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Mount Saint Helens Behaving Oddly

Posted by michael on from the rated-u-for-uh-oh dept.

jd writes "According to the New Scientist magazine, Mount Saint Helens has built in the space of a few months a lava dome larger than one that had been built over the previous six years. The growth rate is about four cubic meters a second. If the dome keeps growing at this rate, geologists expect it to collapse, triggering a major eruption. Surface activity is not the only thing geologists are monitoring. Seismographs of the volcano show dozens of tremors a minute."

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  1. It would be cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    if Mt. Saint Hellens kept erupting constantly for the next, say, 20 years. But then again, if the wind is heading north, it would be nice if it erupted on Redmond (or here in Portland; almost as good as snow!)

    1. Re:It would be cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That'd be cool. I like to see it. I could maybe go there for a vaction maybe? And I could bring a camera? And take pictures. The lady at the thinger would be like "cool pictures!"

  2. frist post please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Men behaving badly was the title of a movie i thinks. So why can't Helen behave oddly?

  3. Re:Mount Saint Helens Behaving Oddly by shadowzero313 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    *prays republican party headquarters in WA gets lava'D* They're suing to block the recount. They realized the jig is up.

  4. Not to worry by wowbagger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not to worry - Microsoft will just release a service pack for it - that will make it stable.

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  5. Re:Mt. St. Helen consitipated by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You created an account to post that?

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  6. Re:Mount Saint Helens Behaving Oddly by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're missing the big point here:

    What large software company lives in Washington?

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