ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Anchorage School District leaders have activated their Emergency Operations Center and released their plan if Mt. Spurr — located just 75 miles west of Anchorage — were to erupt, as the Alaska Volcano Observatory has predicted within the next weeks to months.
“We are working daily with the Alaska Volcano Observatory [AVO],” Jared Woody, the Senior Director of the Office of Emergency Management for ASD, said Friday. ”We’re also coordinating with the Municipality of Anchorage Office of Emergency Management and our internal departments to the school districts to make sure that we’re getting ready across the entire district for everything we may need.
“And [EOC] that will start assisting with coordination.”…