[rdl6989]

Wouldn't scientists be able to detect some kind of gasses comming from the crater if something were happening?

[HairOfTheDog]

I really don't know. I am just an observer and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn last night. But now that this is happening I really want to go visit again and listen to the talk of what this means.

[Oorang]

My husband grew up in the foothills of St. Helens (mid to late 1960's). He slept on the top bunk of bunk beds. Every night there were dozens of quakes that he could feel. And that was way before she blew in 1980.

We now live about 40 miles from St. Helens (as the crow flies). If she blows she blows, but, it could be years or it could be tomorrow. I'd be much more concerned about a lahar than an eruption.