Alaskan's Journal

[Alaskan]

Queen Anne's Lace? Does that stuff invade EVERYWHERE?

Noooooo

That is the dreaded pushki, or cow parsnip. If the sap touches you and then the sun hits the cells that got sap... you get 2nd degree burns. Itching, burning, and huge blisters. Often it will scar.

 

[Alaskan]

Beautiful and thank you so much for sharing! How often are earthquakes hitting for you all?

All the time. As in every week... but usually they are so mild you don't notice, AND now most things are built to withstand them.

Was it 3 years back?? There was a big one by Anchorage. That caused a bunch of wells to fail or just get cloudy up in the MatSu region. A few spots on the highways were busted. The biggest impact was the sprinkler system went off in the airport which caused a huge mess, and ALL of the schools had to be inspected before classes could resume.

But then we had an 8.4 go off down by Kodiak just a few months back.... and zero excitement. I felt that one, and the tsunami siren went off... but nothing.

No tsunami even by the epicenter.

There are also many active or semi-active volcanoes up here. At times it impacts air travel.

In the over 21 years I have been here we have only had 1 big ash fall.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

I am so glad you said that about the Parsnip plant, wow. Just told my husband about it and was in shock that it can burn you like that. I've heard a lot about the volcanic activity, but I saw that about the Anchorage one. I think it was a video inside of a shop, wow

 

[Bruce]

That is the dreaded pushki, or cow parsnip.

Ah, here that is called "poison parsnip". VERY nasty, VERY invasive. Looks almost like QAL but yellow flowers instead of white.

ETA - OH WAIT! Your cow parsnip has WHITE flowers! They are both members of the flowering plant family Apiaceae as is QAL.

 

[Alaskan]

I am so glad you said that about the Parsnip plant, wow. Just told my husband about it and was in shock that it can burn you like that. I've heard a lot about the volcanic activity, but I saw that about the Anchorage one. I think it was a video inside of a shop, wow

The videos of the liquor stores!
I kept praying they had insurance!

 

[Alaskan]

Ah, here that is called "poison parsnip". VERY nasty, VERY invasive. Looks almost like QAL but yellow flowers instead of white.

Ours has white flowers, and just about everyone calls it Pushki.

Yours has yellow flowers?

 

[Bruce]

Did all the bottles fall off the shelves and break?

 

[Alaskan]

Did all the bottles fall off the shelves and break?

Yep, lots.

 

[Bruce]

Yours has yellow flowers?

see the edit to my prior post
At least with poison parsnip the yellow flower is a tip off meaning "DON'T TOUCH!!!!!" Same "don't let the sap on your skin see the sun" warning.

 

[Bruce]

Yep, lots.

What a loss! Well, except for the gin.