Amy is stuck in Anchorage due to the fact that Augustine Volcano erupted today. The ash shot out eight miles high, say news reports. The airlines have a policy that no flights leave at night after a volcano in the area has erupted because they might run into ash that they can't see. She was due to leave about 8:30 tonight. Unfortunately, that has been postponed. The funny thing is that they then asked her, "Do you want to take the 6:00 am flight?" She responded, "But it's dark at 6:00 am here in Alaska too!"
I've heard of being snowed in before but I had never heard that a flight was postponed due to a volcano. (In fact, the junior high basketball team is stuck in Chevak due to the snow on the runway and the Chevak team is still here in Nome. That must be horrible to the coaches that are watching them!) I am sure that it is absolutely necessary to avoid the ash. It's just hard. She was crying a bit on the phone from missing her kids.
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