Did you know the Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean, has about 750 to 915 active or dormant volcanoes? This is roughly two-thirds of all volcanoes worldwide.

Mount Spurr, located on the Volcanic Ring of Fire, is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active within the last 250 years.

Business would also be impacted since the Anchorage airport today is among the world's busiest cargo hubs with Memphis, Hong Kong and Shanghai, mainly because of Alaska's proximity to Asia.Mount Spurr ...