BOOM!

Looks like "to blow" wins!
Mt. Redoubt erupted 5 times while I slept last night. The most recent blast being the biggest at 4:30am. According to the AVO, a tower of ash 50,000 feet tall was thrown skyward. Of course, this is hard to photograph in the dark. So the picture above is from the last big eruption, which conveniently happened during the daytime in April 1990.

The volcanic ash plume is projected to miss Anchorage and head directly north towards Petersville, possibly Talkeetna. So folks headed from Anchorage, up the Parks Highway to Fairbanks today may possibly have some engine trouble. Engines and ash fall don't mix.

For that reason, many flights in and out of Anchorage are cancelled or delayed. Mostly, I think these are flights to western/northern regions of Alaska which would intercept the plume. Although, I did hear of one flight which turned around and returned to Phoenix in the night. Better safe than sorry!

Well, no day off for us today... So I'm off to drag my little princess out of bed to get ready for preschool. Today is "Mismatch Day". So we're wearing a fluffy pink skirt and a mini-football jersey along with 2 different socks and 2 different shoes. :o)