[Turtle]

I have managed to 'borrow' my housemate's security camera setup & I now have full time B/W video & audio monitoring capability of both Mt. St. Helens & Mt. Hood. One camera is a little blurry, having spent time in the open weather; I have it trained on Hood.
I have no capability to transfer these images to the net, however I plan to use the system to alert me to plumes & then go out on the roof with my color video cam.
I can tape to VCR tape if called for, and the cameras also have IR.
Something about the system I didn't know before is that is battery operable; a potential cryptozoological monitor?
This concludes my irregularly scheduled report.

[Janus]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Here we go thens. Looking NNE to St. Helens
Looking ESE to Mt. Hood.

Hmm, NNE to St. Helens and ESE to Hood... By jove, that makes us neighbors!

So Turtle, where were you 26 years ago during the big blow-up?

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Janus

Hmm, NNE to St. Helens and ESE to Hood... By jove, that makes us neighbors!

So Turtle, where were you 26 years ago during the big blow-up?

Sorry for such a long delay in responding Janus; I was here for big blow-up. Later that year (1980) I gathered pumice from islands in the Columbia & sold it to tourist shops. I kept nothing smaller than a baseball & could fill 2 gunny sacks in time to beat the tide.

Current conditions have the mountain continuing to erupt lava from its crater at a more-or-less steady rate. We have a heat wave on us so the weather is clear, but I've heard no new news reports or seen any chopper footage from fly-ins to the crater. Checking the VolcanoCam however, it does appear the lava fin may have partialy collapsed. Looks slumped off to the West (right) to me.

More irregularly scheduled reports to follow as new information is made available. Have a good day.
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

[Turtle]

We registered the largest quake on the mountain in several months; a 3.3 Friday evening.
◊ Link to Quake data: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/....-123.-121.php

◊Link to seismogram trace of event from my nearest station (40 miles): http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/...006070100.html

[Janus]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Sorry for such a long delay in responding Janus; I was here for big blow-up. Later that year (1980) I gathered pumice from islands in the Columbia & sold it to tourist shops. I kept nothing smaller than a baseball & could fill 2 gunny sacks in time to beat the tide.

I was around too, though at the time I lived about 40 miles further North.

I got my own unique souvenir of the eruption - ten stitches on the top of my noggin. After the eruption we had to clean the ash off of of our flat roofed building at work. Five gallon plastic buckets were filled witht he ash and lowered on a rope to those of us waiting below who hauled it off in wheel barrels. I was standing at the bottom waitng for my first bucket, when, while it was still about 20 ft above me, the rope can undone. I tried to get out of the way, but it still nailed me in the head.

[Bammer]

Originally Posted by Chacmool

I stand corrected, Racoon. Of course, you've mentioned before that you also live close to Mt. St. Helens. That's so cool!

I wonder if Mt. St. Helens will erupt in my lifetime. I also wonder if another famous volcano, Vesuvius, will pop its top in my lifetime.

The real kicker will be Yellowstone. I watched a docu recently on Nat Geo which warned that if Yellowstone has a major eruption being the mega volcano that it is it could well be the end of the planet. And Yellowstone is rising annually. Scientists don't conjecture so much if it will erupt as they do when and how big the eruption will be.

[Turtle]

Business as usual for an ongoing dome-building erruption. Inspite of that, it is now possible to hike to the the crater rim. The Forest Service has opened the trail for guided hikes under a first-come-first-served permitting system. Here is the link to the specifics:

Originally Posted by fs.fed.gov

Mount St. Helens Climbing To Resume On July 21, 2006
Updated: 13 July 2006 -- Forest Service and Mount St. Helens Institute officials announce the opening of the new climbing reservation system and the reopening of the volcano to climbing.

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/mount-st-helens/

[InfiniteNow]

I heard on the radio this morning that hikers should be certain to bring safety glasses, a hard hat, and masks when they go on these treks. Never mind the lava that's flowing.

Remember kids, safety first!

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

I heard on the radio this morning that hikers should be certain to bring safety glasses, a hard hat, and masks when they go on these treks. Never mind the lava that's flowing.

Remember kids, safety first!

The lava continues to flow, but it is a slow moving extremely viscous lava. Hard hat, dusk mask, glasses, .

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by Turtle

I spied a giant insect attacking the new dome! Hard hat, dusk mask, glasses, DDT.

Lol... what a wonderful shot!