Posted on 09/28/2004 3:38:49 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
In Washington State, seismologists are on alert this morning as earthquakes rock Mount Saint Helens. Plus the rumbling of the world's largest volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii shows no signs of stopping.
The last time Mount Saint Helens erupted was in May of 1980. During the eruption, a portion of the mountain was blown to pieces, 57 people were killed and as many as 700 earthquakes were recorded in one day.
In Hawaii, Mauna Loa hasn't erupted in 20 years. Now, there have been dozens of earthquakes felt and measured at Manau Loa. Now scientists say it leads them to believe Manau Loa will erupt they're just not sure when.
Experts say it's just a coincidence that Mauna Loa and Mount Saint Helens are both acting up because the two aren't scientifically linked in any way.
So, are they forecasting an eruption now? I was under the impression that they were downplaying the St. Helen's earthquakes.
Earthquakes and volcanoes ping.
Clearly Bush's fault...just like the hurricanes in Florida.
We could see some fireworks from our house.
Livecam of Mt. St. Helens:
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
There is some feeling that a minor eruption (a little ash etc.) might happen, but right now they really are downplaying it...
Looks like they took some creative license with their title. They don't actually say that Mt. St. Helen's is expected to erupt. Mauna Loa is bulging (so I heard), so perhaps the macadamia nut company will take the opportunity spiff up their packaging?
Karl Rove has Osama Bin Laden in the White House walk-in freezer and 10 cubic kilometers of molten magma ready to go on his orders.
Don't you just love the confidence of "experts"? Hey, when I was a 3rd grader, I was gazing at a globe in my classroom one day and realized the reality of plate techtonics (the way South America and Africa fit together like a glove). It only took science more than a decade to catch up to that which a 9 year old found obvious. I lived in California for many years and laughed out loud when the 1994 Northridge quake was claimed to be unrelated to the one that hit Santa Monica a few seconds later. Oh, and the Loma Prieta (think that was it -- the one that hit in the high desert circa 1992) and the Big Bear quake. Those educated fools need to take a few steps back. They've gotten too close to the trees.
Is Mauna Loa bulging? Are they concerned about Hilo?
I've lived on Mt. Etna, and fireworks usually meant scratchy ash on the car paint. :-(
Stay safe!
Please just leave Haleakala (Maui) alone. I live at the base!!
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Wasn't it somewhere in the Phillipines a few years back where unusual activity drew vulcanologists to the island and they set up an inspection site and on the day they peered down into the mouth they got an eyeful?
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Yep! Cheney's going to test Halliburton' Volcano-matic machine (funded through inflated no-bid contracts to KBR meant for Iraqi reconstruction projects) to disenfranchise Liberal voters in the Northwest. Har!
Usually when the Cascades are active in geoactivty...the Strato's in Mexico follow suite shortly.
both seem to rythm with earthquakes.
USGS does offer some comment on conduit energy transfer in the earths plate boundries.
Some of the Strato Volcano's in the U.S. are overdue to errupt based on historic record.
plate boundries too...some have 200-400 years of locked energy ..which will eventually break loose.
Hopefully..an offshore earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone does not occur.
That would be catastrophic.....the Northwest coast would have minutes....then a huge sunami would auger in.
Note to the experts: That you know of, anyway :)
Hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes......when are the locusts going to appear?
Well then if they are not related and the California earthquakes today ane also unrelated, I guess we can relax about the bulge in Yellowstone lake.
The 17-year locusts have come and gone already. No, the next thing we get is boils.
People in Hilo may be nervous but actually it could ooze in any direction.
I'm wondering what this might do to escalating real estate prices. If they go down it might be a good buying opp.
We should be safe on Hualalai but who knows?
Good Luck.
Thinking about Ketchupman being prez would give me gas too.
Harry Truman memorial bump.
--Boris
P.S. No Johnny Cash jokes. I'm series.
Speaking of BULGING......isn't that lake in Yellowstone Bulging and turning Hotter?
Is this really happening? WOW! This sounds like it's going to get serious!
Hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes......when are the locusts going to appear? Don't forget about the sharks swimming up river.
The end is nigh? Does that mean the sky is falling?
The real irony would come when the fabled BIG ONE hits and all of Hollywierd falls into the ocean...Bush's Fault.
The last time Mount Saint Helens erupted was in May of 1980.
What wonderful accurate reporting < /sarcasm>
May 18th of 1980 was the first time Mt. Saint Helens erupted for 150 years, it was NOT the last. The mountain erupted just as forcefully in August of 1980 and many other times as well. The eruptions have subsided over the years until it has been relatively quiet as of late.
When the first couple of lines of an article are grossly wrong, it makes the rest of the article dubious at best.
"they aren't connected scientifically" Scientists also dispel a tidal connection.
I believe they are connected by the same forces that cause tidal action (moon & sun) but not necessarily in a predictable manor such as the stages of the tides are. As an example, if you were continuously bending a piece of metal until it broke, it could break at any position or direction of the working.
The timing of these potential eruptions is suspicious!
It seem the activity at St. Helens has dropped in the last couple hours.
THX.
Who's asking, Clark Griswold? ;-)
It wouldn't be the Christmas season if...
Reminds me of that Al Gore Rolling Stone cover!
It means max out the credit cards!
>>>IIRC, every 100,000 years the whole "ring of fire" goes off all at once. The last time was ~105,000 years ago...<<<
Magnitude 5.6
Date-Time Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 21:32:19 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 4:32:19 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 15.654°S, 74.394°W
Depth 36.1 km (22.4 miles)
Region NEAR THE COAST OF PERU
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usnycx.htm
LOL If Mr. Bush can control hurricanes & earthquakes, he had BETTER be President.
Must mean he has some major connections with the "front office," so to speak. Who wants to mess with God's guy?
Reminds me of that Al Gore Rolling Stone cover!
That's just nuts!
It's the whole plate, isn't it? From Washington State (Mt. Saint Helens) to the South America.
Am I being paranoid here?
BTW, John Kerry, if elected, would be plague enough.
No eartquake activity but they have been monitoring a growing bulge at the Sisters,Or volcano area.
Not to mention the undersea volcano's that we can't see off of the Oregon coast.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1229803/posts
Not just hurricanes, volcanoes and earthquakes. According to this thread we may have to watch for asteroids also.
Plus it's a full moon
He who dies with the most toys wins? No I don't think so.
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