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To: HIDEK6
From Brave AI searchMount Rainier's last significant eruption occurred approximately 1,000 years ago, with the most recent recorded volcanic activity between 1820 and 1854, though many eyewitnesses reported eruptive activity in 1858, 1870, 1879, 1882, and 1894 as well.

The last major eruptive period for Mount Rainier was around 1,000 years ago, but even in that incident, there were no lava flows. More recently, in 1894-95, there were small summit explosions reported by observers in Seattle and Tacoma. It is important to note that while Mount Rainier has not had a magmatic eruption in over a millennium, it is still considered an active volcano, and scientists continue to monitor it for any signs of reawakening.

I guess AI is prone to redundancy.
6 posted on 07/10/2025 7:40:32 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Carry_Okie

Holyscroller was a Freeper, and she wrote 4 books on Mt Rainier. (She passed in 2020). Whereas they say Mt Rainier had no “lava flows” they are correct, but Mt Rainier has had a lot of pyroclastic flows, which could be more dangerous than lava. A pyroclastic flow is when superheated steam interacts with dirt to create boiling mud. Evidence suggests that multiple times Rainier has sent this boiling mud down, with walls of it up to 60 feet deep, traveling at 60 mph, and making it as far as Puget Sound at Tacoma. Pyroclastic mud is more dangerous than lava, because it reaches speeds that lava cannot even begin to approach, and flows much further than lava can (evidence of up to 60 miles).


22 posted on 07/11/2025 3:39:17 AM PDT by RainMan ((Democrats ... making war against America since April 12, 1861))
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