View Full Version : Mt St Helens pluming
cmhbob
10-01-2004, 04:28 PM
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:09:49 -0400 (EDT)
WASHINGTON STATE: *VOLCANO ERUPTION* MT ST HELENS SHOWING A PLUME NOW. UNKNOWN IF STEAM, ERUPTION OR EXPLOSION. RECENT HVY SEISMIC ACTIVITY REPORTED
Haven't seen anything yet on wire services. This came from FirePageOhio, a paging network I'm a member of. They get alarms like this, and reports of major disasters and 2d alarm+ fires.
tke711
10-01-2004, 04:34 PM
The AP is now reporting it: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134186,00.html
Yes...I know...it's a Fox News link but it's an AP story they are hosting.
efuseakay
10-01-2004, 04:57 PM
All of the webcams for Mt. St. Helens aren't working now... something must be up... :O
warlock56
10-01-2004, 05:09 PM
Check these out:
http://www.cnn.com/1999/books/beginnings/12/28/superstorm/
http://www.greatdreams.com/superstorm.htm
Techie2000
10-01-2004, 05:23 PM
Is not Art Bell that UFO radio guy?
There's another volcano erupting, this time in Mexico:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=ap/mexico_volcano
Are these volcanos exploding and earthquakes in CA related somehow? Are we to expect more activities of these kinds?
There's another volcano erupting, this time in Mexico:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=ap/mexico_volcano
Are these volcanos exploding and earthquakes in CA related somehow? Are we to expect more activities of these kinds?
Interesting question. I was watching local news last night and a geologist with Cal Tech was saying that around the Pacific Ring of Fire (http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/fire.html), volcanos and fault lines "talk" to each other. Essentially, stresses in active tectonic areas ripple out through fault lines and do influence each other. Just before, during and after the Mt. St. Helens blow in 1980, there was a noticeable earthquake swarm at Mammoth Lakes and Mt. Shasta and increased seismic activity along the San Andreas fault. Just like the increased seismic activity along the San Andreas fault we're experiencing with this little venting.
LissaKay
10-03-2004, 04:05 PM
Today they are saying that a major eruption is imminent (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134291,00.html)
Scientists expect the impending blast to be much smaller than the May 18, 1980 explosion that killed 57 people and coated much of the Northwest with ash. But the tremors and steam detected since quake activity began Sept. 23 signaled more seismic energy than at any point since the 1980 explosion.
The volcano alert was raised to Level 3, which "indicates we feel an eruption is imminent, or is in progress," said U.S. Geological Survey geologist Tom Pierson. He said Saturday afternoon that an explosion probably would happen within the next 24 hours.
Experts detected tremors (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Mount%20St.%20Helens) this morning (Sunday, Oct 3)
Sunday's tremor lasted about 25 minutes and was milder than the 50-minute tremor that followed a steam release Saturday, said Jeff Wynn, chief scientist for volcano hazards at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascade Volcano Observatory.
"It just means that what's been happening is still happening" and the volcano is moving toward an additional eruption, Wynn said.
Scientists expect the impending blast to be much smaller than the May 18, 1980 explosion that killed 57 people and coated much of the Northwest with ash. But the tremors and steam detected since quake activity began Sept. 23 signaled more seismic energy than at any point since the 1980 explosion.
The volcano alert was raised to Level 3, which "indicates we feel an eruption is imminent, or is in progress," said U.S. Geological Survey geologist Tom Pierson. He said Saturday afternoon that an explosion probably would happen within the next 24 hours.
The Volcano Cam (http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/) is up and working. Updates are available (http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/current-conditions/special.shtml) at that site as well.
History of the 1980 Eruption of Mt St Helens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens) and a slide show (http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/SlideSet/ljt_slideset_old.html).
Eruptions of Mt St Helens: Past, Present and Future (http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Publications/MSHPPF/MSH_past_present_future.html)
Mt St Helens May 17, 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/8/8c/Sthelens1.jpg
May 18, 1980
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/MSH/SlideSet/5.jpg
Sept 10, 1980
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/MSH/SlideSet/47.jpg
ethics
10-03-2004, 04:27 PM
Very informative post, Lissa, thank you. :)
(yes, I am a sucker when something is explained with pitchers ;))
LissaKay
10-03-2004, 04:33 PM
This is the kinda stuff that trips my trigger ... I shoulda been a scientist of some sort ...
ethics
10-03-2004, 05:57 PM
It's never too late. The pay is not great but if you care more about doing what you like, it will take a few years but you can do it.