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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (69038)	5/1/2008 4:40:22 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Thanks, very nice description. Bookmarked the site. I was here for the Mt. Spurr volcanic eruption in 1992. We got around 3/8 inch of ash in the early evening, and I still have a sample container packed away. About 100 years ago, Mt. Katmai blew up south of here, creating the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes... en.wikipedia.org We have an electrical inter-tie that runs hundreds of miles through the populated part of the state. The juice is provided by hydro power in the south, natural gas hereabouts, and coal in the north. There are plans to spice up the mix by adding wind, geothermal, more gas, more coal, maybe a huge river dam, and possibly tidal generation. And then to extend the grid hundreds of miles west through the wilderness to support large mining developments. There are enormous energy resources here, and it's just a matter of getting them harnessed properly.