who can see St. Helens???

[shinomaster]

I hope this doesn't ruin the cyclocross season! :crap:

[alembical]

Shino, I just got done watching it. Really just a big steam cloud, but neat looking. Nothing major.......at least yet

Alembical

[alembical]

http://timefortuckerman.com/photopost/data/500/643msh.bmp
http://images.ibsys.com/2004/1001/3777504.jpg

[gasman]

Nice photos Alembical. Shino, nothing to worry about, lots of eruptions like that before and after the big one in May '80. Now that was seriously amazing and a bit scary.

[William]

I was living there when it went in 1980, now that was scarry. I was laying in bed on Sunday morning and heard the "BOOM". Got out of bed and turned on the tube and heard the news. I got dressed and climbed up onto my roof to watch the show. I was 15 at the time.

In geologic terms (think of a clock), it hasn't even been a few seconds since that major explosion in 1980.

I hope it doesn't go again.

William

[alembical]

oops.... I messed up my post. Those are not my pictures, I was just trying to show what it looked like. I now can not find the site for them.

Alembical

[Dekonick]

I was visiting my grandparents when Mt St Hellens decided to re-shape itself. I remember looking in awe as it spewed ash and mud. I remember everything being blanketed in ash. Somewhere I still have a vial of ash...

[Ozz]

... Somewhere I still have a vial of ash...

Marketing opportunities & disaster:

You can still buy Xmas ornaments made from genuine Mt St Helens ash down at the Pike Place Market...I guess they have to do something with the billion tons of ash that was spit out!

For an up close and personal look: tourdeblast.com

Fun ride, well supported, long climbs (and descents), great roads, moonscape views.

[Lucky]

I was 12 years old living in Yakima in 1980. It was pitch black at 12 noon. It is a time that I will never forget.

The ash was like very fine sand. We had at least 2 inches everywhere. Quite a challenge to clean it up!

[Russ]

Hey guys,

I don't live in Wash. State, but I think there is a lot of info on the U.S. Geological Survey's site at: www.usgs.gov or http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/News/framework.html This site is also very useful http://www.pnsn.org/NEWS/PRESS_RELEASES/MSH_09_2004.html

They have an FTP site with a bunch of pictures of the current activity of Mt. St. Helens.

Good luck to all of you in that region... We have had plenty of activity with natural disasters here lately. So, I know how it feels to worry about things like these.

[Jollymon]

I was in third grade when the eruption of 1980 happened, living in Boise, ID. I remember the double sunset that we saw everynight as a result. One of the few things I remember vividly from my childhood. It was incredible.