Mount St. Helens Erupting Again

[stevedeshazer]

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. - Mount St. Helens is experiencing another eruption that began around 9:45 a.m.
A large, white plume can be seen emanating from the top of the mountain.

A large bulge inside the crater of Mount St. Helens measuring between 50 and 100 feet had scientists on alert overnight as they kept a close watch on the volcano.

"It means the magma is getting much closer to the surface," said Tom Pierson with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "We're really starting to see a dramatic increase in the crater floor. It's probably going to be sooner rather than later if it does indeed come all of the way up."

link: http://www.katu.com/news/041004msh.html

[Waistdeep]

1. Here's a webcam

Updates every 5 minutes:
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Cool, I was standing in that exact spot at the Johnston Ridge observatory

a few years ago when I visited Washington State. Awe inspiring.

[treading_water]

2. Mt. St. Helens Cam

It's a cam only in the sense that it takes a snapshot every 10 minutes. But, hey, better than nothing for the cube rats.

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

[Warpy]

4. Cube rats can watch the stream from KATU-2

It's having a few buffering problems, but not many as yet: http://www.katu.com/video/live_news_stream.asp

[treading_water]

5. *Some* cube rats can...

Unfortunately, I have network nazis who disable streaming video through the proxies and/or firewalls.

*wistful sigh*

[pres2032]

6. calling it a "steam eruption"

"Something hot coming in contact with snow or water"
~US Geological Society Rep.

Guess that means the actual eruption (I.e. lots of ash, lava, etc) is coming soon.

I pray everyone near there has evacuated. :scared: (scared for them, I'm thankfully on the other coast)

[stevedeshazer]

9. They've evacuated the surrounding area

It's sparsely populated, so it's unlikely to put anyone in danger. :)

[FreakinDJ]

7. Just belching a little steam

kinda like a volcanic fart

[bain_sidhe]

8. I don't know... it has kind of a rosy glow to it

at least the current picture does:

[Moderator]

10. Stevie D

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