Yeah, mama... That volcanic ash is a real BEAR. Gets into everything and is quite a nuisance. However the one benefit is it's played a role in giving Alaska some really fertile, rich growing soil. Those record cabbages and such that everyone often sees is the result of that rich soil, plus the 24 hour sunshine and morning rainfalls.

I've felt many tremors, but the worst one I was ever in resulted in no real damage per se, as far as great loss or injury- just very minor destruction... I was working at the Kenai Princess Lodge on the Kenai Peninsula in Cooper Landing, Alaska. The shakin' and shimmyin' commenced and we lost several shelves of stacked china and glassware, a few windows and a light fixture hanging above an antique wood stove fell and busted apart the fancy ornament atop that stove. Also, when I trudged home to my cabin later after my shift was over a beautiful potted amaryllis I had on my dresser which was situated right up against the railing of my second-story sleeping loft had tumbled off my dresser fell to the kitchen floor below and shattered into bits. Poor amaryllis- prolly didn't feel a thing though- it was so quick!

Wow KYH just reading that gives one an adrenaline rush! LOL

Poor ole' dino! I am kinda glad I don't have to share my garden with the likes of them though!

The interesting facts that surround such phenomenon are always quirky... The Alaska quake of '64 killed a few in Alaska of course, but the Tsunami created as a result of the quake also killed folks on the beach in Oregon and Cali. Other interesting quirky facts- boats in the Gulf of Mexico were SUNK due to the reciprocal action in the water resulting from the quake- AND clear over on the other side of the world in South Africa water levels in wells and toilets fell as a result of the Alaska quake. Isn't that WEIRD?

And then there is the Yellowstone Caldera and the increasing number of deaths that are occurring due to unexpected changes in the surroundings. The park doesn't like talking about such things, saying people come here to be happy and entertained, not to be told the bad things. There is a serious indication that an eruption will occur at this location in the near future.

"The volume of volcanic rock produced by the first Yellowstone caldera eruption was about 600 cubic miles—about 17 times more than Tambora, and 2,400 times as much as Mount St. Helen's, an almost incomprehensible figure. One more statistic: Ash from Tambora drifted downwind more than 800 miles; Yellowstone ash is found in Ventura, California to the west and the Iowa to the east. It is likely the earth has seldom in its long history experienced caldera explosions on the scale of those that created Yellowstone." Reference

Always nice to have something to look forward to.

Now you are "cracking me up" with that line CanMan:D

I love it!!!

I know on a serious note it'll be tragic & just terrible, but we have to live in the here and now and cope with each day as it unfolds.

I am glad I got to visit Yellowstone, but when I visited it really "hit home" just how seismic the area is!!! And yet so beautiful in and of itself. I am so glad for that experience of having "been there and done that"!