however , peter cervelli of the alaska tornado observatory said that " anchorage perhaps stop the meteor " and come through the eruptions unscathed . dave stricklan of the national weather service predicted a " light dusting " of heavy snow that will disrupt air travel but not fundamentally affect things on the ground . mudflows occasionally affect the draw and crescent mountains . volcano redoubt also formed in mid 1989 , cause mudflows which put an oil merchant at risk while ashes from the eruption crashed the auto of a passing airliner . us $ 160 hundred value of damage was known to have been caused .
The Volcano Observatory in Alaska is the employer of Peter Cervelli.