Mt. St. Helens

[xfkirsten]

Anyone watching this eruption? Mad cool! The cam had some great views about 20 minutes ago - you could even see the glow off the lava! They've gotten kinda blurry now, I almost wonder if the ash/steam is messing with the autofocus.

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

 

[tigsmom]

Hadn't heard about it.

 

[xfkirsten]

It's the biggest eruption since it became active again last year... had a steam cloud some 36,000 feet into the air.

 

[Foolish Mortal]

Whoa !!! Hadn't heard about it until I read this and of course none of the numerous news channels are talking about it now.

 

[xfkirsten]

Yeah, news stations outside the Northwest seem to be very slow on the pickup. I think AP only posted their story about 20 minutes ago, and the eruption started around 5:45 PST. That's why I read Fark - they're faster than waiting to hear it on the news.

 

[Figment1986]

wow...i just heard about it a litle bit ago... is this baby still active... or going abck to sleep again?

 

[xfkirsten]

It's definitely still active. They say that at any time there could be an eruption large enough to spread ash in a ten-mile radius. Of course, that's no where near as big as the eruption of 1980, but it's still fairly big.

 

[pinkrose]

It's definitely still active. They say that at any time there could be an eruption large enough to spread ash in a ten-mile radius. Of course, that's no where near as big as the eruption of 1980, but it's still fairly big.

I remember the eruption in 1980. Ash even made it's way down here.

 

[10 min. to wdw]

Intresting I hadn't heard about it ethier.

 

[xfkirsten]

I remember the eruption in 1980. Ash even made it's way down here.

It was a couple of years before I was born, but my parents have stories of coming outside and finding their car completely covered in ash.

 

[pinkrose]

It was a couple of years before I was born, but my parents have stories of coming outside and finding their car completely covered in ash.

I feel so old.

 

[DisneyJill]

I feel so old.

:lol:

Nah.

 

[EmeraldDolphin]

I had heard about it & seen pictures on the news yesterday... I still find it sooo fascinating & amazing!! My sister lives in Medford, OR & during the 1980 eruption her car was totally covered with ashes also. I remember it screwed up our summer here in CT that year too... it was cold & they said it was due to the eruption.

 

[tigger248]

I feel incredibly uninformed, but Mt. St. Helen's is erupting again?!? I hadn't heard that until this thread (stupid mid-terms taking up all of my time... :zipit: ).

Too bad the camera must be busted now, because all I saw was static. I wanna see the lava!

 

[stranger]

Too bad the camera must be busted now, because all I saw was static. I wanna see the lava!

I think the picture looks that way because it's night...It was clear this morning.

 

[tigger248]

I think the picture looks that way because it's night...It was clear this morning.

That makes perfect sense! Wow, I feel dumb now! :hammer: :lol: :lookaroun