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Possible 'Hazardous Event' At Mount St. Helens
babynerd writes "Seismologists believe there's an increased likelihood of a hazardous event at Mount St. Helens due to recent changes in the mountain's seismic activity. That increased activity on Sunday prompted the U.S. Geological Survey
and the University of Washington to release a "notice of volcanic unrest.""
There's a possibility of there being an earth-shattering kaboom!
Upon hearing this, I raised my "Volcano Alert" level of my pants to "Code Brown"
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Quick... all tree huggers meet at the summit and wait for further instruction.
Sizemologists who explore and come in contact with Helen's Mountains have an increased chance of a hazardous event. This is also known as a slap in the face (not to be confused with a lap in the face).
Helen should probably see a doctor - recent changes to her mountains could be signs of cancer.
Upon hearing of this, the FBI and CIA enlisted the help of local SWAT and sniper squads to redirect the state of Washington to an unoccupied portion of Wyoming. Despite protests from geologists complaining that St. Helens has been a US native for thousands of years, she was immediately deported back Switzerland and told never to return again.
"The US will not be lulled into complacency," US Undersecretary for Homeland Security Asa Hutchinson announced Sunday morning, "From here on out, all major regions of geological activity will be monitered closely for any hints of unAmerican activities."
"I'm looking at You, San Andreas," he added meanacingly.
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> People who live near Mt. St. Helens shouldn't panic just yet. This just means it's possible, not that it's going to happen within the next few days. Just thought I'd point that out.
That's easy for you to say from Flori...
Never mind.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I doubt they'll panic. Heck, if Mount Vesuvius and the behaviour of the Neapolitans is anything to go by, The USGS is plain lucky that people are not living inside the caldera and stealing their sensors for fun and profit.
/. The one who thinks it's just the old name for the SCO group. That's right, I mean you, the one who only knows what a gnu is because of the FSF logo.
P.S.
To the public: You don't even know what caldera means, do you. Yes, you there reading
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People seem to be a bit bi-polar at the core. Jumping straight to panic from complacency is a little extreme, but all too common. If you do live in the area, what the warning means is that you should be activily monitoring the news for more information. Carry a radio for example, or subscribe to an SMS news alert system is one is available for your area. Other things you could do is make sure the car doesn't get low on petrol. Or contact friends out of the danger zone to see who's got a spare bed if you're required to evacuate. Have an exit strategy (generally a good idea no matter what the situation). Subtle stuff that makes life easier if mother nature tries to make it difficult.
They better have a ton of HD cameras set up on this thing... maybe an Imax camera or 3 that are on duty 24/7.
:)
What's a good disaster if you can't watch it over an over?
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So you're saying Mount St. Helens doesn't have a sleepy little (whitebread, redneck) mountain town nestled at its base. There goes that movie-of-the-week.
Though I agree with you that Slashdot's really bad about sensationalism (like the 'vulnerability' in XP SP2 last week), in this case I wouldn't say it's so bad, though. They put 'quotes' around the moneymaker part of that headline. At least when I read the headline, I didn't panic even though my family's not too far from there.
"Derp de derp."
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