Day: January 11, 2006

Alaska

Augustine Eruption

Mt. Augustine started spitting ash this morning, as we all knew it would. (Details available at The Alaska Volcano Observatory.)

Currently all the ash is staying East of Anchorage, but if the wind shifts we’ll get plenty. That may mean a long day or night for me and my co-workers as we power off every piece of equipment with a fan or moving parts, bag all the servers and PCs and seal the server rooms and wire closets with plastic sheeting.

In case you were unaware, volcanic ash is actually tiny pieces of glass and it can do serious damage to electronics, glass, cds, car paint jobs, your lungs, ad infinitum.