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Mt. St. Helens' Grumbling May Presage Eruption

Posted by timothy on from the sell-ash-to-easterners dept.

stand writes "The Seattle Times is reporting (press release here) that scientists believe that there is a 'significant chance of a small eruption of Mt. St. Helens in the days or weeks ahead.' There have been a series of earthquakes at the site in the last few days. I think it's about time Washington state took over the natural disaster coverage from Florida, don't you?"

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  1. Don't trust what they tell you.... by HonkyLips · · Score: 1, Troll

    In Bill Bryson's excellent book, "A short history of nearly everything" (ISBN 076790818X) he gives a fascinating account of the lead up to the last erruption at Mt St Helens which killed over 60 people. If it wasn't for the fact that so many unfortunate people died, the appalling errors of judgement and subsequent decisions made at the time would be really funny (in a Dilbert way). So if you live in the area, I wouldn't trust the "experts". Learn from history.

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