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Mt. St Helens Ashfall Advisory
Posted on 06/09/2006 10:56:29 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: y'all
Fog finally clearing of the web cam.
Nothing extraordinary shows.
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posted on
06/10/2006 8:39:52 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Cry hassock, and rest the dogs some more!)
To: null and void
Nothin happenin. Its just ash from rockfalls. Maybe from some melting Snow and Ice. Earthquakes still happening every 1 to 3 min, meaning the extrusion of Lava continues, but it is a gentle process for a volcano.
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posted on
06/10/2006 8:54:28 AM PDT
by
Danae
(Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha)
To: navygal
So do I. I was in Eugene Oregon and we HEARD it. Twice, the loudest sonic boom like explosions. BAM (pause) BLAM!. It was pretty insane. Of course, Eugene is about 170 miles from the Volcano, so we could not see it, but we sure knew SOMETHING has happened that morning. My husband was not so lucky. He was in Ellensburg Washington, and they watched the boiling cloud of doom, something straight out of "Lord of the Rings" come right for them, then turn day into night. It was BRUTAL he said. They could not get rid of the ash. It took squeegees, not brooms to get rid of the stuff it was so fine, like talcum powder.
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posted on
06/10/2006 8:58:56 AM PDT
by
Danae
(Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha)
To: Danae
I was born and raised in California, I was in 6th grade when it happened
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posted on
06/10/2006 10:19:05 AM PDT
by
navygal
(Numbers 6:24-26)
To: null and void
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posted on
06/10/2006 10:26:17 AM PDT
by
Sally'sConcerns
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Fire Murtha! http://www.irey.com/)
To: Danae
I remember that day well. Though I had recently moved from Florence to Eugene, I was back home that weekend for the Rhody Festival. We heard the booms too. Sounded sort of like sonic booms but not quite right. We were away from news sources so didn't know until quite late in the day, but joked at the time about it being "the mountain".
During that time and for several years afterward I made frequent business trips to Chehalis and also had a lot of contact with various entities between here and there involved in the cleanup operations. . The volume of material that came off that mountain was huge, and it really changed the landscape in the Lewis and Toutle drainages.
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posted on
06/10/2006 10:57:41 PM PDT
by
Clinging Bitterly
(Oregon - a pro-militia and firearms state that looks just like Afghanistan .)
To: navygal
Well, if the ash falls your way, do not sweep it with a broom. It is a bitch to clean it out of the gutters. It is potash. Great for your garden! Use a hose to wash it from any surface that it might scratch. You want to wear a mask if you do sweep it from walks or driveway. Pile it up in your garden then distribute it around your plants. I had piles next to my hydrangeias. These old plants started putting out blooms in every color from white to pink and purple to deep blue. They had always been that light blue before the ashfall.
Did you watch the implosion of Trojan? Wish I had seen it firsthand.
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posted on
06/20/2006 8:47:15 PM PDT
by
dolander2002
("...but that doesn't make me a bad person, does it?")
To: navygal
I was on a trip in Northeastern Washington, right in the ash path.
We were headed home and had to turn around and go back. Ended up trapped there for three or four days. (Can't remember now.)
As that Ash cloud rolled in, and the ash started to fall on the bus as it was gassing up...well, let's just say that is something you never forget. Weird, creepy and frightening.
Whew.
To: Danae
Yep. Your husband's recollection sounds very familiar.
Eeriest thing I have ever experienced in my life. We had been away from any tv or radios all weekend, so when it first started rolling in and we didn't know what it was...it was scary.
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