OT - Missed this by 30 min...

March 8, 2005

I drive across a bridge every day on the way home from school with Kento

where I can see the mountain and it was a gorgeous day here too. My truck

said 72F this afternoon. Downright hot for Oregon in March. 30 min later

I would have caught it. Bummer. The mountain is actually spewing lava

this time. well, there's lava coming out of the dome... This is not a lava

mountain historically, so that's kinda weird in itself.

I didn't even know about it till I saw a breaking news thing on TV at 8:30

tonight. These are pretty cool pictures and very rare because of the

weather. Normally this time of year the mountain is totally obscured by

cloud cover. The bottom two pictures are what it looks like from downtown

Portland where Kenton goes to school and are basically what I missed

:~{ This is a pretty big one compared to the activity last fall.

I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat overnight,

woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which way the wind is

Kori

frogabog [frogabog@...frogabog@...] has sent you an article

from kgw.com.

Story:

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_030805_news_mount_st_helens.11c6be7e1\

..html>Large

ash, steam plum rises from Mount St. Helens

Large ash, steam plum rises from Mount St. Helens

08:12 PM PST on Tuesday, March 8, 2005

By JIM PARKER and ABE ESTIMADA, kgw.com Staff

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. -- Mt. St. Helens, relatively quiet for the last

several months since awakening last fall, jettisoned a 30,000 foot plume of

ash and steam that was visible in the Tuesday twilight for miles around.

[]

KGW photo

Large steam and ash plume from Mount St. Helens as visible from downtown

Portland.

While the U.S. Geological Survey said the eruption was minor, Mt. St.

Helens' latest show awed Portland area, southwest Washington and Columbia

Gorge onlookers, who saw a stunning view of the restless mountain, thanks

to a clear, spring-like day. As far away as Umatilla, Ore. a dark cloud

could be seen rising in the western horizon.

" It was the most amazing ash plume -- by far the biggest I've seen since

this activity started last September, " said Burhop, who witnessed

the eruption from her home in nearby Cougar, Wash. It is the closest

community to the mountain.

The grey and white plume, mostly drifting to the northeast, was expected to

drop ash over some areas of southwest Washington, prompting the National

Weather Service to issue an ash advisory for the reigion until 9 p.m. on

Tuesday and for the east slopes of the Washington Cascades until 10 p.m.

[]

kgw.com/ Burhop

This picture of Mount St. Helens erupting was taken from Cougar, Wash.

The heaviest amounts were expected to fall in Skamania County, while

Cowlitz County and County could get a dusting of ash. None will fall

in Portland or Vancouver, said KGW meteorologist Dave Salesky.

" There's no change currently on the alert status on the mountain, " said Rob

Harper of the Washington Department of Emergency Management. He said no

communities had yet requested any state assistance.

Flights to and from Portland International Airport weren't affected by the

eruption, said Steve , a spokesman for the Port of Portland.

[]

kgw.com/

The large plume, as seen from downtown Portland.

Geologists with the USGS said they were caught off-guard by the eruption,

which began about 5:25 p.m. Scientists noticed quake activity ramping up

hours before the eruption of steam and ash but didn't think it was unusual,

said Dan Dzurisin of the USGS.

" It didn't really look like anything large like this was going to happen

until it actually occurred, " said Corlyn Dreidger of the USGS.

The plume was accompanied by an earthquake of about 2.0 magnitude, said the

University of Washington seismology laboratory. Scientists lost radio

contact with three of their instruments at the volcano, probably because of

ash, Dzurisin said.

The event knocked out some of the UW's instruments in the crater, but

there's no indication that it caused damage outside the crater, the lab said.

[]

kgw.com/ Hymas

This picture of Mt. St. Helens was taken from a rooftop in Vancouver, Wash.

For now, the USGS does not believe this eruption was caused by part of the

new lava dome collapsing. A new dome has been rising inside the crater

beside the old dome built up since the 1980's.

" This eruption happened with some force, " Dreidger said. " ...This one's

different. "

Lava also isn't flowing on to the lava dome or crater, Dzurisin said.

Although the mountain appeared to have entered a stage of " placid dome

building, " geologists have warned that things could change quickly.

" We said this could change any time, " Dreidger said. " St. Helens has proved

again she has lots of surprises. "

The volcano in southwest Washington rumbled to life again last fall,

pumping out lava and creating a huge new lava dome as the mountain nears

the 25th anniversary of the May 18, 1980 eruption that killed 57 people.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

March 9, 2005

> I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

overnight,

> woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which way

the wind is

>

> Kori

We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's blew, I

remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite yellow

banana seat bike...I was also 10.

& Grace

March 9, 2005

I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from here! LOL!

Re: OT - Missed this by 30 min...

> I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

overnight,

> woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which way

the wind is

>

> Kori

We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's blew, I

remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite yellow

banana seat bike...I was also 10.

& Grace

March 9, 2005

It was big breaking news last night here in Seattle...though the

newscasters basically kept repeating the same thing over and over -

gotta love the melodramatic local news!

I wish I could have seen it the first time. I was still in my

mothers belly when it erupted. (Just had to throw that in!)

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

EDD #2 5/12/05

> I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from here! LOL!

>

> Re: OT - Missed this by 30 min...

>

> > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

> overnight,

> > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which

way

> the wind is

> >

> > Kori

>

> We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's blew, I

> remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite yellow

> banana seat bike...I was also 10.

>

> & Grace

>

March 9, 2005

Don't cry, I was 14.

s.

....she rubs it in, oh to be so young! I was 12 when it erupted

before. I remember watching the news coverage at school.

March 9, 2005

....she rubs it in, oh to be so young! I was 12 when it erupted

before. I remember watching the news coverage at school.

> > I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from here! LOL!

> >

> > Re: OT - Missed this by 30 min...

> >

> > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

> > overnight,

> > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which

> way

> > the wind is

> > >

> > > Kori

> >

> > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's blew, I

> > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite yellow

> > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> >

> > & Grace

> >

March 9, 2005

LOLOL.. Ok.. what year did this take place?? LOL

--------- Re: OT - Missed this by 30 min...

> >

> > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

> > overnight,

> > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which

> way

> > the wind is

> > >

> > > Kori

> >

> > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's blew, I

> > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite yellow

> > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> >

> > & Grace

> >

March 9, 2005

1980...sigh, I am so OLD!

> > > I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from here! LOL!

> > >

> > > Re: OT - Missed this by 30 min...

> > >

> > > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

> > > overnight,

> > > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which

> > way

> > > the wind is

> > > >

> > > > Kori

> > >

> > > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's blew, I

> > > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite yellow

> > > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> > >

> > > & Grace

> > >

March 9, 2005

ahh.. Ok.. I was 5..LOL

--------- Re: OT - Missed this by 30 min...

> > >

> > > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

> > > overnight,

> > > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which

> > way

> > > the wind is

> > > >

> > > > Kori

> > >

> > > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's blew, I

> > > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite yellow

> > > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> > >

> > > & Grace

> > >

March 9, 2005

ya thanks... make me feel old will ya! lol...

You can't see it from up there though. It's our mountain even if it is in

your state! lol... It looks huge today when I went over the bridge, just

a little bit of steam coming off. Did someone ask here how far it is? If

so, it's a little under 50 miles away as the crow flies.

I remember riding my bike up the street about 5 blocks to the base of

another volcano (seriously, there's an extinct volcano here in the city and

I lived at the base of it) Mt. Tabor with my little camera to take pictures

of the eruptions. I never developed the film, still have it. I bet it's

all messed up.

Kori

At 09:14 AM 3/9/2005, you wrote:

>It was big breaking news last night here in Seattle...though the

>newscasters basically kept repeating the same thing over and over -

>gotta love the melodramatic local news!

>

>I wish I could have seen it the first time. I was still in my

>mothers belly when it erupted. (Just had to throw that in!)

>

>Darby

>Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

>EDD #2 5/12/05

>

> > I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from here! LOL!

> >

> > Re: OT - Missed this by 30 min...

> >

> > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

> > overnight,

> > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which

>way

> > the wind is

> > >

> > > Kori

> >

> > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's blew, I

> > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite yellow

> > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> >

> > & Grace

> >

March 9, 2005

Yeah, I was like...2 months or something. But don't worry, I FEEL

old! I was just examining my face the other day & noticing all the

wrinkles...so sad...:-(

, mommy of:

Guinevere, on, Ava 8/4/04 RCF DBB 16/7

> > > > I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from

here! LOL!

> > > >

> > > > Re: OT - Missed this by 30

min...

> > > >

> > > > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on

our boat

> > > > overnight,

> > > > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno

which

> > > way

> > > > the wind is

> > > > >

> > > > > Kori

> > > >

> > > > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's

blew, I

> > > > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite

yellow

> > > > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> > > >

> > > > & Grace

> > > >

March 9, 2005

There is not a single one of us over 21. Some may have a few more

years of experience, but we are all still 21.

-- In nosurgery4clubfoot , " "

wrote:

>

> Yeah, I was like...2 months or something. But don't worry, I FEEL

> old! I was just examining my face the other day & noticing all the

> wrinkles...so sad...:-(

> , mommy of:

> Guinevere, on, Ava 8/4/04 RCF DBB 16/7

>

> > > > > I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from

> here! LOL!

> > > > >

> > > > > Re: OT - Missed this by 30

> min...

> > > > >

> > > > > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on

> our boat

> > > > > overnight,

> > > > > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno

> which

> > > > way

> > > > > the wind is

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Kori

> > > > >

> > > > > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's

> blew, I

> > > > > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my

favourite

> yellow

> > > > > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> > > > >

> > > > > & Grace

> > > > >

March 10, 2005

>

> It was big breaking news last night here in Seattle...though the

> newscasters basically kept repeating the same thing over and over -

> gotta love the melodramatic local news!

>

> I wish I could have seen it the first time. I was still in my

> mothers belly when it erupted. (Just had to throw that in!)

OK, now I feel really old lol!!!

& Grace

March 10, 2005

I would love to be able to say that but I would be a pretty weird

looking 21 yr old lol! Besides, I really wouldn't want to be 21

again, too much drama. Now 30 or better yet 29, that wouldn't be too

bad! And as for the wrinkles, I remember when I started noticin them,

very traumatic...my mom says they are just laugh lines, if that is

true, I must be a very happy person hehe!

& Grace

> There is not a single one of us over 21. Some may have a few more

> years of experience, but we are all still 21.

>

> -- In nosurgery4clubfoot , " "

> wrote:

> >

> > Yeah, I was like...2 months or something. But don't worry, I FEEL

> > old! I was just examining my face the other day & noticing all

the

> > wrinkles...so sad...:-(

> > , mommy of:

> > Guinevere, on, Ava 8/4/04 RCF DBB 16/7

> >

> > > > > > I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from

> > here! LOL!

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Re: OT - Missed this by 30

> > min...

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on

> > our boat

> > > > > > overnight,

> > > > > > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory,

dunno

> > which

> > > > > way

> > > > > > the wind is

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Kori

> > > > > >

> > > > > > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's

> > blew, I

> > > > > > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my

> favourite

> > yellow

> > > > > > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > & Grace

> > > > > >

March 10, 2005

I've had the wrinkles for a while, but just recently I have really

started noticing more gray hairs, for some reason they really bug me!

> > > > > I was down here in Oklahoma and I remember the ash from

> here! LOL!

> > > > >

> > > > > Re: OT - Missed this by 30

> min...

> > > > >

> > > > > > I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on

> our boat

> > > > > overnight,

> > > > > > woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno

> which

> > > > way

> > > > > the wind is

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Kori

> > > > >

> > > > > We lived in Kalispell (sp) Montana when Mt. St. Helen's

> blew, I

> > > > > remember the ash covered everything!! It rusted my favourite

> yellow

> > > > > banana seat bike...I was also 10.

> > > > >

> > > > > & Grace

> > > > >

March 10, 2005

You mean they're NOT just laugh lines???!?!?!! This whole time I've

been kidding myself. Maybe I should back off the age jokes - I'm

getting there soon enough!! LOL

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

>

> I would love to be able to say that but I would be a pretty weird

> looking 21 yr old lol! Besides, I really wouldn't want to be 21

> again, too much drama. Now 30 or better yet 29, that wouldn't be

too

> bad! And as for the wrinkles, I remember when I started noticin

them,

> very traumatic...my mom says they are just laugh lines, if that is

> true, I must be a very happy person hehe!

>

> & Grace

>

March 10, 2005

Honey there ain't nothing THAT funny!!! LOL!

You mean they're NOT just laugh lines???!?!?!!

March 11, 2005

Yup you're right behind us hehe!

& Grace

> >

> > I would love to be able to say that but I would be a pretty weird

> > looking 21 yr old lol! Besides, I really wouldn't want to be 21

> > again, too much drama. Now 30 or better yet 29, that wouldn't be

> too

> > bad! And as for the wrinkles, I remember when I started noticin

> them,

> > very traumatic...my mom says they are just laugh lines, if that

is

> > true, I must be a very happy person hehe!

> >

> > & Grace

> >

March 14, 2005

We are originally from WA state and I still have ash from the last

eruption somewhere in the basement. My family's home in Spokan was

covered.

Louisa

> I drive across a bridge every day on the way home from school with

Kento

> where I can see the mountain and it was a gorgeous day here too.

My truck

> said 72F this afternoon. Downright hot for Oregon in March. 30

min later

> I would have caught it. Bummer. The mountain is actually spewing

lava

> this time. well, there's lava coming out of the dome... This is

not a lava

> mountain historically, so that's kinda weird in itself.

>

> I didn't even know about it till I saw a breaking news thing on TV

at 8:30

> tonight. These are pretty cool pictures and very rare because of

the

> weather. Normally this time of year the mountain is totally

obscured by

> cloud cover. The bottom two pictures are what it looks like from

downtown

> Portland where Kenton goes to school and are basically what I

missed

> :~{ This is a pretty big one compared to the activity last fall.

>

> I was 10 when the mtn. blew the first time. We were on our boat

overnight,

> woke covered in ash. We're under an ash advisory, dunno which way

the wind is

>

> Kori

>

> frogabog [ frogabog@q...] has sent you an article

> from kgw.com.

>

> Story:

> http://www.kgw.com/news-

local/stories/kgw_030805_news_mount_st_helens.11c6be7e1.html>Large

> ash, steam plum rises from Mount St. Helens

>

> Large ash, steam plum rises from Mount St. Helens

>

> 08:12 PM PST on Tuesday, March 8, 2005

>

> By JIM PARKER and ABE ESTIMADA, kgw.com Staff

>

> MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. -- Mt. St. Helens, relatively quiet for the

last

> several months since awakening last fall, jettisoned a 30,000 foot

plume of

> ash and steam that was visible in the Tuesday twilight for miles

around.

>

> []

>

> KGW photo

>

> Large steam and ash plume from Mount St. Helens as visible from

downtown

> Portland.

>

> While the U.S. Geological Survey said the eruption was minor, Mt.

St.

> Helens' latest show awed Portland area, southwest Washington and

Columbia

> Gorge onlookers, who saw a stunning view of the restless mountain,

thanks

> to a clear, spring-like day. As far away as Umatilla, Ore. a dark

cloud

> could be seen rising in the western horizon.

>

> " It was the most amazing ash plume -- by far the biggest I've seen

since

> this activity started last September, " said Burhop, who

witnessed

> the eruption from her home in nearby Cougar, Wash. It is the

closest

> community to the mountain.

>

> The grey and white plume, mostly drifting to the northeast, was

expected to

> drop ash over some areas of southwest Washington, prompting the

National

> Weather Service to issue an ash advisory for the reigion until 9

p.m. on

> Tuesday and for the east slopes of the Washington Cascades until 10

p.m.

>

> []

>

> kgw.com/ Burhop

>

> This picture of Mount St. Helens erupting was taken from Cougar,

Wash.

>

> The heaviest amounts were expected to fall in Skamania County,

while

> Cowlitz County and County could get a dusting of ash. None

will fall

> in Portland or Vancouver, said KGW meteorologist Dave Salesky.

>

> " There's no change currently on the alert status on the mountain, "

said Rob

> Harper of the Washington Department of Emergency Management. He

said no

> communities had yet requested any state assistance.

>

> Flights to and from Portland International Airport weren't affected

by the

> eruption, said Steve , a spokesman for the Port of Portland.

>

> []

>

> kgw.com/

>

> The large plume, as seen from downtown Portland.

>

> Geologists with the USGS said they were caught off-guard by the

eruption,

> which began about 5:25 p.m. Scientists noticed quake activity

ramping up

> hours before the eruption of steam and ash but didn't think it was

unusual,

> said Dan Dzurisin of the USGS.

>

> " It didn't really look like anything large like this was going to

happen

> until it actually occurred, " said Corlyn Dreidger of the USGS.

>

> The plume was accompanied by an earthquake of about 2.0 magnitude,

said the

> University of Washington seismology laboratory. Scientists lost

radio

> contact with three of their instruments at the volcano, probably

because of

> ash, Dzurisin said.

>

> The event knocked out some of the UW's instruments in the crater,

but

> there's no indication that it caused damage outside the crater, the

lab said.

>

> []

>

> kgw.com/ Hymas

>

> This picture of Mt. St. Helens was taken from a rooftop in

Vancouver, Wash.

>

> For now, the USGS does not believe this eruption was caused by part

of the

> new lava dome collapsing. A new dome has been rising inside the

crater

> beside the old dome built up since the 1980's.

>

> " This eruption happened with some force, " Dreidger said. " ...This

one's

> different. "

>

> Lava also isn't flowing on to the lava dome or crater, Dzurisin

said.

>

> Although the mountain appeared to have entered a stage of " placid

dome

> building, " geologists have warned that things could change quickly.

>

> " We said this could change any time, " Dreidger said. " St. Helens

has proved

> again she has lots of surprises. "

>

> The volcano in southwest Washington rumbled to life again last

fall,

> pumping out lava and creating a huge new lava dome as the mountain

nears

> the 25th anniversary of the May 18, 1980 eruption that killed 57

people.

>

> (The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

>

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