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[Public Email] Current seismic activity @ Redoubt and Illiamna
by webmaster＠AlaskaOutdoorJournal.com 31 Dec '11

31 Dec '11

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Gary Barnes Email Address: webmaster(a)AlaskaOutdoorJournal.com Subject: Current seismic activity @ Redoubt and Illiamna Message: Hi Folks, Am watching a great seminar on PBS about Seismicity and Volcanic Eruptions in Alaska. Shows a number of seismic sensor graphs so that got me curious as to what our two local mountains are "up to" presently. I see there is considerable background noise of a seemingly abnormal intensity for Redoubt and Illiamna when compared to a great many other sensors on other mountains. On Redoubt specifically there are actual "events" occurring. I assume they may be related to continued dome building and rock slides or movements or Magma? moving. Or is it glacial noise? Just wondering if the Station: RSO_EHZ_AV graph is just "typical" for this mountain and its sensor right now or is this activity somewhat intensified over its typical dormancy levels? I don't want to miss the photo ops for the next BIG one! heheheh Cheers and Happy New Year, Gary ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 137.229.113.112 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.19) Gecko/20110707 Firefox/3.6.19 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9103

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Re: Cleveland Volcano Lightning
by seth.snedigar＠alaska.gov 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hi Whitham, there are several lightning detection systems in place for monitoring eruptions, I think the man to talk to would be Steve McNutt (steve(a)giseis.alaska.edu). He's gone till January 4th, but should be able to talk after that. Thanks! -Seth -------- Whitham D. Reeve wrote: Hello - I have observed lightning activity on my lightning detection system over the last few days (http://www.reeve.com/Lightning/StormVue.html). While the distance shown is anomalous, the direction of some activity is about right for Mt. Cleveland. I know there is significant lightning activity associated with ash plumbs and eruptions (I observed and recorded Mt. Redoubt in 2009, see here: http://www.reeve.com/mt_redoubt.htm) and would like to try correlating my data in time with reports of activity at Mt. Cleveland. Could you comment on this and also point me to where I can find reported times of activity? Thanks for your help. -- Seth Snedigar Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys seth.snedigar(a)alaska.gov 907-451-5033 http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

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[Public Email] Cleveland Volcano Lightning
by whit＠reeve.com 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Whitham D. Reeve Email Address: whit(a)reeve.com Subject: Cleveland Volcano Lightning Message: Hello - I have observed lightning activity on my lightning detection system over the last few days (http://www.reeve.com/Lightning/StormVue.html). While the distance shown is anomalous, the direction of some activity is about right for Mt. Cleveland. I know there is significant lightning activity associated with ash plumbs and eruptions (I observed and recorded Mt. Redoubt in 2009, see here: http://www.reeve.com/mt_redoubt.htm) and would like to try correlating my data in time with reports of activity at Mt. Cleveland. Could you comment on this and also point me to where I can find reported times of activity? Thanks for your help. ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9101

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[Public Email] Test
by seth.snedigar＠alaska.gov 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Seth Snedigar Email Address: seth.snedigar(a)alaska.gov Subject: Test Message: Test email email. ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9091

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Re: Volcano Seismometers
by seth.snedigar＠alaska.gov 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hi Michael, the webicorders are showing current data (Augustine for example: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webicorders/Augustine/AUH_EHZ_AV.php). There was a bug which was causing the "Image Last Updated" timestamp to not update. However, if you look at the actual seismic image itself, you'll see the date/time from today (down the left side of the image). Our webcams are mostly solar/battery powered, so during the winter they don't take near as many pictures as during the summer, sometimes only a picture or two per month. Hope that answers your question. Thanks! -Seth -------- Michael Fleming wrote: I am not a geologist, volcanologist, or anything, just a layman. I do like to look at current activity, webcams, webicorders, and so on, just as a hobby. I am curious, what happened to your website? No current seismic recordings? Any plans in the near future to keep this website up to date? -- Seth Snedigar Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys seth.snedigar(a)alaska.gov 907-451-5033 http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

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[Public Email] Volcano Seismometers
by mchlflmng＠yahoo.com 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Michael Fleming Email Address: mchlflmng(a)yahoo.com Subject: Volcano Seismometers Message: I am not a geologist, volcanologist, or anything, just a layman. I do like to look at current activity, webcams, webicorders, and so on, just as a hobby. I am curious, what happened to your website? No current seismic recordings? Any plans in the near future to keep this website up to date? ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 137.229.113.112 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; MS-RTC LM 8) REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9083

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Re: Novel about YVO going to motion picture and game
by seth.snedigar＠alaska.gov 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Thanks for letting us know about it! -Seth -------- John A Guthrie wrote: The novel about a Chinese missile attack on the Yellowstone super volcano (to set it off) is about to be pitched in LA for motion picture and game (in a revised version- even cooler than then original First Edition with a character named after Steve Estes' sister Joan. Signed/numbered first edition still available: http://www.edgeofheavenbook.com -- Seth Snedigar Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys seth.snedigar(a)alaska.gov 907-451-5033 http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

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[Public Email] Novel about YVO going to motion picture and game
by lens＠laserradio.com 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: John A Guthrie Email Address: lens(a)laserradio.com Subject: Novel about YVO going to motion picture and game Message: The novel about a Chinese missile attack on the Yellowstone super volcano (to set it off) is about to be pitched in LA for motion picture and game (in a revised version- even cooler than then original First Edition with a character named after Steve Estes' sister Joan. Signed/numbered first edition still available: http://www.edgeofheavenbook.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 137.229.113.112 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9073

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Re: 8th Grade Science Project
by kate.bull＠alaska.gov 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Hi Madison- Sorry to be delayed in responding to you! The page we have on Spurr Volcano explains most of what you will need for your research: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=Spurr Additional information may be found in the references cited to the left of the webpage. If you don't succeed in finding the information you are after, feel free to write back. In terms of your specific question about the "most destructive" eruption at Spurr-- do you mean in terms of human infrastructure, or in terms of havoc wreaked to the volcano edifice and surrounding land? If you mean the latter, then the caldera-forming eruption mentioned in the description of Spurr was likely the most destructive. In terms of human-related damage, Spurr is far enough from infrastructure that great amounts of damage have not been caused by recent eruptions. I hope that helps. Cheers Kate -------- Madison Pfaffe wrote: Dear AVO, I am working on my Middle School Science Project and have picked the Spurr Volcano as my topic. Could you let me know on what date was the most ditructive eruption of this particular volcano? Any other info would be very helpful, thanks. Madison Pfaffe Kate Bull Geologist Alaska Volcano Observatory ADGGS 3354 College Rd Fairbanks, AK 99709 tel: (907) 451 5055 fax: (907) 451 5050

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[Public Email] 8th Grade Science Project
by skyking＠mchsi.com 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Madison Pfaffe Email Address: skyking(a)mchsi.com Subject: 8th Grade Science Project Message: Dear AVO, I am working on my Middle School Science Project and have picked the Spurr Volcano as my topic. Could you let me know on what date was the most ditructive eruption of this particular volcano? Any other info would be very helpful, thanks. Madison Pfaffe ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 137.229.113.112 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; FBSMTWB; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; MS-RTC LM 8; InfoPath.3) REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9063

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