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To: momfirst
Out of curiosity (I also now live 50 miles away-ish, but was in Colorado for the 1980 one) - did it spit and spew for a while before it blew big-time back then?

Yes, but there is a whole lot less mountain to withstand tremendous pressures, so I don't think there is any way there is going to be anything to even remotely approach the May 18, 1980 eruption. We got absolutely no ash from the 5/18/80 eruption; but some from one of the later and much, much smaller eruptions.

159 posted on 10/04/2004 11:37:43 AM PDT by connectthedots
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To: connectthedots

I have this mental image of the lava plug being launched like a cannon ball hundreds of miles down range...


160 posted on 10/04/2004 11:39:56 AM PDT by null and void (Bring the War on Terror home! Vote for Kerry...)
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