In the past 12 hours we have had 5 major volcano eruptions on Mt. Redoubt. The last eruption put ash into the air 9 miles high. Our electricity was shut off, so that the electric company could change grids to avoid ash damage to generators. Mt. Redoubt had 60 earthquakes in one hour before it erupted and 26 earthquakes in a 10 minute period. I had to go out this morning at sunrise and clean the air filters on the vehicles and put pantyhose over the air intakes. Pantyhose will help stop the ash from entering the engines. I have my generator filled with gasoline, have bottled water in case of water contamination and plenty of wood for the woodstove (we are still in winter here with 3 feet of snow on the ground and temps around 20F).


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