Governor Sarah Palin's about to be tested by fire (literally): Mount Redoubt set to erupt soon, near Anchorage
If there’s anyone who can successfully stare down a volcano and win, it’s Governor Sarah Palin.
We wish her and Alaska all the luck in the world, because seismologists predict Mount Redoubt’s going to erupt soon, 100 miles southwest of Anchorage. Seismic activity at Redoubt’s been increasing dramatically lately, reflecting past eruption behavior (in other words, just like Oprah after a gassy night of chili and sardines, this baby’s going to blow).
Alaska is currently on “Volcano Watch”, the second-highest level of alert (right below, “RUN!”).
The last time Mount Redoubt erupted was from December 1989-April 1990.
Based on what happened almost 20 years ago, the most damage Redoubt will do could be to air travel (since the volcanic ash will rain down on Alaska, clogging engines of planes in the air and generally making everything look gray and terrible).
It just reminds us what a wild and difficult to control state Alaska truly is — and just what sort of unique challenges Governor Palin successfully faces every day, with characteristic grace under fire.
We. Love. This. Woman.
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Being the age of Aquarius and all, can this sort of thing really happen? Oh yeah, it’s Palin’s state.
How big a carbon foot print will this leave? That Palin!! It’s peeps like her that are adding to this climatey change.
Yeah, and if she doesn’t “save” all of her citizens, she’ll be blamed for it.
All I can say to the folks in Alaska is:
Run away! Run away!
Will this ruin the alfalfa dinner for her? Also, I have become quite a mystic.I think some evil people are fomenting dangerous natural forces to keep conservative politicians away from office! Think how many natural disasters befell President Bush’s term! I am sure the libtards are doing their voodoo!
Do not worry. Alaskans are a rare breed. They can handle it.
Hillbuzz you guys are always cutting edge, just thought the same thing.
Fagan, French, Elton, ADN, KTUU, McLeod, Celtic Diva dog, etc. are all going to go ballistic on Sarah for not being in Alaska during this!!!!
This is a cool link to see the volcanoes of Alaska.
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/dynamic/dyn_vol-ak.html
Alaska is the most seismically active state. I hope Palin can use this to bring attention to the potential for harnessing geothermal.
How many volcanoes are active worldwide?
“There are more than 1500 active volcanoes in the world. About 500 have erupted during historical time.”
How many active volcanoes are there in the United States?
“There are about 65 volcanoes in the United States that scientists consider active. Most of these are located in Alaska, where eruptions occur virtually every year. The others are located in the Cascade Range (Washington, Oregon, northern California), or in Hawaii on the islands of Hawaii and Maui. Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth. It has been erupting almost continuously since 1983!”
Nevermind the people on Oahu dump tons of stuff into the bay. The coastal waters’ fish are inedible/polluted and the state has the highest incident of breast cancer in the country. So, are they to be held accountable for their volcanic eruptions?
i hope this doesnt interrupt the building of her alaskan pipeline that i heard so much about during the campaign
oh…whats that you say?
“”We don’t have an agreement. We don’t have anything,” Dr. Reynolds said.”
nevermind then
Caption:
You feel lucky, volcano? well, do you? go ahead punk, make my day.
Here’s a google map of the location: Mt. Redoubt
If that linky don’t work, you can always throw this into google maps: 60°29’7″ N 152°44’38″ W
The thing to be worried about is a major earthquake, which could turn the alluvial plane where the cities of Kenai and Homer are located into a sort of liquid.
Right about the quake. The strongest in US history have been in Alaska, part of the Ring of Fire. They have minor quakes every day.
I think it shows how well Palin understands her Alaska that she didn’t let the threat of an eruption interfere with her trip to Washington. It may not do anything for weeks or maybe nothing at all.
Strongest Quakes in uS History
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/historical_mag.php
i love her hair, it is so cool.
well if i were near a volcano, the one person i could rely on is Governor Sarah Palin. Alaska is lucky to have her at this time.
as a Geographer the Volcano will be interesting, it could be the size of St Helens.
Sarah will handle it well, she never fails, she is a success, and a woman who all woman should look up to.
the best ticket in 2012, Palin and Gilliband. but the media hates them both, but the media didn’t like Nixon or Reagan, and they won landslides.
FLMom … the volcano map was TOTALLY cool. Thank you. I had no idea all those little dribbly islands were themselves volcanoes. Cool!
Darth Aggie … *LOL on the Dirty Harry reference*
Yet when the media puts Palin down they refer to Alaska’s population and never the unique and large challenges the Governor faces in such a stark and extreme state. This volcano is one example of something most Govs don’t lose sleep over in their states.
proud member of TeamSarah!
Her ability to manage and lead through a potential time of crisis, natural and fiscal, will more clearly define her character and true grit. Prayers to Alaska.
This woman kicks ass and isn’t a hot house flower. She’s also a huge vote getter. That only scares the hell out of Dems and makes her a real threat to their power and unseating Pres. Ego
Love the Photo!
Mama Grizzly will stomp that volcano out with her bare feet if she has too!
Just like I’d hate to be Barry Soetoro, I’d hate to be that volcano!
I simply love the way she referred to herself as Mamma Grizzly protecting her children against the media in her interview with John Ziegler. She is the person you want on your side in a tough fight. Love her to bits.
LOL @ the “Oprah’s butt” tag.
I like this photo of “fierce” palin. Caption: “Oh, you wanna f*** with me, do ya? YOU BETCHA!”
Palin doesn´t think about EMMONAK, why would Redoubt ruin her day. She´s picking out a corsage!!!
Sarah can you SEE Bristol Bay from your house?????????
Gosh, Deo. You don’t mind broadcasting your ignorance for all to see, do you?
Excuse my manners for the next few lines… Thank you.
Deo,
Can you please explain to me how the f&@k you know what goes on inside Governor Palin’s head. Never mind idiot, you don’t have anything going on in yours. Please for the love a God, can you fricken zombies find something better to do with your time. Do you work for Satan, or Axelrod? Or are they the same entity? Just wondering what motivates the brain washed masses.
Seems to me, those that beat up on Gov. Palin all the time, just go to blogs to see if there are stories about her, in order to rant. I never see them beating down this beast of a stimulus package, but boy, let someone write a story about Gov. Palin, and their fangs jump out.
I ask again, to those that like to chew her up and spit her out, what gives you so much pleasure about doing this?
I bet you were all bullies in school, eh?
Barbara …. they are obviously compensating for some king of short-coming.
Deo is probably looking for a job from that stimulus package. Might be qualified to walk through streams picking up small objects, or to go to bars and remind couples to use condoms.
I’m guessing it’s not an automatic disqualification to confuse Tina Fay and Sarah Palin and spout off idiotic lines.
FYI the study people of Alaska don’t need hand-holding and would be offended if anybody suggested otherwise.
now, now, people. i don’t think it’s fair to cast aspersions on deo’s education and intelligence.
after all, doesn’t EVERYONE get their news info from saturday night live?
Why are you supporting Sarah Palin, when she is doesn’t support gay rights? She DOES support dehumanizing and slandering gay people. Is Obama’s track record on gay rights perfect? No, but he’s hell of a lot more supportive of LGBT rights than Palin.
Shame on you.
Disgusted,
Shame on you.
Please explain to us why Obama chose to spend June 29th, 2008 getting a haircut and playing basketball on the southside of Chicago instead of marching in the city’s Gay Pride Parade, the largest in the Midwest, to which he was repeatedly invited but did not think it was important enough to attend.
What exactly has Sarah Palin ever done to, in your words, dehumanize and slander anyone? Be specific. You can’t make accusations like that without supporting what you say.
Joe Biden said, during the VP Debate, that the Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin tickets had the EXACT SAME STANCE on gay rights and the gay community. Joe Biden said that. The current Vice President of the United States said he and Palin share the same stance on gay issues.
So, by your statement, Biden is slanderizing and dehhumanizing gays as well.
Prove otherwise.
Disgusted, I am now sooooo confused! I could never imagine Sarah Palin, being the solid, stable, rational, good and honest person that she is, could EVER SUPPORT dehumanizing and slandering anyone. I am shocked!
And you think Sarah Palin would be eager to join a pride parade? She doesn’t even support giving spousal benefits to gay couples, which Obama and Biden do.
We all know Joe doesn’t always think about what he’s saying, but he and Obama are far more tolerant of gays than the evangelical Christian Sarah Palin.
Palin also supports a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, which Obama and Biden oppose.
We need to let people love who they want to love and be who they are. Sarah Palin doesn’t agree with that.
Untrue, Disgusted. Gov Palin actually REFUSED to veto a bill that would have overturned an AK Supreme Court decision about employers giving rights to same-sex couples. I’m not clear on the details but I know that’s pretty close, ’cause she got heat from social conservatives on this.
Her reason?
It wasn’t Constitutional for the executive branch to overthrow a judicial branch decision.
I agree she probably would not march in a Gay Pride parade because she is a social conservative personally.
But she governs as a strict constitutionalist and is rather libertarian in thinking the government doesn’t belong in people’s private lives and should just “live and let live.”
Disgusted Says:
“We all know Joe doesn’t always think about what he’s saying,”
Yes, and we all know that some people get a free pass no matter what they say.
“…but he and Obama are far more tolerant of gays than the evangelical Christian Sarah Palin.”
“Evangelical” derived from the Greek word “euangelion” which means: “gospel” or “good news.”
I thought that described Obama’s faith as well, unless you know something we don’t?
This morning I attended church with my son. He is gay and attends an MCC church. I’d say there were about 90 to 100 present and I was probably one of the very few who isn’t gay.
The visiting pastor made a remark about the significance of the inauguration and was met with stony silence. I wasn’t too surprised since many of the cars in the church parking lot still have ‘Hillary’ bumper stickers.
Every major freight or passenger airline that flies from the US/Canada east of the Mississippi River longitude and north of the Mason Dixon to any major city in East or Southeast Asia (direct or with a connection) must fly an arcing route that takes the plane directly over Anchorage Center (often with a fueling stop at Anchorage Airport) and over the Aleutians. The return route works the same way. Anchorage is thus a very critical transit hub for business and trade between North America and Asia, from Japan and China to Indonesia and Singapore. Diverting this massive freeway in the sky away from Alaska because of a volcano would be a major challenge for nations and cities far beyond the State of Alaska itself. It would be a very high profile challenge for Palin.
I think you will find, Heather, that Sarah Palin did use her Governor’s right to veto the bill – for the reasons you gave.
FLMom,
I have a gay cousin, who is very close to my heart, and she attends an MCC church too. I want gay and lesbian Americans, like my cousin and your son, to have their equality recognized instead of being treated like second-class citizens.
I feel as if this would be more of a possibility under Barack Obama than it would Sarah Palin. I know Palin didn’t veto that bill, because it would have been unconstitutional. But the important thing – in my mind, at least – is that, if Palin had her way, gay marriage would be banned.
Disgusted,
Are you some kind of psychic. Where does the “if Palin had her way” thing come from?
You can’t make statements like that without backing them up. When has she ever supported a constitutional ban on gay marriage? When did she ever campaign for that?
You know what you sound like? One of those people who cries out about drunks and alcohol and how terrible bars are, but then you sit at home in your underpants drinking the cooking Sherry and vomiting all over yourself.
So, the thing you push on someone else and accuse them of is the thing you do or believe in yourself. It’s called projecting.
And the person you are really disgusted with is yourself, while you lash out at Palin and ascribe everything you believe to her.
Funny, hillbuzz, I was going to use that very word myself in describing you and your friends: “projecting”.
From what I can tell from reading the posting here, not just Heather but most of you Sarah Palin supporters “aren’t clear on the details”.
Half of you are sporting w**d at her f*ck-me boots or her hair, a quarter of you think she’s WonderWoman and Sarah Eastwood rolled into one, and an eighth of you think she’s ethical, intelligent, and a good Christian.
The remaining one eighth are like me, probably will NEVER be back here, but want to assure you that you’re seriously lacking in background information, to put it nicely. She’s a frickin’ fraud.
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Here’s something for you all to chew on, a list of all the Nixon-like “-Gates” Sarah Palin is embroiled in.
Here’s a list of “gates” that Palin has got herself caught in:
Before and during mayoral term:
Secession-gate http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members-of-frin.html
WasillaSportsComplex-gate http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12987.html
PoliceChief-gate http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/510219.html
Earmarks-gate http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090103148.html?hpid=topnews
BridgeToNowhere-gate http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/511471.html
Stevens527-gate http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/01/palin_was_a_director_of_embatt.html
As Governor:
Trooper-gate
MotherInLaw-gate http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/republican_race/2008/08/30/2008-08-30_sarah_palins_motherinlaw_uncertain_about.html
LaughingBitch-gate http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/295464.html
Bristol-gate http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1318881.aspx
TheJobOfTheVP-gate http://www.cnbc.com/id/25970197
BitchToHill-gate http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/palin-hillary-clintons-wh_n_122504.html
ObamaEnergy-gate
RussianTradeMission-gate
RNCClothing-gate
TurkeySlaughter-gate
2009-and-2010Budget-Gate
SpilledMatsuMaidMilk-gate
Sp.MatsuMaidMilkBailout-gate http://www.andrewhalcro.com/palins_agriculture_board_got_fraud
Dropout-gate
LeviRecommendLetter-gate
NoCommentonTripPlentyCommentonTrigg-gate
ObscureRelativesNoWhereNearAnnouncment-gate
KarenJ,
Every one of the smears you threw up there has been discredited and you know it. But, if you love “gates” so much, why not look into Yesse Yehudah, Vera Baker, Tony Rezko, The Gianoulias Family, Broadway Bank, Donald Young, as just the tip of the iceberg of “gates” we’ll all be hearing about for the next four years once the media’s tired of playing Obama cheerleader.
To disgusted
It is a fact that Governor Palin vetoed a bill that would have recinded benefits enjoyed by same sex couples in the State employ. The fact that she upheld a finely balanced interpretation of the constitution against what might be her own personal convictions is to her credit. Remember this also. Goveror Palin was elected Governor and continues to enjoy high approval among an electorate that is dispropotionally unaffiliated (43% independents) and is, according to recent Gallup polls, one of the least religious Sates in the US. This is hardly the profile of a fringe ‘rightest’ or a intolerant fundamentalist.
Karen J: Every single one of the issues you raise is verifiably false and has been shown as such over and over again.