Many of you have probably heard that Mount Redoubt has been watched closely over the past month or so and finally last week it began to spew ash...however we have been fortunate to have the wind pushing the ash clouds away from the Anchorage area. Today however was a different story. Early evening today Anchorage received its first dusting of ash. There was no doubt when you looked outside and saw the hazy skies and instantly smelled the scent of ash/sulfur. Also all that snow that I have been longing to disappear has now turned to a dirty gray instead of the beautiful white it use to be.
Thankfully we have only gotten a light dusting as Anchorage received the outer edge of the ash cloud. We are hoping this is all we get but with the mountain spewing ash clouds several times a day we will most likely see more.
Here is a picture of my footprint in the snow on our deck. You can see the white snow in the footprint appear under the thin layer of ash.
Guess we're in for a new adventure as we wait and see if more is to come...and Yawkey is in for lots of baths as we have to wash his paws ever time he goes out to piddle
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