I have a six-year old son who is more than interested in any type of weather event – we use the term “obsessed”, and we don’t use it lightly. Second only to tornadoes in his world are volcanoes, and he is begging us to take him to Hawaii so he can see real lava flow.
As much as we would love to take him to Hawaii, that’s not a cheap trip, so in the meantime I’ve discovered the USGS “Alaska Volcano Observatory” website, with live webcams aimed at the major volcanoes in Alaska. In addition to the beautiful imagery (both still and video), the site is packed with research, information, and even hazards summaries. (Be sure to check the sunrise indicator on the webcam video – although it’s mid-morning here in Virginia, the sun won’t be up at the Redoubt volcano until 9:30 AKST. Which is just about the time our budding weatherman gets home from school…)