There it goes. Mt. St. Helens just erupted again....

[Peter Paltridge]

Just as they were starting the news at noon, it happened. The dust cloud IS heading toward Portland. It's a sunny day here for NOW....

[Fieryone]

That can't be good, are there like people anywhere near it?

[Conekiller]

Wow, I used to live in tacoma (like....22 years ago) but I stillhave family up there. I wonder how they're doing....

[Ed Liu]

Howdy,

Here's the AP report (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/science/AP-St-Helens-Quakes.html?hp), as reposted by the New York Times. As of 3:19 PM EST, anyway, nobody's sure if it's just steam or an actual eruption.

-- Ed/Ace

[PaQ]

Well I'm not too surprised. There certainly has been wacky weather in the world lately, especially in the US, 4 hurricanes hitting Florida, a pretty decent sized quake in central Cali and now it looks like Mount St. Helens might erupt.

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/01/mount.st.helens/ is saying it's just smoke, ash and steam, but probably a sign of an eruption looming.. Pretty interesting weather.

[Wally West]

Well I'm not too surprised. There certainly has been wacky weather in the world lately, especially in the US, 4 hurricanes hitting Florida, a pretty decent sized quake in central Cali and now it looks like Mount St. Helens might erupt.

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/01/mount.st.helens/ is saying it's just smoke, ash and steam, but probably a sign of an eruption looming.. Pretty interesting weather.
*zips in*

It has begun. The changes in the world have begun. Well I'll avoid the erupt.

*zips out*

[Lord Dalek]

I doubt its anything, the lava dome at St. Helens lost it's power back in 1980. And yes it is a nice sunny day in Portland today. Great weather to watch Longview get destroyed again :p .

EDIT: From checking with KATU, it appears that this is nothing more than steam. I'm a bit surprised though, wasn't Rainier next on the list?

[wrenchien]

i was actually alive in 1980 when the last eruption went off.. i even had ashes at one time from the eruption, that someone sent my family , but i don't know where they wound up (said ashes).

[g_UnIt_GaNsTa]

*zips in*

It has begun. The changes in the world have begun.

*zips out*
No, it's a sign of a looming eruption. Not "Global Warming" or "Secondhand Smoke" or "Zeus".

[Shnay]

There was much more exciting volcano news (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/SciTech/reuters20041001_374.html) today:






Mexico's "Fire Volcano" Erupts, No Evacuations Yet

Oct. 1, 2004 — LA YERBABUENA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's so-called "Fire Volcano" spewed lava, glowing rocks and flames on Friday in an eruption that authorities said was not yet serious enough to evacuate nearby villages.
A wide stream of lava had been clearly visible at night flowing down the 12,540-foot (3,860-meter) volcano in Colima state. A giant column of smoke billowed several miles into the air during the day, an eyewitness said.

The "Fire Volcano" is located in a sparsely populated rural zone between the western, coastal states of Colima and Jalisco, about 300 miles from Mexico City.

Emergency authorities said the explosions have continued since activity started with small blasts on Wednesday, but that the situation was still not serious enough to move the roughly 100 residents of the tiny villages around it.

"The explosions are continuing and a lot of material is coming out, but we do not yet consider it a risk situation," Colima's chief of civil protection, Melchor Urzua, said.

Experts say the activity has been caused by pressure building under a dome that covers Colima's crater. Smoke and gas are now spewing from a crack in the dome.

In a statement, Colima's Volcano Observatory said it hoped the lava flows would continue, relieving pressure inside the cone-shaped mountain.

Villagers were last evacuated in May 2002, after a series of small eruptions. The last major explosion of the Volcano of Fire was in 1913, but it has erupted intermittently in the last decade.

[loyalheart]

i hope nothing worse happens.... like any major "storm" it is kinda nerve racking/

[Lucky Bob]

I question the timing of these eruptions.

[Artimus Gigan]

I question the timing of these eruptions.eh why?

to make a volcano forcefully explode you need a few daisy cutters or a nuke

[TimTwoFace]

From what I know, it's nothing in comparison to what happened in 1980. It was just some ash spewing into the sky. In the coming days we'll know if that's all it was destined to do.

-Tim

[Avery]

*Now* we can say Mt. St. Helen's erupted. Boom!

[Beguiled]

*Now* we can say Mt. St. Helen's erupted. Boom!

boom! :anime:

[guinaevere]

I question the timing of these eruptions.LOL!! Clearly these eruptions are political in nature and W is behind it. :D

[Artimus Gigan]

LOL!! Clearly these eruptions are political in nature and W is behind it. :DNo, it's the evil Demoncrats!!!11 :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Kaner]

*Now* we can say Mt. St. Helen's erupted. Boom!Oh I'm just waiting.

Ravage the land as never before.. total destruction from mountain to shore!

-JerkBox

[EinBebop]

:: waves goodbye to the Toonzoners in Washington state ::

[Kaner]

:: waves goodbye to the Toonzoners in Washington state ::
I'm not dead yet.

-JerkBox

[Avery]

:: waves goodbye to the Toonzoners in Washington state ::
Nah. It's only a little micro-"boom!". Though, appearently, there were rocks the size of cars being flung about.

And the pressure builds some more . . .

[wrenchien]

volcanoes do go off at night, i assume?

[EinBebop]

volcanoes do go off at night, i assume?I recall hearing once that earthquakes are more likely in the early morning hours due to the earth cooling and contracting. I would think that carries over to volcanoes too (creating pressure) to some extent. But then, I never really paid attention in geology and I may just be a big idiot.

[Lord Dalek]

I'm not dead yet. Neither am I, and I'm closer!

[jeffrey 228]

Ladies and Gentlemen, please read the info at this like, http://www.pnsn.org/NEWS/PRESS_RELEASES/MSH_09_2004.html

There is now a postive point that we are at a Level 3 alert and now it is bad, real bad. :eek:

[Kat Pryde]

It's a bit odd to mention at a time like this, but even if she's going kaboomie again, I really want to come back up there at WA! :shrug: Um, yeah. Good luck and be safe, for those of you who're gonna be affected!