Originally Posted by LoadClear
We had an eruption up here not too long ago with Mt. Redoubt… we evacuated our airplanes (C-17’s) out of an abundance of caution. On a subsequent flight, I had a USGS geologist on board and asked her about her opinion on when it would erupt… She said “geology is a funny thing- it could be 5 minutes from now or 50,000 years”.

Fact, and just as true for earthquake predictions.


If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli

American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender