Comments on: Mount St. Helens http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:34:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matthew http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-5919 Matthew Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:14:11 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-5919 Despite its fearsome history, the volcano does make for a great tourist visit. Once you enter Mt. St. Helens Nat'l Park, it's just a short hour-long drive to the visitor's centers (the route is on a menacing little road that takes you on narrow cliffs up to 3800 feet abouve the ground, often with no guardrails). The nearest visitor's center to the volcano is Johnson Ridge, the large ridge north of the volcano. I can offer you photos that I took while I was there... while at theJohnson Ridge center I made four wide shots to make a panorama of the volcano, complete with Japanese tourists. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/lordsmiloid/seattle/mtsthelensfullpanoramasmall.jpg Note that it's always foggy there... it was clear enough to see the mountain for maybe two minutes. The volcano has let off steam several times, but it has only had large eruptions twice in recent times: the 1988 eruptin and May of this year. There is a large lava dome inside the volcano's cone; the scientists and geologists are observing this dome closely, since it grows several feet each day and is the best indicator of the volcano's development. Despite its fearsome history, the volcano does make for a great tourist visit. Once you enter Mt. St. Helens Nat’l Park, it’s just a short hour-long drive to the visitor’s centers (the route is on a menacing little road that takes you on narrow cliffs up to 3800 feet abouve the ground, often with no guardrails). The nearest visitor’s center to the volcano is Johnson Ridge, the large ridge north of the volcano.

I can offer you photos that I took while I was there… while at theJohnson Ridge center I made four wide shots to make a panorama of the volcano, complete with Japanese tourists.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/lordsmiloid/seattle/mtsthelensfullpanoramasmall.jpg
Note that it’s always foggy there… it was clear enough to see the mountain for maybe two minutes.

The volcano has let off steam several times, but it has only had large eruptions twice in recent times: the 1988 eruptin and May of this year. There is a large lava dome inside the volcano’s cone; the scientists and geologists are observing this dome closely, since it grows several feet each day and is the best indicator of the volcano’s development.

]]> By: Peter, The Peter Files http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-4369 Peter, The Peter Files Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:06:32 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-4369 Mt. St. Helens is part of the "ring of fire" which circles the pacific ocean, one of the reasons I have never been keen on the idea of living on the West Coast. Worse yet, as I understand it, downtown Seattle is built essentially on a mud flat over rock so that if an eruption were catestrophic, the whole downtown area could theoretically go sliding into the ocean, bus tunnel and all. Course, I could be wrong about that. However, having just let off steam twice in the last 25 years, its probably a lot less likely that that kind of pressure is building up along those mountains. I still don't want to live out there though. Peter <a href="http://thepeterfiles.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Peter Files Blog of Comedy and Satire</a> Mt. St. Helens is part of the “ring of fire” which circles the pacific ocean, one of the reasons I have never been keen on the idea of living on the West Coast.

Worse yet, as I understand it, downtown Seattle is built essentially on a mud flat over rock so that if an eruption were catestrophic, the whole downtown area could theoretically go sliding into the ocean, bus tunnel and all.

Course, I could be wrong about that.

However, having just let off steam twice in the last 25 years, its probably a lot less likely that that kind of pressure is building up along those mountains.

I still don’t want to live out there though.

Peter
The Peter Files Blog of Comedy and Satire

]]> By: me http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-507 me Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:03:57 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-507 All the volcanos of the cascade range are active, even those who haven't blown for hundreads of years All the volcanos of the cascade range are active, even those who haven’t blown for hundreads of years

]]> By: The Crip http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-305 The Crip Wed, 13 Apr 2005 04:25:45 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-305 Well, in this picture, it hadn't errupted since 1980. So it looks different now. Well, in this picture, it hadn’t errupted since 1980. So it looks different now.

]]> By: b3uk http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-290 b3uk Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:32:43 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-290 Well, good thing I didn't go and see it for real then huh? ;-) Cheers Sean, fixed. Well, good thing I didn’t go and see it for real then huh? ;-) Cheers Sean, fixed.

]]> By: Gordo http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-289 Gordo Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:20:52 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-289 hehe http://katu.com/stories/75565.html hehe
http://katu.com/stories/75565.html

]]> By: Sean http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-275 Sean Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:10:26 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/11/mount-st-helens/#comment-275 It erupted last month. It erupted last month.

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