Mt. Saint Helens Eruption Prediction

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:11 am

So, when will Mount Saint Helen's erupt?

The winner gets a digital picture of a puppy or something.

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:25 am

I'm betting the 23rd on my birthday.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:28 am

October 11th, my sister's birthday!

Soap Soaperson · Post by **Soap Soaperson** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:15 am

October 21st, on MY sister's birthday!

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:25 am

The thing that bothers me is that St. Helens NEVER blows up alone; another volcano goes up too. Last time it was El Chichonal, in southern M

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:35 am

Um... coincidence?

*black hellicopters start to swarm*

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:19 am

Mt. Saint Helens will erupt when the last member of the Ramones gets near it.

--Sij

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:31 am

Wow... we just realized we havent seen any for mof the news since.... well... since we started college.... >_____<

Is Mt St Helens supposed to be erupting, then?

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:52 am

Yah, it's been rumbling and smoking or something the past little while.

Anyway, tally me up for Halloween.

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:06 am

I assume that this is a prediction about when the "big" eruption happens, because the mountain's sending off (comparatively) small blasts all the time now. I say next week sometime... the 13th.

Since I live just up the road from MSH, I'll give whatever first-hand confirmation that I can. I've still got my official Volcanic Ash Scale from the 1980 eruption, so I'm fully prepared!

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:11 pm

It's more likely to blow than the one up here that's been rumbling. Maybe a local Webcomicker down there will also save the day

Alaina · Post by **Alaina** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:45 pm

It keeps puffing up, which is really boring after the first few times. If I go outside my room, I can see it getting all smoky (except I have too much homework and, uh, forum browsing to do.

This is exciting! I've never been near a volcano before!

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:58 pm

Don't worry...I'm sure Pierce Brosnan or Tommy Lee Jones will turn up and sort it all out...

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:49 pm

and stop the Lava flow (which is moving at an astowding 3 miles an hour!) with sand bags and other odd material!

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:55 pm

Oct 12, my mom's b-day!

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:13 pm

Dutch! wrote:Don't worry...I'm sure Pierce Brosnan or Tommy Lee Jones will turn up and sort it all out...

Even though no one will believe Brosnan until the very last moment and Jones - though being a natural disaster emergency expert - will not be able to recognize lava when he sees it.

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 3:12 pm

[AlmightyPyro] wrote:and stop the Lava flow (which is moving at an astowding 3 miles an hour!) with sand bags and other odd material!

I wouldn't be worried about the lava as much mudslides, or barring that, nu

Isukiyomi · Post by **Isukiyomi** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 3:34 pm

Being that I'm a geology student currently in a volcanology class, the possibilty of a "large" eruption are about 50/50 because predicting whether a volcano is going to blow is ulimately decided by the volcano itself. And since good info seems to be circulating, if/when the volcano begins to display textbook signs signifying a large explosion, word should get out soon enough. Some volcanoes have cycles of eruptions, and I'm not sure about all of Mt. Saint Helens history going back in time further than the 1980 eruption.

The most dangerous thing about the 1980 eruption was the massive mudslide and PDC surges that issued forth from the volcano. So when the authorities establish safety zones, I hope that people will abide by them.

Mt. Vesuvius is one volcano that disturbs me since the area around it is heavily populated. If it chose to erupt...it would be a very bad thing. Not to mention the fun brewing in Yellowstone Park

Carlin · Post by **Carlin** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:53 pm

[quote="Luprand"]
nu

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:05 pm

Crossfire wrote: pyroclastic flow

Thank you! I couldn't remember the technical word for it! Best I could remember was from my environmental geology class - means "burning cloud."

--Sij

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