Posted on 04/01/2002 3:57:12 AM PST by kattracks
It shouldn't be at all surprising to see new eruptions in the area. It might be a good idea to sell that property in Bend or Sun River now.
Most assuredly! I mean that's at least what the three sisters will need. We may even need special legislation passed at both the state and federal levels managing this magma issue.
South Sister is on the left.
I was in Wasginton state west of Vancouver when the earquake and eruption up there occured. I am glad to run across this thread, the scale of the St. Helen's blast was awesome.
I would hate to be in Eugene if it went Pompeii.
I like to bus up to McKenzie Bridge on the city bus that leaves Eugene zero dark thirty and bicycle up to 242 and come back the new route to catch the last bus of the day back to Eugene.
It is one of my favorite areas here in Oregon, and I know the forests up there well, and have climbed the South Sister several times.
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This radar interferogram shows a pattern of ground uplift centered about 3 miles (5 km) west of South Sister volcano in central Oregon. Each full color band from blue to red represents about 2.8 cm (slightly more than 1 inch) of ground movement in the direction of the radar satellite. In this case, four concentric color bands show that the surface moved toward the satellite (mostly upward) by as much as 10 cm (about 4 inches) sometime between August 1996 and October 2000. No information is available for uncolored areas, where forest vegetation or other factors hinder the acquisition of useful radar data. A numerical model places the source of the uplift about 4 miles (7 km) beneath the ground surface. The most likely cause is magma accumulation in the Earth's crust, a process that has been observed with radar interferometry at several other volcanoes worldwide. There is no immediate danger of a volcanic eruption or other hazardous activity. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, is analyzing additional information and installing new monitoring instruments to determine if the uplift is continuing. The interferogram was produced by Wicks and others (2001) using radar images from the European Space Agency's ERS satellites.
In Calif. it was fires, mud slides, earthquakes. Here in Vegas you dry up and blow away and we even had an earthquak here a few years ago.
'Tornados in other states, hurricans in Florida.
I am in love with Oregon. True Love star crossed kind of thing.
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OK, Panic!
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