The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!

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[HairOfTheDog]

That doesn't sound like a bad idea, really!

[Sam Cree]

Will you be able to hear it from your house if it goes off?
How much ash fall might you expect, and is it good fertilizer?

[JenB]

And how long would it take before the first "All your base" joke showed up?

[HairOfTheDog]

Nope - we wouldn't hear it. We saw some of the plumes from high ground around here back in 80... but we may not know till we see it on the news.

The ash is really strange stuff. It's like flour. real light and picked up easily by the wind, and when it gets wet it turns into a paste and does not wash away or filter into the dirt beneath.. I think it has some fertilizer benefit when it is tilled in, but otherwise it is just kindof a mess.

[Corin Stormhands]

Sticklebats! Does FR keep locking up on you guys? I've had to reboot twice this afternoon.

[HairOfTheDog]

~not having any problems~

[Corin Stormhands]

Must just be another Corinism...

[HairOfTheDog]

Is FR having problems? (vanity)

[Corin Stormhands]

Just another sign of the end...

[2Jedismom]

I got the letter and sketches all together, sealed in a sturdy cardboard "document envelope" and ready to go. I'm heading to the post office in 5 minutes.

I wonder what will come of it...

[Alkhin]

Hi Fedora! I sat down the other night to try and got a headache. TOMORROW will begin the serious writing...honestly. Today I have had to do some computer updates, as we had to reboot the system and reestablish things because a worm infected our puter. Am also going through the process of saying goodbye to friends on LJ because I am shutting it down for good tonight.

I do have some ideas floating around...will need to bend your ear again...the more I think about this the more confused I become...

I think too much.

[JenB]

It's cuz you've been "Over There" again...

[Alkhin]

Is that bulge in the center of the crater evidence of upcoming eruption? I seem to remember reading this is a positive sign of eruptions.

My daughter is fascinated by volcanos, so I know she is going to be interested in this event.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yea tho I walk...

Later folks. Got a read-thru tonite.

[Corin Stormhands]

Is that bulge in the center of the crater evidence of upcoming eruption?

must not comment...must not comment...must not comment...

[ecurbh]

That bulge (the lava dome) started forming shortly after the 1980 eruption, but has not grown significantly since about the 1986 eruption. Not a sign of impending doom, just the mountain rebuilding itself.

[Alkhin]

ROFL...well, you sounded kinda bored...(board?)...thought you might need some amusement...

and if you cant read anything into THAT statement, maybe you need ot head down to Khazad-dum for some employment...I hear there's a volcano with a Balrog underneath it.

[Alkhin]

good to know...I think I remembered watching a show on seismology that talked of one erupted that was preluded by a rapidly growing bulge in the side of the volcano, right before it went all to hell. Not a matter of years...WEEKS...maybe it *was* Mt St. Helens they were talking about...but it was pretty awesome to see them go through the paces of what was going on with the volcano.

[Fedora]

"I think too much."

LOL! Maybe you need to get your thinking down on paper :) Looking forward to hearing the new ideas. Good luck getting the worm fixed!

I'm in the second-last section of my latest article. I'm up to footnote #224--ugh. Fortunately this is the longest article in the series, so once it's out of the way the rest will be easier.

[HairOfTheDog]

There was a bulge in Mount St. Helens that ~was~ an ominous sign...

Mount St. Helens Precursory Activity, May 3 - 9, 1980 (pics)