http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041013/ap_on_sc/mount_st__helens_23 By PEGGY ANDERSEN, Associated Press Writer SEATTLE - After weeks of earthquakes and steam eruptions, Mount St. Helens has a new lava dome that could even eclipse the volcano's old one. The quakes subsided as the new lava emerged Monday and cooled in the open air, suggesting molten rock from deep inside the Earth had found the path of least resistance by going around the old dome, said Jon Major, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites). Unlike the dramatic rivers of red-hot lava from Hawaii's volcano, St. Helens' extrusion of new rock was subtle and difficult to see from outside the crater. A lazy plume of steam rose slowly from the mountain for much of Tuesday. Infrared instruments recorded a surface temperature of nearly 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit, confirming that the second dome consisted of cooling lava rather than old rock which had been pushed upward, said USGS (news - web sites) volcanologist Willie Scott. "The fact that we see stuff at the surface that hot means it's new rock," Scott said. The last dome-building activity at St. Helens began in the months after its deadly May 1980 eruption and lasted six years. Layers of emerging rock gradually formed a rocky dome nearly 1,000 feet tall at the center of the crater floor. The top of the new dome is almost level with the old one just to the north. "It's possible this new feature will enlarge and perhaps even dwarf the old dome," said Tina Neal, a USGS geologist. The mountain had been shaking since Sept. 23, with periods of sharp jolts — up to magnitude 3.3 — occurring as often as four times a minute at the height of seismic activity. "The inference was that those were breaking a pathway" through rock, Major said. Explosive eruptions are still possible and often follow lava extrusion, said John Pallister, a volcanologist with the USGS. The 1980 eruption left 57 people dead, leveled trees for miles around and covered much of the Pacific Northwest with ash. It was "barely a five" on the eight-level Volcanic Explosive Index, Major said. At this point, scientists believe there is a 10 percent chance of a level four or larger eruption at the 8,364-foot mountain, he said. The area immediately around the mountain is closed. Any explosive eruption would likely go straight up, Major said, blowing ash and steam tens of thousands of feet high. That could cause concern for aircraft and cars in the area, but nothing like 1980's lateral blast.
I knew they were expecting something to happen with Mt. St. Helens, but I didn't think it would be this soon... At least it doesn't seem to be nearly as bad as the eruption in '80.
Mr. Lava Lava.... mmmmmmm Slam dunk ya' mamma..... Sorry. I just heard the Shaggy "Rockets" Remix in my mind...
Anybody remember this one? My body's burnin' like a lava from a Mauna Loa My heart's crackin' like a Krakatoa Krakatoa, east of Java, molten bodies, fiery lava Fire, fire, burnin' bright Turn on your love lava Turn on your lava light Fire, oh volcano, over you Don't let your lava love turn to stone Keep it burnin' Keep it burnin' here at home Oooo Hot Lava Oooo Hot Lava
"Volcano" Under the island... middle of a mountain There is a big bad... boomin' system Blowin' speakers, woofers and tweeters Amplifiers... melted wires The party exploded.. the core is corroded Under ground... the Puget Sound Cause a shiftin'... and a driftin' Big black boom box... stuck in the hot rock It's in there flowin'... it's in there growin' You don't believe me... that this scenery Could be a... cold blooded killer It's gonna blow woa woa woa.... Volcano Now the island is shiftin'... the plates are liftin The core is creamy... docile and dreamy Stopped up and steamy Happy campers... poop in their pampers When a mountain... become a fountain Of white hot lave... molten magma Super sonic... plate tectonics Stereo phonic... lava and tonic The boom is bionic Sony shut down... magnavox meltdown Ballistic breakdown Hi-fi heatwave... lo-fi lava cave That sulfur smell is... Mt. St. Helens Pompeii was yellin'... It's gonna blow woa woa woa... Volcano
I don't believe in the concept of a derailer. Threads should be allowed to flow from one idea to another based on the logical course of the discussion of the thread, and not be forced into the narrow focus of the orginal intent. So with that in mind, doesn't the movie "Unbreakable" have a derailment in it. (Although if there's a train crash, then shouldn't it be called "Unbrakeable") I haven't seen it, but I've mostly enjoyed M. Night Shyamalan's work. He's batting .667 with me since I liked The Sixth Sense and Signs, but hated the Village. I wonder if this Unbreakable movie is worth seeing. I have a few of these 99 cent Hollywood video coupons so I'm watching a bunch of movies that I haven't gotten a chance to catch before. So.... do you remember the last time you got sick?* I don't think I can pitch slower than that, codell.
I knew it. I've got some wicked heartburn after eating some boneless buffalo wings, and St. Helens is acting up. Seriously, that thing went off three days after I was born; the same day (May 18th, 1980) I underwent surgery to fix a stomach ailment that created an acid reflux problem that started when I was a kid and persists to this day. Me and that mountain, something's going on ...
Anybody been on the Big Island in Hawaii? Man, that crater was huge. It was also really hot there. I could imagine that thing erupting any second.
The difference between the Hawaiian volcanoes and Mount St. Helens is that the Hawaiian volcanoes are continually erupting. But they erupt lava in a slow and steady pace all the time, but Mount St. Helens is the type that builds up and erupts really forcefully once every few years. Essentially the Hawaiian volcanoes get a chance to "let off steam" on a regular basis but Mount St. Helens just keeps on holding it in and building it up.
