Steam eruption under way at Mount St. Helens

MSNBC ^ | 10/01/04 | MSNBC staff and news service reports

[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.

[BearCub]

Ya sure you don't want to ping him?

No need. Like a shark to blood, Truth will find this thread.

[Salvation]

Live thread here:
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[CyberCowboy777]

Ah yes.... up in the contrustion zone..

I have a few clients up in that area, my office is in Washougal.

[showme_the_Glory]

Yeah, don't forget to put panty hose over your air intake.


Bwahaaaaaa

[Darksheare]

I will, of course, deny involvement in the eruption.
It is NOT my fault.

[Californiajones]

Well, let's see if this has any effect on the greenies, who complain that it is smog from cars that is depleting the ozone. Rush once waxed eloquent on the fact that Mt. St. Helens put forth more "pollutants" in the air than one hundred years of industrialization. I read somewhere else that the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has shrunk twenty percent this last year == if Helens erupts, the pollutants will be natural ones, not man made ones. So then there should be no animosity towards US car owners for the ash problems caused by the volcano, right?

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Dump some Beano into it. This will take care of the gasses.

[Crispy]

" Hey, it could be worse. You might have Kerry or Edwards coming by for a campaign visit."

LOL! Well, hey, this is the most excitement we get around here. Please understand.