Mt. St. Helens Watch! volcano | ADHD Information

Was anyone who lives in the NW able to see her eruption yesterday evening? Had the wind been blowing the other direction, I would have had ashes on my outside table! Kewel!!

For those who don't know about it, she spewed steam and ash 36,000 feet and a little lava out the sides. It was actually a beautiful site. She's settled today, but there's a MT. ST. HELEN WATCH for the next week.

Her lava dome has been increasing since October. Even tho they've been keeping an eye on it, they STILL couldn't predict yesterday's "significant" burp. There were even several earthquakes 2.0-2.5. Hoping they'll learn from yesterday's erupt in order to be able to predict a more significant eruption!GypsyWomyn38420.4845833333 My tv show was interupted last night with "Breaking News" that she was blowing her top again. They were saying the ashes were spewing 30-40,000 feet into the air. I couldn't see it from here (waaay too far away), but apparently the ash rained down in this area during the 1980 eruption (I wasn't living here then, and wouldn't have remembered it anyway - LOL).

It would be something extremely cool to see. These kind of earth processes have always fascinated me - seismology, volcanology, geomorphology... well, almost anything that ends with -ology, LOL.

BTW - who's the new lady in your avatar?
bcgirl197838420.4611805556Hey, girl, read my reply in "chocolate" thread. I don't want to repeat it.   Okay, I will...she's just one of my many "faces" or people inside me.

Yeah, I'm facinated, too, by all of our earth's shifting, etc.

Where did you live in 1980? I was still living in Labrador (Newfoundland) then. I didn't move here until September 2001.

I didn't see your reponse iin the chocolate thread. LOL. I think it may be time to switch my avatar too. I really like this one, but I'm getting a wee bit bored with it....
I just hope we don't end up with the same one...since from same source.   

I was camping in Chehelis, Washington in 1980 when she blew the first time. They came through the campground with a blowhorn and we all had to leave. It was a LONG drive home,,, and I was only 11 at the time.

I live in Oregon now,, still the NW, but not too close to the old Mountian. I was excited when I heard the news,,, but couldn't get too excited. SHe has been teasing us for a while now. I couldn't see anything from here unfortunatly.

My husband is an administrator at a highschool, and a few months back when it started to "blow",,, (or they all thought it was going to blow), they decided to cancel school just to be safe. Well,,,, it didn't blow, and he got so much ridicule on the news about it. So he and the principle decided this year,,, no canceling unless there was lava on the doorstep. Ha ha.

But, it is awesome isn't it?

I think I will plan my backpacking trips away from her wrath this year. ... just to be safe.

You can watch her live on the Johnston Ridge Observatory "Volcanocam":

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

I watched several of the fall eruptions live on this. It was pretty cool, even though they are just still images refreshed every 5 minutes or something.
I am on the east coast, but my daughter and I are fascinated by the volcano news.  We dont get as much coverage, but love to see the images and pictures!