Posted on 09/30/2004 12:02:30 AM PDT by datura
Oh dear. Alot of people in the path of a Mt.Ranier explosion.
Even just a lahar would be hell around here.
Oh, my God. Do you have anything on the Old Fathful area?
Haven't seen any recent quake activity for Yellowstone, and yes, Rainier is overdue.
We have a friend in the Orting area and my husband asked him about evacuation plans if Rainier goes and he said the authorities know they can't get everyone out of there. I see Rainier out my windows and I love to look at it. I hope it doesn't act up in my lifetime, and no lives are endangered.
LOL - thanks. How about a Nomex suit?
I remember reading someplace that there is a "buldge" there. If it go's it will be a very bad thing.
I have it on the highest authority that the west coast will soon slip into the sea and given that information I have purchased numerous acres of "worthless" desert in Arizona...
In one way it may be good...lots of relatively low level activity >may< be tempering a bigger event.
Or not...
prisoner6
What are you smoking up there? Some expert on Coast to Coast said that those were normal earthquakes for Mt. Rainier.
He also said the same about Baker, Adams, Hood and a couple others.
Yes, both of the mountains are above the same subduction zone. The Juan de Fuca plate is sliding under the North American one, and the Cascades are basically above the region where that plate becomes molten below us. That's why that last big quake here was so deep - thankfully. The Olympics are their own plate, but I'm not certain about the mechanics of that.
On the other hand....to hedge my bets....I predict a burst of the Seattle Real Estate bubble if Mt. Rainier blows simultaneously with Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Baker.
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Seeing as Moron.org is claiming that a few hurricanes hitting FL is a sign from God, err, Gaia, what would they then make of one or two seismic events in Gore/Kerry WA?
Well, since I check the seismographs daily for Mt Rainier, I can tell you that this is not normal. If it were the spring breakup of the glaciers, I could go along with that. These signals on the chart don't follow the typical shape for ice breaking, either. These are long duration rumbles. If you check the seismographs for the other mountains you listed, you'll see no activity.
Well, I never bought the "rain settling" theory they first coughed up. But you have to agree that Rainier is not near the levels of Mt. St. Helens. They have stopped posting MSH earthquakes by times because it is constantly shaking and the instruments can't determine the locations.
Mt. Rainier must connect to the same underground lava flow right? (I dont know the terminology)
I certainly dont want to see Rainier go...I have too many friends in Puyallup, Lake Tapps, etc It is curious they just had those lahar drills there though
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