Forest Fire on Mt Adams

[bahrbearian]

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[Ian David]

1. Volcano in Alaska blewa day or two ago. n/t

[Ian David]

2. Where did you see this? n/t

[bahrbearian]

11. Phone calls from friends in San Jaun Is, and Yakima.

I can't see it from my house , but I'm going to go up the pass on HWY 410

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Where did you find this out?

Just checked yahoo, msnbc, and cnn and they aren't reporting anything.

[Mrs. Overall]

4. More info please

[TomInTib]

5. Are you nearby?

Wow.

Keep us posted.

[Ian David]

6. It looks fine on the live webcam

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

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/views/java-classic.php

[dems_rightnow]

13. Damn those webcams

Completely unable to pick up what must be a HUGE mushroom cloud.

[ColbertWatcher]

7. How do you know this?

I just checked google news and all I'm getting is stories saying the "four-year eruption" is over!?

Not doubting you or anything, I'm just curious.

[Ian David]

12. Live Webcam: Doesn't look eruption-ish to me

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/views/java-classic.php

[ColbertWatcher]

17. SWEET! (New bookmark!) Thank you! n/t

[charlie and algernon]

8. nothingn on TV yet

[hedgehog]

9. You do know that many kinds of explosions generate a "mushroom cloud",

not just nuclear weapons, right?

[ben_meyers]

10. But the scientists said is was back to normal

Mount St. Helens returns to ‘normal’

http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/07/12/news/doc48783d7f6488e757597815.txt

[Ian David]

14. Maybe you have it confused with Okmok Caldera in Alaska?

EDIS Number: VE-20080713-17553-USA
Date / time: 13/07/2008 03:34:01
Event: Volcano Eruption
Area: North-America
Country: USA
State/County: State of Alaska
City: Unknow
Number of Deads: None or unknow
Number of Injured:None or unknow
Damage level: Minor

Description:
A volcano erupted with little warning on a remote island in Alaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ash and volcanic rock. The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning, just hours after seismologists at the Alaska Volcano Centre began detecting a series of small tremors. The explosion flung an ash cloud at least 15240m high, said geophysicist Steve McNutt.

Local flights were cancelled. Nine people, including three children, were at Fort Glenn, a private cattle ranch 9.6km south of the volcano on Umnak Island, located in the western Aleutians. They managed to call authorities on a satellite phone before losing their connection, according to the Coast Guard, which had a cutter en route to the island, about 1385km southwest of Anchorage.

The Coast Guard cutter was not expected to arrive until Sunday morning, said Petty Officer Lee Goldsmith. Because of the falling ash and rock, the Coast Guard could not send out any aircraft, he said. Despite the conditions, the Fort Glenn residents were planning to use a small private helicopter to fly to nearby Unalaska Island, whose southwest end is separated from Fort Glenn by an eight-kilometre channel.

"They can only carry one person at a time in that helicopter," Goldsmith said. Okmok is 96km west of the busy fishing port of Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island.

Ash was reported to be falling in the region, McNutt said. Two planned flights from Unalaska were cancelled due to the eruption, said Jerry Lucas, a spokesman for PenAir, the primary airliner serving the area.

The 1067-metre volcano last erupted in 1997, according to McNutt. The volcano has shown signs of increased activity during the last few months, he said. Previous eruptions have typically produced lava flows, but the volcano Centre could not immediately determine if that was occurring in Saturday's explosion, McNutt said.

More:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?lang=eng&edis=VE-20080713-17553-USA

[WillyT]

25. That's What I'm Wondering...

Link: http://www.enews20.com/news_Volcano_Eruption_in_Alaska_09446.html

:shrug:

[MonkeyFunk]

15. CAn you tell us where you heard this?

Geez, I hate posts like this.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Well, it was a very quiet explosion. I live 35 miles from St. Helens.

Went outside to have a look. Nothing. But, we live on the side of a hill surrounded by tall firs and can't see her directly.

[sandnsea]

21. I lived in Castle Rock for a short time

My husband worked at the CompCare there, back in the 80's. A year or two after the eruption. I'll never forget the destruction, and the mountains of ash all over the place.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. We live in Battle Ground. But, moved here in '93.

Moved up from L.A. in '81 to Portland. So, we missed the whole thing...I'm not unhappy to say.

[bahrbearian]

18. Sorry I got played

Its a forest fire on Mt Adams

[hedgehog]

28. I was going to post that there was nothing on the USGS earthquake

map, either.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/


This has been an interesting test of DU's ability to verify a story and/or quash a rumor quickly.

[joneschick]

19. I'm finding a reference for Thursday...

Mount St. Helens Eruption Ceases, for now
10 July 2008
Scientists say the nearly three and a half years of eruption at Mount St. Helens is over for now and have lowered the Volcano Alert Level from Advisory to Normal and the Aviation Color Code from Yellow to Green. For more information please see http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Eruption04/Monitoring/July2008/.

[classof56]

20. KGW.com in Portland is reporting smoke plume from Mt. Adams fire

No mention of St. Helens. Keep us posted!

[exothermic]

22. There's a wildfire on Mt. Adams, maybe that is what you're seeing?

http://www.kgw.com/video/?nvid=57406&live=yes

[XOKCowboy]

32. It might be this...

Nothing in the Oregonian or the Portland Trib websites but this.. Wildfire near Mt. Adams.

[bahrbearian]

23. Sorry I got played

forest Fire on Mt Adams

[shadowknows69]

27. You probably have time to edit your original thread

Or ask the mods to lock it.

[XOKCowboy]

34. Whew.. Scared me..

I've got a lot of friends in W.WA and OR who sure don't want to have to go through another St. Helens.

[Mrs. Overall]

26. You should edit your title or ask that it be deleted.

[haele]

29. Are you sure it's St. Helen's? Edit - a fire is just as scary.

Be safe. If the wind changes and you're getting that much of an ash cloud, you could be in trouble.

Haele

[ColbertWatcher]

30. Not volcanic eruption on Mt. St. Helens? n/t

[pleah]

31. It isn't showing up on the alertmap.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng

[frebrd]

33. Well, the time on the cam is 14:17 today...Sorry, just saw the correction

Looks like an awful lot of snow for the weather we've been having.

[XOKCowboy]

35. Nice edit. LOL