Just like Hugo Chavez, I think I smell sulphur.

Vents on Alaska's Fourpeaked Mountain have been spewing volcanic gases and experts at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say an eruption is possible.

Peter Cervelli, a geophysicist for the U.S. Geological Survey and the observatory, said it is hard to predict if or when an eruption will occur but "nothing is imminent."

According to the observatory's Web page, an explosive eruption could occur in the coming days to weeks. Volcanic activity could be ash plumes exceeding 33,000 feet above sea level, with lava flows, or it could be nothing.

Even a small eruption can cause floods, debris and mud flows, so the area on remote Cape Douglas is considered hazardous, according to the observatory.

Well isn't that just peachy.

You know I have been through these damn eruptions before. They can be a minor inconvenience or they can royally screw up your week. I have spent days sweeping up ash, had a snowmachine burst into flames, and watcehd the sky turn black as night in the middle of the day.

Oh well, it is just another day in the most beautiful place on earth. Even with a little dust on it.