Free fertilizer!
Mt. Redoubt just endowed Anchorage with a dusting of free fertilizer. Upon inspection (after gathering the volcanic ash off of my car with a post-it note and spice jar), Mt. Redoubt's 3/28/09 3:29 PM ash, ala Anchorgae, is much finer and much lighter in coloration that Mt. Spurr's 9/17/92 ash ala Anchorage.
The difference in grain size is to be expected, as Spurr is 80 mi from Anchorage vs. Redoubt at about 120 mi distant. I got nothing on the color, though.
It is supposed to get windy tonight. I hope the wind doesn't blow the ash around too much. Yucko. Hopefully it gets bound into the snow/ice and doesn't come back to haunt us until breakup... next week.
The difference in grain size is to be expected, as Spurr is 80 mi from Anchorage vs. Redoubt at about 120 mi distant. I got nothing on the color, though.
It is supposed to get windy tonight. I hope the wind doesn't blow the ash around too much. Yucko. Hopefully it gets bound into the snow/ice and doesn't come back to haunt us until breakup... next week.