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[Public Email] Field Trip to Alaska Volcano Observatory
by stuff＠acsalaska.net 18 May '12

18 May '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Rebecca Bleeker Email Address: stuff(a)acsalaska.net Subject: Field Trip to Alaska Volcano Observatory Message: Hello, I teach science through a homeschool science co-op. My classes are working on a study of volcanoes. We would love to have a field trip to visit the AVO. Our group would include 11 elementary-age students and 4 adults. If it would be possible for us to visit, we are available anytime on the following dates: Mon 6/4; Tue 6/5; and Wed 6/6; or Thu 6/7. Who can we contact to ask about setting up a field trip? Thank you for your time and service! ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9951

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Re: Carwash cleaning
by janet.schaefer＠alaska.gov 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hi Sean, A good resource for understanding the composition of volcanic ash is located here: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ash/properties.html Ash can be very abrasive, and in addition to the abrasiveness, ash particles are commonly coated with soluble salts. Much of these same characteristics are found in the silt and other fine-grained, non-volcanic sediment that occurs around Anchorage. -Janet -------- Sean Hannaman wrote: Hello, Have a quetion about ash and how it will affect a touchless carwash ability to clean cars. I maintain two carwashes in the Anchorage area and we are having some difficulties cleaning cars. I was thinking with the erutions that we have had there has been a fare amount of ash on the ground. What is the likelihood that this could be the cause? If it is, how would I go about getting info to send to Ecolab to come up with a chemical the will clean our customers cars?

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Re: Work for the summer/fall
by janet.schaefer＠alaska.gov 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hello, In short, no, AVO doesn't have a volunteer/internship program. If you are seeking volcano experience anywhere - the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has the premiere experience. HVO Volunteer webpage http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volunteer/ If you're after AVO or Alaska specific experience... AVO is a partnership between three public organizations. Opportunities working (including volunteering) with AVO would be specifically advertised under these three organizations. Opportunities with the USGS usually require U.S. citizenship. Employment with the State of Alaska often requires Alaska residency, and student opportunities with the University of Alaska Fairbanks typically require enrollment at UAF as a full-time student. If there are employment positions with AVO, you'd find them on the appropriate partner's HR webpage. A little awkward to continually check three sites, but it does work (see farther down this email.) If you're looking to flat-out volunteer with AVO in Alaska, requiring you to provide your own housing, food and transportation, you may consider emailing a resume to AVO staff whose interests resemble your own (keep in mind we're in Anchorage and Fairbanks). You can use the staff list on the AVO website or just start Googling "AVO" and some limited text describing your interest. Some AVO-affiliated student programs that are open to non-UAF students and are highly recommended are PIRE (Partnership in Volcanological Research and Education) and the UAF International Field Camp (with Alaskan and Russian courses): US-Russia-Japan Partnership (see the links at the top of the website) http://www.uaf.edu/geology/Research/research/volcanology.html PIRE http://www.gps.alaska.edu/PIRE/PIRE.html UAF G&G International Field Camp http://www.uaf.edu/geology/InternVolcanologySchool/2000index.htm Here's the list of AVO's member agencies, and their websites: Feds (AVO-S in Anchorage) 1. The USGS General USGS Employment http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/ USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, AK (jobs are advertised in bottom of left-side navigation) http://alaska.usgs.gov/ USGS Volunteer http://www.usgs.gov/volunteer/ State of Alaska (AVO-N in Fairbanks) 2. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys http://www.dggs.alaska.gov Workplace Alaska http://notes4.state.ak.us/wa/mainentry.nsf/WebData/1hp1HomePage/?Open AK Department of Natural Resources (includes DGGS) Job, Intern. and Volunteer Opportunities: http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/jobs.htm 3. (AVO-N in Fairbanks) The University of Alaska Jobs (AVO assoc. portion is the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute - UAFGI)) https://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=11… UAF Geol. and Geophys. and the UAFGI also host internships during the summer and school year. You may contact the geology and geophysics department or the UAF Geophysical Institute (UAFGI) for info. UAFGI http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ UAF Geol. and Geophys. http://www.uaf.edu/geology/ Also, the recently developed "Volcanonet" group on Facebook has a section where members can post/look for opportunities. Its been quite a successful site, acquiring over 400 members and dozen of opportunities posted in about a week. -------- Dongje Lee wrote: Dear Alaska Volcano Observatory, This June, I will be graduating from UCLA with a B.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics from the Earth and Space Sciences department. I would like to know if there is any work or internships available for a fresh graduate. My academic background includes geology, chemistry, and physics. I speak English and Korean, and am familiar with Russian, Japanese, French, and Spanish, though none conversationally. I have very little research or laboratory experience, but I am a fast learner, especially by heuristic and hands-on methods. I have also programmed in C++ and Matlab. Also, although this may not mean very much, in the past I had visited Anchorage for a week in the fall, so I am not too unfamiliar with the Alaskan weather and sun. All the best, -Lee, Dongje

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Re: Summer Work
by janet.schaefer＠alaska.gov 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hi Abigail, In short, no, AVO doesn't have a volunteer/internship program. If you are seeking volcano experience anywhere - the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has The premiere experience. HVO Volunteer webpage http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volunteer/ If you're after AVO or Alaska specific experience... AVO is a partnership between three public organizations. Opportunities working (including volunteering) with AVO would be specifically advertised under these three organizations. Opportunities with the USGS usually require U.S. citizenship. Employment with the State of Alaska often requires Alaska residency, and student opportunities with the University of Alaska Fairbanks typically require enrollment at UAF as a full-time student. If there are employment positions with AVO, you'd find them on the appropriate partner's HR webpage. A little awkward to continually check three sites, but it does work (see farther down this email.) If you're looking to flat-out volunteer with AVO in Alaska, requiring you to provide your own housing, food and transportation, you may consider emailing a resume to AVO staff whose interests resemble your own (keep in mind we're in Anchorage and Fairbanks). You can use the staff list on the AVO website or just start Googling "AVO" and some limited text describing your interest. Some AVO-affiliated student programs that are open to non-UAF students and are highly recommended are PIRE (Partnership in Volcanological Research and Education) and the UAF International Field Camp (with Alaskan and Russian courses): US-Russia-Japan Partnership (see the links at the top of the website) http://www.uaf.edu/geology/Research/research/volcanology.html PIRE http://www.gps.alaska.edu/PIRE/PIRE.html UAF G&G International Field Camp http://www.uaf.edu/geology/InternVolcanologySchool/2000index.htm Here's the list of AVO's member agencies, and their websites: Feds (AVO-S in Anchorage) 1. The USGS General USGS Employment http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/ USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, AK (jobs are advertised in bottom of left-side navigation) http://alaska.usgs.gov/ USGS Volunteer http://www.usgs.gov/volunteer/ State of Alaska (AVO-N in Fairbanks) 2. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys http://www.dggs.alaska.gov Workplace Alaska http://notes4.state.ak.us/wa/mainentry.nsf/WebData/1hp1HomePage/?Open AK Department of Natural Resources (includes DGGS) Job, Intern. and Volunteer Opportunities: http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/jobs.htm 3. (AVO-N in Fairbanks) The University of Alaska Jobs (AVO assoc. portion is the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute - UAFGI)) https://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=11… UAF Geol. and Geophys. and the UAFGI also host internships during the summer and school year. You may contact the geology and geophysics department or the UAF Geophysical Institute (UAFGI) for info. UAFGI http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ UAF Geol. and Geophys. http://www.uaf.edu/geology/ Also, the recently developed "Volcanonet" group on Facebook has a section where members can post/look for opportunities. Its been quite a successful site, acquiring over 400 members and dozen of opportunities posted in about a week. -------- Abigail Valletta wrote: Hello, My name is Abigail Valletta. I am an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut studying Geosciences with a minor in Geographic Information Systems. I am looking to get some experience traveling and working in a geoscience position this summer. I am contacting you to see if you are looking for any interns/volunteers/summer help this summer! I am willing to relocate, and understand that my relocation for a position would be at my own expense. Thank you for your time, please keep me posted on the status of an intern or volunteer position. Thank you, Abigail Valletta

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Re: Why isn't Redoubt on the watch list?
by janet.schaefer＠alaska.gov 17 May '12

17 May '12

We are definitely watching Redoubt, but currently the volcano is exhibiting typical background, non-eruptive seismicity, thus the aviation color code remains at GREEN and the alert level is NORMAL. -Janet -------- Gaye Hunt wrote: Redoubt is having daily earthquakes (one of the latest was a 4.0), so why isn't it on the watch list?

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Re: 7 March 2012 M 4.2 earquake near Iliamna
by janet.schaefer＠alaska.gov 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hi Kenneth, Your question might be better answered by the Alaska Earthquake Information Center. Here is a website with their contact information: http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/html_docs/contact.html -Janet -------- Kenneth Brown wrote: Can you describe the earthquake; kind of earthquake,location, duration, time, after shocks, landslides, data

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[Public Email] Carwash cleaning
by sean.hannaman＠holidaycompanies.com 17 May '12

17 May '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sean Hannaman Email Address: sean.hannaman(a)holidaycompanies.com Subject: Carwash cleaning Message: Hello, Have a quetion about ash and how it will affect a touchless carwash ability to clean cars. I maintain two carwashes in the Anchorage area and we are having some difficulties cleaning cars. I was thinking with the erutions that we have had there has been a fare amount of ash on the ground. What is the likelihood that this could be the cause? If it is, how would I go about getting info to send to Ecolab to come up with a chemical the will clean our customers cars? ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9941

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[Public Email] Work for the summer/fall
by leeresidence1717＠gmail.com 17 May '12

17 May '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dongje Lee Email Address: leeresidence1717(a)gmail.com Subject: Work for the summer/fall Message: Dear Alaska Volcano Observatory, This June, I will be graduating from UCLA with a B.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics from the Earth and Space Sciences department. I would like to know if there is any work or internships available for a fresh graduate. My academic background includes geology, chemistry, and physics. I speak English and Korean, and am familiar with Russian, Japanese, French, and Spanish, though none conversationally. I have very little research or laboratory experience, but I am a fast learner, especially by heuristic and hands-on methods. I have also programmed in C++ and Matlab. Also, although this may not mean very much, in the past I had visited Anchorage for a week in the fall, so I am not too unfamiliar with the Alaskan weather and sun. All the best, -Lee, Dongje ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.168 Safari/535.19 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9931

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[Public Email] Summer Work
by abigail.valletta＠uconn.edu 17 May '12

17 May '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Abigail Valletta Email Address: abigail.valletta(a)uconn.edu Subject: Summer Work Message: Hello, My name is Abigail Valletta. I am an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut studying Geosciences with a minor in Geographic Information Systems. I am looking to get some experience traveling and working in a geoscience position this summer. I am contacting you to see if you are looking for any interns/volunteers/summer help this summer! I am willing to relocate, and understand that my relocation for a position would be at my own expense. Thank you for your time, please keep me posted on the status of an intern or volunteer position. Thank you, Abigail Valletta ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9921

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[Public Email] Why isn't Redoubt on the watch list?
by natashalatte＠alaska.com 15 May '12

15 May '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Gaye Hunt Email Address: natashalatte(a)alaska.com Subject: Why isn't Redoubt on the watch list? Message: Redoubt is having daily earthquakes (one of the latest was a 4.0), so why isn't it on the watch list? ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9911

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