hard time sleeping, so daddy’s having a hard time sleeping. There’s some strange correlation there that I can’t put my finger on – maybe it’s the whole disrupting-daddy’s-sleep-by-coming-into-the-room-and-crawling-on-top-of-me-in-bed thing. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll love little E until I breathe my last, but man is it ever hard to sleep through a little 40-pound person climbing on top of you. Try it sometime (pending the availability of little 40-pound people in your immediate vicinity). You know I’m right.
Whiplash-inducing gearshift… CRUNCH! … Read more
If there’s an iPad firmware upgrade, will it be called an iPatch?
I’m sitting here watching a webcam of an active volcano in Alaska… does that constitute a Redoubt readout?
I’ll relate more inadvisable thoughts to you as they occur to me.… Read more
