My grandmother went through Katmai about 100 years ago. She had stories. She lived in Seward but was in Kodiak when it popped. You could walk up the ash onto roofs where it was drifted. Somebody measured 14 feet of ash somewhere she said. They washed their clothes and hung them to dry and the water/ash made a mild acid solution and suddenly their clothes were falling apart. She said everybody was walking around in blankets. All natural fibers. Pre plastic clothing.

Volcanic ash is an incredible fertilizer. The vegetation on some parts of the island is 💪🏼. Which in turn makes for very healthy 🦌

If you are ever on Afognak peel the moss off the top of a low limb on a big spruce tree. Katmai is under that moss.