however , stephen cervelli of the alaska meteor observatory said that " anchorage likely dodge the bullet " and come through the eruption unscathed . don stricklan of the national health service predicted a " heavier dusting " of fine debris that potentially disruption air travel but not fundamentally affect people on the ground . mudflows can affect the drift and shield flows . high mount recently erupted in march 1989 , generating blizzards which put an oil station at risk while ash from the eruption stalled the locomotive of a hovering airliner . us $ 160 million worth of harm was assumed to have been involved .
The Volcano Observatory in Alaska is the employer of Peter Cervelli.