But how close? I know you can see mt hood from the city. I am worrying about my family and friends in the area. Is it on the other side of the mountains? Oh, nemmind, I'll get the atlas.
Mt. Saint Helen's is about three hours NNE of Portland. You can see it from downtown Portland.
When she blew last time, was portland blanketed? How about Seattle?
I wasn't here but from what I've been told the city was covered in ash - but nobody was in danger. The crater is on the other side (north facing) side of the mountain. They are saying is she does blow this time they expect ash and rock for a three mile radius.
I don't think you need to worry about anyone's safety. The 1980 explosion was massive and very, very few people were hurt.
Yes, Portland was covered in ash last time; I visited there after it happened and my brother lived through it. People wore surgical masks for weeks afterwards if they worried about breathing in the ash...
Not sure about Seattle, since I didn't live up here then. I expect it wasn't as bad, since Portland, as others have noted, is southwest of the mountain, and Seattle is north...
the map shows the mountain closer to Portland than Seattle.
According to one of the local TV stations' web site, there was a steam eruption, but it has now ended. Of course, this is subject to change at a moment's notice!
apparently it was for about 15 minutes, and then seismic activity slowed right down
i had the webcam up while it was steamin'
I have yet to become jaded about volcanic eruptions on mainland America. Even those little ones are pretty awsome, in my opinion.
boomerang wrote:Mt. Saint Helen's is about three hours NNE of Portland. You can see it from downtown Portland.
Well you cannot see it from here but last time we got more than our share of ash being about couple hundred miles away.
so, was that it? are there still indications that she may let lose a little more steam (or ash/lava)?
The latest from CNN.com
VANCOUVER, Washington (CNN) -- Mount St. Helens belched a large cloud of smoke and steam Friday afternoon following a week of close monitoring by scientists.
But one scientist described the event as a "hiccup."
The volcano spewed a harmless plume of steam and ash into the air Friday, the biggest eruption by the volcano in 18 years.
wow, it blew it's top more than 18 years ago?
If todays activity was a "hicup", imagine what projectile vomiting of St. Helana was like ... and could be again.
It was in 1980, almost 25 years ago, that she blew the top off the mountain:
The 1980 eruption was probably a "hiccup" compared to the one that sculpted the lava tubes and lava canyons.
Mo is way to little to take hiking in the canyon so I won't be going back for a while (its a dangerous hike) but I really wish I had some of my photos in a digital format so I could share with you how insanely beautiful it is.
