- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Tuesday, March 6, 1990
- Date: Tues, 6 Mar 1990
RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
CC: RAD Information Net
Day/date: Tuesday, March 6, 1990
INCIDENTS
90-26 - Chickamauga-Chattanooga (Georgia) - Falling Fatality
At about 2:30 on the afternoon of the 3rd, M.C., 38, of Chattanooga,
apparently lost his balance and fell 70 feet from the top of Sunset
Rock. M.C. was visiting the park with his sister at the time of the
incident. An investigation into the circumstances leading to M.C.'s
death is underway. (John Cissell, CR, CHCH, via CompuServe message from
RAD/SERO, 9 a.m. EST, 3/5/90).
90-27 - Lake Clark (Alaska) - Eruption of Mt. Redoubt
Mt. Redoubt erupted again early yesterday, spreading ash over parts of
the Iditarod Sled Dog Race trail and on towns on the Kenai Peninsula
south of Anchorage. The plume of ash from the volcano reached 40,000
feet, and wind carried the ash hundreds of miles away to northeast
Alaska. The water level of the Drift River increased after the eruption
from volcanic debris spilling down the mountain into the river channel,
but no flooding was reported at the Drift River oil terminal 20 miles
from the mountain. (United Press report by Jeff Berliner, 3/5/90).
STAFF STATUS
Kreis at PNR/RMR/WR fee coordinator training in Las Vegas, Dabney at
21st Century task force meeting in Denver, Healy on SL.
Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities
Telephone: FTS 343-4874/6039 or 202-343-4874/6039
Telefax: FTS 343-5977 or 202-343-5977