Turn the sound on! 🔊 The USGS V1 camera at Kilauea now has *audio* and tephra is falling on it right now - www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
One of my longtime friends had his debut novel come out in 2025 and I am finally having time to read it. I have the most amazing friends! share.google/KuTxKFNHTh7J...
Best way to celebrate my defense is several rounds of my favorite volcano themed game with friends!
I defended and passed my PhD defense yesterday. I'm almost back, just an international move....
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This ran on January 23, 2001. I also love how the destruction of the Kingdome 💔 was used as a magnitude reference.
Thought I would share another one from apparently my Nisqually Earthquake newspaper archive.
About a month earlier the Seattle Times ran a section on the earthquake risk in Seattle.
This quake also taught me about the dangers of bricks in earthquakes and lets face it started the Alaskan Way Viaduct saga. Which is one of the BEST stories to illustrate how hilarious getting anything done in Seattle can be.
I was allowed to go on "crack" patrol to check the building. This was the second significant earthquake I remember from growing up in Seattle. The first one taught me about particle motion and this one taught me about local geology impacts on shake magnitude.
25 years ago the Blanchet HS Basketball team was at State and we were given a late start. Walking into school I tripped going up the steps. I thought I was just tired. When I went in the front door the lights were swinging.
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Going through papers at my parents house I found newspapers from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. With my favorite being the article about the "earthquake rose"
I LOVE IT!
My defense is the first week in March. I have to say I have been enjoying having student discounts on my memberships again (and keep giggling that I have reset the ECR clock)
I have been enjoying @bennjordan.bsky.social videos on #infrasound noise and this new video is also worth watching. youtu.be/_bP80DEAbuo?...
I am at the High Desert Museum and love this new volcano exhibit!
And forever thank you to @geophysichick.bsky.social for introducing me to infrasound.
Then I went to Massey to try and answer another question. Can we tell the difference between the plume generated infrasound and other parts of the eruption like PDCs. That is obviously a huge question that I am still working on.
So thank you Augustine for erupting 20 years ago.
In Singapore I started taking those tools I had learned and started to try and answer the questions that had come up with the study on Augustine. In Singapore I worked on the plume height question. How far could we push it and could it be operational? The answer? Way further than I thought!
I went to UAF with a goal of learning to be a better signal processor knowing that a degree in infrasound wasn't really a thing at that point. I took a job at UH Manoa wanting to further my understanding of infrasound.
In my senior year at WWU I did a research project with @geophysichick.bsky.social and was introduced to volcano infrasound. Many questions arose during that project that I have spent the last 20 years trying to answer. That project and eruption has shaped my career.
Twenty years ago, an eruption occurred in Alaska that had a profound impact on my career: the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano. At the time, I was an undergraduate at WWU studying geology, with no long-term plans, taking things one quarter at a time.
Just letting everyone know that I am based in the US for the next 2 months in PST time zone. I am available for talks, seminars, and trainings if anyone is interested.
Had the pleasure of meeting several of the old time park guys out at the volcano yesterday along with my friends daughter!
Now back to work.
I am home in Hilo and since I always miss activity I didn't prepare. Does anyone who anyone on island with some sound equipment with a known response? I wanted to get some audio frequency range records of a fountain. Thanks!
Tomorrow I’ll be working on my personal DEI initiative for science literacy for local/Indigenous girls in Hawaii: I’m taking my niece to the beach.
Me: Ok I am finally in the same place for more than 3 days and can get some work done.
My laptop: Would you like a blue screen? Yes lets do that.
I mean think it all the people who could use it! Also make it dark so people with migraines can hide out waiting for meds to kick in.
It's part of the process. I have accepted this.
I mean my first response is always can we get a nap room?
