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OT: Mount St. Helens |
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
Whole lotta shakin’ at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
A series of unusually strong earthquakes — exceeding magnitude 3 — has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
Rockfalls during the quakes send up plumes of ash. Some tower
thousands of feet above the 8,364-foot crater rim; a March plume
reached 30,000 feet, raising concerns about area air traffic. Some
plumes don't escape the crater and some wispy, gritty puffs crest just
above the rim.
The recent stronger quakes are related to rockfall from the mountain's
towering, unstable new dome, said research hydrologist Jon Major at
the lab. But it's not quite clear how.
"It's sort of a chicken-egg thing," he said, questioning whether
shallow quakes are causing the rockfall or whether collapsing rock is
thundering to the crater floor and setting off seismic monitors.
The mountain, site of a devastating 1980 eruption that killed 57
people and sent a river of hot mud and ash down the Toutle River
Valley, rumbled back to life last September. After eight years of
quiet, magma from deep below the mountain pressed toward the surface,
surfacing as lava on the crater floor in October.
Since then, tons of rock have been extruded into the huge crater,
which is open on the north side from the sideways blast of 1980.
Initially, the rock formed a mass described as a "whale back," a mound
of hot stone between the old dome and the south crater wall.
Lately, extruding rock has been piling up on the west side of the
crater.
"This is much narrower, like a spine ... like a long linear ridge,"
Major said. "It's almost like a large tooth ... getting steeper and
steeper."
The height of the new dome was measured at 7,600 feet in April — about
700 feet below the rim. With all the rockfall and rebuilding, that
number is probably still good, he said.
"The active part of the dome has grown up and gotten quite steep and
now it's starting to fall apart. These larger quakes seem to be
associated with the decomposition process," Major said. "Gravity
exerting its influence, I guess you could say."
There have been periodic bursts of seismic activity since fall,
peaking in the 3.0 range and then subsiding to smaller quakes — barely
perceptible temblors of magnitude 1 or 2 or less — that occur every
four to seven minutes.
"One line of thought is that these larger earthquakes represent growth
of fractures in the dome," Major said. The recent seismic activity is
very shallow, near the surface.
"This is very characteristic of what this mountain has done over its
history," he said.
St. Helens' snow-capped symmetrical Mount Fuji-like cone, destroyed in
1980 when the top third of the mountain was blown away, was "probably
only about 4,500 years old," he said — very young in geologic terms.
The mountain is the youngest and most restless volcano in the Cascade
Range.
Examination of the inside crater walls reveals that "the interior is
just composed of a series of overlapping domes," Major said. "What's
happening now in the crater is just a reflection of what this volcano
has done throughout its geologic history."
Over time, as lava piles up on the crater floor, "the crater will
probably be filled with coalescing lava domes and form a cone."
But St. Helens' racy pace is relative. The process could take hundreds
of years.
"In my lifetime, I do not expect to see that crater fill and have a
nice conical mountain build up and look like it did prior to 1980,"
Major said.
Before the eruption, St. Helens towered 9,677 feet.
© 2005 The Associated Press
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of the people. On some great and glorious day the
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desire at last and the White House will be adorned
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| User: "towelie" |
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| Title: Re: Mount St. Helens |
08 Sep 2005 06:48:09 PM |
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TV's stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
Whole lotta shakin’ at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
A series of unusually strong earthquakes — exceeding magnitude 3 — has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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| Title: Re: Mount St. Helens |
09 Sep 2005 12:18:34 PM |
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"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
TV's stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
Whole lotta shakin’ at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
A series of unusually strong earthquakes — exceeding magnitude 3 — has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.
I'm sure FEMA is ready to handle the disaster when it hits. :)
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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09 Sep 2005 12:58:23 PM |
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Elroy Willis wrote:
"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
TV's stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
Whole lotta shakin’ at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
A series of unusually strong earthquakes — exceeding magnitude 3 — has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.
I'm sure FEMA is ready to handle the disaster when it hits. :)
By giving a no-bid contract to Haliburton to clean up the mess. That is all
Shrub's "emergency management" agency seems good for.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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| Title: Re: Mount St. Helens |
09 Sep 2005 01:30:23 PM |
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Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis wrote:
"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
TV's stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
Whole lotta shakin’ at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
A series of unusually strong earthquakes — exceeding magnitude 3 — has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.
I'm sure FEMA is ready to handle the disaster when it hits. :)
By giving a no-bid contract to Haliburton to clean up the mess. That is all
Shrub's "emergency management" agency seems good for.
Seriously, I wonder what kind of emergency disaster plans are in place
for a volcano eruption. Will the blame be thrown around for
unpreparedness like with Katrina, or are all the surrounding areas
ready for the ash clouds and volcanic fallout?
I watched a show about Yellowstone the other day, and it seems that
it's another volcano waiting for the "big one" which is bound to
happen sooner or later. Are people in that area ready for it or not?
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "DanielSan" |
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09 Sep 2005 02:05:44 PM |
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Elroy Willis wrote:
"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
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TV's stoney wrote:
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
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Whole lotta shakin=92 at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
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Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
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SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of=
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
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A series of unusually strong earthquakes =97 exceeding magnitude 3 =97=
has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was=
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
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There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
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When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.=20
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I'm sure FEMA is ready to handle the disaster when it hits. :)
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You get a "Brownie" point, Elroy. ;-D
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| User: "towelie" |
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09 Sep 2005 04:43:42 PM |
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TV's Elroy Willis wrote:
"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
TV's stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
Whole lotta shakin’ at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
A series of unusually strong earthquakes — exceeding magnitude 3 — has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.
I'm sure FEMA is ready to handle the disaster when it hits. :)
That's what I fear.
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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09 Sep 2005 05:10:12 PM |
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towelie <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
TV's Elroy Willis wrote:
"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
TV's stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
Whole lotta shakin’ at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
A series of unusually strong earthquakes — exceeding magnitude 3 — has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.
I'm sure FEMA is ready to handle the disaster when it hits. :)
That's what I fear.
You live near there?
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "towelie" |
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09 Sep 2005 08:40:08 PM |
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TV's Elroy Willis wrote:
There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.
I'm sure FEMA is ready to handle the disaster when it hits. :)
That's what I fear.
You live near there?
I live on the other side of the state. We would feel the quake here, but
damage is expected to be minimal. I am likely going to be moving to Little
Rock soon, and LR is expected to have quite a bit of damage.
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| User: "stoney" |
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15 Sep 2005 11:08:26 PM |
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On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:48:09 -0500, "towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com>
wrote:
TV's stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
Whole lotta shakin’ at Mount St. Helens
Restless peak building a new lava dome; earthquakes reported
Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET July 22, 2005
SEATTLE - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens
these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of
years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the
foundations for still more new ones.
A series of unusually strong earthquakes — exceeding magnitude 3 — has
been reported in recent days by the Cascades Volcano Laboratory in
Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles south of the mountain. The latest was
a magnitude 3.1 quake early Thursday that was accompanied by a
rockfall.
There was a 4.1 near Blytheville, Arkansas a few weeks ago.
When the 'big one' hits, it isn't going to be pretty.
No, it won't.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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08 Sep 2005 07:17:45 PM |
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stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
As someone who lives in Seattle, this is very old news :-)
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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| User: "stoney" |
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15 Sep 2005 11:09:54 PM |
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:17:45 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
stoney wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8664387/
As someone who lives in Seattle, this is very old news :-)
True. :)
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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