Mt. St. Helens' Grumbling May Presage Eruption

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?"

Comments

Re:hey felt one

[NanoGator]

"hey, felt a 6.0 today, in California. mod me offtopic."

I would but I'm worried they're connected.

Stupid 10.4 movie. >:I

No reason to worry

[bar-agent]

From the article:

"Such an event could fling ash and rocks thousands of feet into the air but would not be expected to pose hazards beyond the volcano's crater and flanks."

Re:Just Washington?

[Txiasaeia]

You're also forgetting several Canadian provinces, you know, the blacked out part at the top of your USA maps? :) (polite jab at USians, don't hate me - I order all my stuff from the US, I promise! /waves flag)

I don't knwo where I'm a gonna go....

[crapnutassneck]

Anyone else from the area remember the first time? I was 7, playing in my house in Longview, Wa. We heard the news, went out in the backyard and watched the mushroom cloud. Then got inside as about 3 inches of ash piled up on everything. We had to wear little paper masks to go outside....

Re: ...when the volcano blow.

[BigT]

I also was 7 when it blew the first time. I was living in Missoula, MT, about 500 miles away. Being young, I didn't know much about volcanoes and was expecting to see lava come rolling down the valley. I didn't know what to think when it started 'snowing' grey stuff. We also had to wear the masks to go outside to clean it up. We had about an inch of ash.