New research? Was this confirmed by the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption and Monserrat? When the warning signs are there and growing fast, its likely time to get your ass prepared for a quick departure with no warning.
Yes, for the region the rapid awakening of St. Helens con be well explained by this. The Pacific Northwest is full of potential. 80 miles to the east of us is Crater Lake and north of that The Three Sisters, Mt Hood, Mt Adams and dozens of lesser known volcanos. To the South there are Mt. Shasta and Mt. Lassen. The most strikingly beautiful volcano and the most dangerous is Mt Ranier. Fun times in store for all.
It's Mt Rainier, an ACTIVE Volcano of 14,400ft.
It's covered by 36 sq miles of glaciers.
150,000 people live on it's most recent medflows/lahars.
If it were to blow like St Helens it would take out 6-8 good sized towns and easily kill 300,000 people. Most would drown in the cubic mile of water it would shed.