"buttman" wrote in message
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On Aug 11, 3:00 pm, Aratzio wrote:
In an amazing overstatement of the incredibly obvious, Alaska Airlines
spokeswoman Mariann Lindsey has stated:

"The state of Alaska has many active volcanoes, we try to avoid them
because they affect airplane engines"

Yes, folks, large pieces of rock firmly (and not so firmly) attached
to earth are considered a bad thing for an airplane engine.

No word was given on how passengers or the rest of the aircraft are
affected by volcanoes.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/0...s-oil-markets-...

or

http://preview.tinyurl.com/6gp4zy

She is referring to volcanic ash.

Somewhat related ----- I got into the habit of checking this site regularly:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/
(OK OK -- my existence is getting a little boring.:-) and I've noticed that
the Aleutian Island arc has been getting more and more seismically active
during the past week or so. Especially around Adak. Usually this map shows
a total of around 200 quakes during a 1 week period. It's been hovering
around 400 lately with the Aleutian area, with the arc extending into the
mainland, accounting for more than 250 of these now. Major event coming?
....or maybe all the activity is relieving pressure on the area keeping a
major one from occuring.? I know that the second largest recorded
earthquake was at Prince William Sound.

TP