Photo: The north flank of Mount Redoubt in early February 2009. Credit: Chris Waythomas / Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey
I've been following the waxing and waning of activity at Mt. Redoubt in Alaska for the past two months like many of you have. For a time there, the volcano had the nation's attention, both from the threat of a eruption near major shipping and oil hubs and from some questionable comments made by a certain Republican governor. However, nature sometimes doesn't play well with others, so after weeks of the Alaska Volcano Observatory's warnings that the volcano could erupt in "days to weeks", Redoubt seems to have returned to a state of calm. In fact, AVO reduced the alert level from Orange/Watch to Yellow/Advisory. They summarize the downgrade in the following statement released yesterday - part of an excellent summary of the current state of Redoubt, a history of ...
