Mt St Helen's Camera

[hammersley]

In case you're interested.....



http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

 

[TboneMan]

For those who are interested in volcanos in general, here's a link to another LIVE volcano on the island of Montserrat in the West Indes. I hiked in the volcano back in 1986 when it was still dormant.



Browse through the photo archives. there are some amazing photos.



http://www.mvo.ms/

 

[TboneMan]

Here's a sample.

 

[JConley]

The Mt St Hellens cam looks like typical weather in the NW. All I got was a picture of fog. I just got back after two weeks in Seattle, and I saw Mt Rainier twice in 15 days.



Thanks for the link. I will keep trying for a clear day

 

[scootergmc]

Mt. St. Helens is grumbling right now too. Makes it kind of interesting.

 

[nickleinonen]

you can see it today [no fog]



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[SRadke]

Read an AP article this morning about her. They're saying she's suppose to blow within the next few days. Nothing like in 80 but there's been a lot of moving going on there lately and it's getting stronger.



-Scott

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

A spectacular image That I know I won't forget.

BTW Today from 08:41:02 A. M there were 20 seizmic events up until 15:51:32 Ranging in the 2. 5 to 3. 0 range. She may liven up once again but not cataclysmicly tho.



http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/HELENS/mshrec_eqs.html





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And the mighty after satelite view.







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Volcano

Elevation of summit 9,677 feet before; 8,363 feet after; 1,314 feet removed



Volume removed* 0. 67 cubic miles (3. 7 billion cubic yards)



Crater dimensions 1. 2 miles (east-west); 1. 8 miles (north-south); 2,084 feet deep



Crater floor elevation 6,279 feet



Landslide

Area and volume* 23 square miles; 0. 67 cubic miles (3. 7 billion cubic yards)

Depth of deposit Buried 14 miles of North Fork Toutle River Valley to an average depth of 150 feet (max. depth 600 feet)

Velocity 70 to 150 miles per hour



Lateral Blast

Area covered 230 square miles; reached 17 miles northwest of the crater

Volume of deposit* 0. 046 cubic miles (250 million cubic yards)

Depth of deposit From about 3 feet at volcano to less than 1 inch at blast edge



Velocity At least 300 miles per hour



Temperature As high as 660° F (350° C)



Energy released 24 megatons thermal energy (7 by blast, rest through release of heat)



Trees blown down 4 billion board feet of timber (enough to build about 300,000 two-bedroom homes)



Lahars

Velocity About 10 to 25 miles per hour (over 50 miles per hour on steep flanks of volcano)



Damaged 27 bridges, nearly 200 homes



Effects on Cowlitz River Reduced carrying capacity at flood stage at Castle Rock from 76,000 cfs (cubic feet per second) to less than 15,000 cfs

Effects on Columbia River Reduced channel depth from 40 to 14 feet; stranded 31 ships in upstream ports



Eruption Column and Cloud

Height Reached about 80,000 feet in less than 15 minutes



Downwind extent Spread across US in 3 days; circled Earth in 15 days



Volume of ash* 0. 26 cubic miles (1. 4 billion cubic yards)



Ash fall area Detectable amounts of ash covered 22,000 square miles



Ash fall depth 10 inches at 10 miles downwind (ash and pumice); 1 inch at



60 miles downwind; ½ inch at 300 miles downwind



Pyroclastic Flows

Area covered 6 square miles; reached as far as 5 miles north of crater



Volume & depth* 0. 029 cubic miles (155 million cubic yards); multiple flows 3 to 30 feet thick; cumulative depth of deposits reached 120 feet in places



Velocity Estimated at 50 to 80 miles per hour



Temperature At least 1,300° F (700° C)



Fatalities

Human 57

Wildlife Countless non-burrowing wildlife in blast area, including about 7,000 big game animals; about 12 million salmon fingerlings in hatcheries

 

[TORQUE THIS]

She's starting to BLOW!!!!!!! Just heard it on the news, checked the web cam and sure enough, activity!!

 

[Bob Wagner]

that was a beautiful sight, the news coverage up here in 1st class, you should have seen some of the local coverage.



way to go

 

[Bob Wagner]

They Just Raised The Warning To Level 3 And They Are Telling All Visitors To Get The Heck Out Of The Area

 

[Sled Puller]

I few notes on the 80 blast.

Good thing we didn't clear cut that timber ahead of time.



And talk about your global warming.



Mud in the rivers? I reckon that did more than all the contractors in the world.



Make no mistake, Mother Nature is in charge, and she decides whether we can stay or not!