Volcano panic! Alaska City Braces for Uitburst – Pets Given Gas Masks

On March 20, Anchorage officials raised the emergency planning level to level 2, which indicates an increased focus on public communication and preparations for eruption response.

The city has also issued guidelines for the safety of pets, which owners advised to keep animals indoors, to keep stocks in stock for two weeks and to clean the coat of pets when they go outside.

Residents have since had N95 -Masks, Gloves, Water and Protective equipment in stock – including glasses, gas masks and boots for their dogs.

Tiktok -user Angela łot’oydaatlno Gonzalez said in a recent video: “We are getting ready for the volcanic eruption”, while we show off her dogs.

She wore glasses herself, sat with her two puppies, who also wore protective glasses.

She laughed: “They are not happy with the glasses. Then we get them ear protection and something to cover their bodies.”

The residents of Anchorage Alliana Salanguit and Jessslin Wooliver also said that they immediately bought protective equipment for their dog after scientists warned that Mount Spurr could erupt.

Salanguit said, “I was looking for ‘pink, dog glasses, small’ and it was the best result. Are they not darling?”

At AK Bark, a PET Store for Anchorage, owner Mark Robokoff told NPR that he sold more than 500 pairs of protective glasses for dogs in March.

He also mentioned a shipping of dog master machines, was on the road, with 1,800 already sold in advance.

Mount Spurr has shown increasing signs of an imminent eruption in the past year, including increased seismic activity, basic displacement and gas emissions.

Since April 2024 the seismic activity has risen, with quakes that rise from 30 to 125 a week in October.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) confirmed the seismicity increased, with small volcanic earthquakes that occur under the volcano.

In a Tuesday update, experts from the AVO said: “Unrest continues on the volcano of Mount Spurr. Seismicity remains raised with incidental small, shallow volcanic earthquakes that were detected under the volcano last day.

“AVO continues to monitor activity on Mount Spurr for signals that indicates that the volcano is getting closer to an eruption.”

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has also discovered hundreds of vibrations in the area, including a considerable force 3.7 Quake near Petersville on 2 April.

The constant seismic activity and gas emissions of Mount Spurr suggest an imminent eruption, possibly within a few weeks or months.

The top crater of the Volcano did not break out in 5000 years, but the side ventilation – crater peak – broke out 30 years ago for the last time.

If it bursts again, it is probably comparable to the eruption of 1992, which anchorage covered in ashes and caused considerable disturbances.

Recent emissions and vibrations have scientists on a high alert, and if the activity continues, a volcanic tremor can indicate the next phase of eruption.