From my front porch
Posted on 10/01/2004 12:28:51 PM PDT by thoughtomator
MSNBC staff and news service reports Updated: 3:22 p.m. ET Oct. 1, 2004 MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. - Mount St. Helens released a thick plume of white steam Friday, more than a week after a flurry of earthquakes indicated that an eruption was on the way. advertisement MSNBC ID Theft NBC affiliate KING-TV of Seattle showed video of steam and light ash drifting several tens of thousands feet above the volcano, which erupted with disastrous effect in 1980. Scientists had been predicting a steam release for several days because of “earthquake swarms” at the volcano. “This is exactly the kind of activity we’ve been forecasting,” Cynthia Gardner, a scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascade Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash., told KING. She said she could not predict how long the volcano would release steam. Scientists did not expect anything like the mountain’s devastating eruption in 1980, which killed 57 people and coated towns 250 miles away with ash. On Wednesday, they warned that a small or moderate blast from the southwest Washington mountain could spew ash and rock as far as three miles from the 8,364-foot peak. Few people live near the mountain, which is in a national forest about 100 miles south of Seattle. The closest structure is the Johnston Ridge Observatory, about five miles from the crater. The heightened alert has drawn a throng of sightseers to observation areas. Dawn Smith, co-owner of Eco Park Resort west of the mountain, told The News Tribune of Tacoma, “It’s just been crazy the past couple of days.” A sign in front of her business reads, “Here we go again.” FREE VIDEO Launch • Eruption anxiety Sept. 30: John Pallister of the U.S. Geological Survey talks with "Today" show anchor Katie Couric about what Mount St. Helens' rumblings portend.
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http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
Has a link with live feed from a TV station that works.
LOL! Good one!
I'll bet no more than 10 minutes before Truth666 senses impending doom and shows up here.
...with ash-proof tinfoil hat firmly in place.
I wonder how many of us remember the ASH ALERTS!
That link is jammed too.
And I'm 40 miles down wind from it, dang it!
I guess even Gaia is getting angry at all the gas Kerry is passing and is beginning to really fume.
From my front porch
Hopefully, the lava will not be heading in your direction.
Just steam, its already gone.
Mt. St. Helens burped!
I am in Skamania County - you?
Clark Co. Salmon Creek area. Where I-5 and 205 meet.
Volcano Cam showing old image currently.
Ya sure you don't want to ping him?
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It's always something. Florida gets hurricanes, we had 27 tornadoes, Fresno had an earthquake, and you got a mountain that shoots hot rocks at people.