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“Something Happening” at Mount Baker in Cascades

May 11, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on “Something Happening” at Mount Baker in Cascades

Mount Baker is one of the more active volcanos in the cascade range. According to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article, there is renewed interest in this volcano. (Photo by Ataradrac)

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Italy to use UAV to Monitor Volcano

November 16, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards 1

Italy’s University of Bologna recently made the debut flights of a Raven unmanned air vehicle or UAV intended for use in low altitude monitoring of volcanos. Read on for more details. (Photo of Raven UAV in use by Australian Military, by OzStryker)

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TVA Coal Ash Disaster

January 5, 2009 rockman Failures Comments Off on TVA Coal Ash Disaster

On December 22 of 2008, there was a massive failure of a fly ash landfill (tailings dam?) at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Kingston power plant. The failure caused a torrent of coal ash sludge […]