So we are still fine from the volcano - so far it has all gone north. On the first morning that it blew, we went to bed knowing that there was a 50,000 foot ash cloud, but not really sure if it was going to hit us or not.
Brian went ahead and went to work - he went in early since it was the first day after spring break and grades came out during break, so he had to get there and plan the schedules for his kids.
then as the rest of us were thinking about getting up, at 8:30, the power went off. I was supposed to have a doctor appointment first thing that morning, but didn't want to drive in the ash and with the power off, we had no way to know where the ash was. I called Brian to see if Homer had power and they didn't. He said an avalanche had taken out the power to the entire peninsula. So weird that it came at the exact same time as the volcano, but they were totally unrelated.
So I didn't go to my appointment. All the doctor's records are on computer now, so I didn't figure we could accomplish anything without power, plus we still couldn't figure out where the ash cloud was.
When the power came back on, the phone company had some kind of snafu and the internet for Homer and Fairbanks was down for 12 hours. Everybody in between had internet. Again, not related to the volcano, just a fluke that all three things happened at once. It was very surreal and kind of spooky. Made us realize that we really need to add a battery radio to our storage. We always say, Oh, we'll just go out to the car and use that radio, but it was snowing and cold and windy and nobody wanted to go out to the car to listen to the radio. hahaha, so I guess we'll be getting one.
I love Alicia's post about the problem with ash holes and about people complaining about the webcam being turned off at night. I guess they have gotten thousands of calls over the past 3 months asking them to please leave the webcams turned on at night so we can watch the volcano at night. It's kind of scary that people that dumb are out there walking around. Anyway, just wanted to warn you that the ash cloud can circumnavigate the globe so all of you should be on the lookout for ash fall and the resulting ash holes. They're everywhere ! ! ! hahahaha
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wow. What a story. FYI, those combined solar/crank radios work really great. You can crank enough power for fifteen minutes listening in about five minutes. That way, you don't have to hassle with being sure you have good batteries, the good batteries aren't buried under the rubble, etc. etc. And they are pretty cheap. Recommend them highly (we have a couple now). Love ya, Sandra
Oh My!! Life in Alaska!Between Pot holes big enough to swallow a car and ash holes from the volcano life here in Salt Lake is hazardous too./Then conference is coming up and it is not worth your time to try to eat out anywhere downtown or try to ride tracks .It is packed. Thanks for the smiles. Love Marilyn
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