Large steam plume from Mount St. Helens Vocano

[///M SPEED]

Looks more and more like an eruption is on the way. A large steam plume has risen over 1000 feet in the air. More details are on the way.

This is in Big Daddy's and my neck of the woods.

 

[panzershreck]

lovely

 

[codex57]

Both of you guys have ///M cars. You can outrun the volcano. Film it for us.

 

[Big Daddy]

I was in Idaho the last time it blew and we still got an inch of ash! Hopefully it will only be steam this time. But I will have the M car ready in case.....

 

[///M SPEED]

If it does blow this time most observers think it won't be as bad, but they aren't completely sure too. We'll see....

 

[manuel]

mother nature burped.

 

[epj3]

I burped and I didn't have steam come shooting out 1000 feet... I'd say mother nature at WAY too much taco bell....

 

[Section_8]

lay off the burrito surpremes Helen...


I still have a few vials of ash from the first one - we had friends that lived in portland at the time, and they brought alot of ash with them in vials when they moved to Florida (when I was still a floridian).

 

[ODDferkOUT]

I wonder how big the so-called big eruption is going to be like...

 

[jszar]

i'm from portland.....most of my family is there. glad i'm away at college, although that'd be a cool thing to see.

 

[Big Daddy]

I guess the mountain has gone back to "sleep"! Good night.....

 

[///M SPEED]

She's still awake. Remember the big one in "80" took place after about 12 small eruptions and then had a big lull without much of anything. No eruptions or earthquakes then all of the sudden the big boom and half the mountain was gone. I don't believe this will be like that, but the old lava dome has risen some 100 feet from last Tuesdays "big one". Overall the dome has more than doubled as the magma continues to rise. They don't know how far from the top it is, but they suspect the earthquakes has subsided only because there is not as much rock being broken/busted/blasted apart/ like in the beginning. There will be more to come. They are just not sure when or what type of action is going to happen.

They believe the mountain will continue to have steam eruptions and the like, but some believe there will be some sort of explosive eruption in the hours/days/months/years ahead. Predicting this thing is still in its infant stage. Your/their guess is as good as mine. I don't think she went back to sleep, just taking a short nap.....

 

[Big Daddy]

Yes that is it a nap. I often wish I could take naps....hey than maybe I would not blow up so easily?