Mt. St. Helens minor eruption?
Dec 19th, 2006 | 01:15 PM
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I saw the steam coming out of it today driving north on I-205 in Portland. Although steam coming out of St. Helens isn't all that unusual, it doesn't happen every day. In March 2005, I noticed the same thing and wondered about the steam. A few days later, it errupted. Coincidence? Hmm...
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Hood is considered active too - it just hasn't been as active as St. Helens in the last few decades...
Dec 19th, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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You guys have seven volcanoes around you! I did a paper in college (long before Mt St Helens erupted) about them and the fact that so much building had put so many in harms way now. Cougar WA, will just be buried in hot mud if Rainier goes off the way it did in the past.....
Dec 19th, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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Only seven? There are five in Washington, but the Oregon count depends on how far south you want to go. Hood, Jefferson, Three Sisters (one volcano or three?). . . Mt. Washington (not sure if that one is considered active).
Dec 19th, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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If a volcanic eruption doesn't get us and the floods and wind storms don't, we can always look forward to "the Big One" - that 9.0 earthquake Oregon and Washington are expected to have again in the next few hundred years. Hey, at least we don't have hurricanes!!!
