How many volcanoes exist in Alaska?
Alaska contains over 100 volcanoes and volcanic fields which have been active within the last one and a half million years. There are more then 70 potentially active volcanoes in Alaska. In the 1980’s one morning of April 1st Sitka, Alaskans woke up to black smoke billowing out of the dormant volcano, Mt. Edgecombe; people were in a panic. The biggest joke had just been played on a whole town. Porky, a local that liked to stir things up a bit, used a helicopter and brought truck tires to the opening of the dormant volcano and lit them on fire to produce the black smoke. I’ve got to hand it to you Porky, if you’re going to do something, you might as well go BIG- right?!?!
