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Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: kane544 on March 09, 2005, 10:08:22 am

It seems Mt. St. Helens is acting up again so check this out:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/03/08/St.Helens_050308.html (http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/03/08/St.Helens_050308.html)

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Deepblue on March 09, 2005, 10:32:24 am

Meh. Not too badly.

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Flipside on March 09, 2005, 01:16:52 pm

I think the main concern is the fact that this suggests the cap which formed is eroding away from the inside. It might actually be a good thing if the pressure is released through several small eruptions rather than one massive one.

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Deepblue on March 09, 2005, 04:07:05 pm

Yeah, the lava dome collapsed. You could see magma on the surface apparently (if you're in a helicopter).

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Clave on March 10, 2005, 01:06:48 am

Everyone leave America now!

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: aldo_14 on March 10, 2005, 03:37:32 am

Just wait until Yellowstone erupts........

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Nico on March 10, 2005, 04:21:18 am

Well, if Yellowstone erupts, I guess it's the end of the USA :p

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Carl on March 10, 2005, 04:23:26 am

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Originally posted by Clave
Everyone leave America now!

YES BECAUSE IT'S GONNA FLY THOUSANDS OF MILES ACROSS THE CONTINENT!!!!

one of these days the finish on my caps lock key is going to wear off.

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: karajorma on March 10, 2005, 04:53:54 am

Who said he was talking about St Helens? I think it was just more general advice :p

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Clave on March 10, 2005, 07:31:06 am

Well, my secret plot to have the US all to myself is down the pan now...:mad2:









Never underestimate volcanic events:

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When the volcano in Yellowstone National Park blew 6,400 centuries ago, it obliterated a mountain range, felled herds of prehistoric camels hundreds of miles away and left a smoking hole in the ground the size of the Los Angeles Basin.

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: karajorma on March 10, 2005, 07:44:23 am

There's a couple of zeros missing in that quote. Yellowstone last went up 640,000 years ago IIRC. The last supervolcanic erruption was Toba ~73,000 years ago (which incidently almost made mankind extinct).

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: aldo_14 on March 10, 2005, 07:38:37 am

As another comparison, the Yellowstone crater is the size of the city of Tokyo.

However, the real danger is Jellystone.......lots of dangerous feral wildlife there, threatening to destroy the human race with their picnic-stealing ways.

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: aldo_14 on March 10, 2005, 07:39:28 am

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Originally posted by karajorma
There's a couple of zeros missing in that quote. Yellowstone last went up 640,000 years ago IIRC. The last supervolcanic erruption was Toba ~73,000 years ago (which incidently almost made mankind extinct).

6400 centuries = 640,000 ...

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: karajorma on March 10, 2005, 07:54:31 am

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Originally posted by aldo_14


6400 centuries = 640,000 ...

Ah. My bad. Wasn't reading carefully enough. Odd way to say something though. :)

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Carl on March 10, 2005, 11:09:41 am

it took me a while to figure out what was going on thanks to the time warps.

Title: Mount St. Helens
Post by: Carl on March 10, 2005, 11:13:00 am

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Originally posted by Clave
When the volcano in Yellowstone National Park blew 6,400 centuries ago, it obliterated a mountain range, felled herds of prehistoric camels hundreds of miles away and left a smoking hole in the ground the size of the Los Angeles Basin.

*Imagines prehistoric camel*

*Pictures giant camel with huge saber teeth and godzilla-like spiny things going down it's back*