Helen's Volcano Cam

[GuyJean]

NJR, but it's the Pacific Rim!

Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ (updated every 5 minutes. Below is NOT live)

Thar she bulges!..

GJ

[Burn One]

1. volcano

when you can no longer hold on to that thing that feels like a fart but you end up blowing out a wet dump.......

[Samurai_Jerk]

They've been claiming that thing's going to blow any minute for a week or so here in Washington.

[GuyJean]

Scientists Monitor Mount St. Helens After Eruption
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/01/mount.st.helens/index.html

Scientists are closely watching Mount St. Helens after a small eruption spewed smoke and ash thousands of feet Friday before another earthquake rattled the volcano.

A series of small earthquakes was detected in the week before the Friday afternoon's eruption. This seismic activity decreased shortly after the noon (3 p.m. ET) eruption, but picked up again within hours.

One scientist described the eruption as a "hiccup."

GJ

[den4]

yep...just a hiccup....
not even a light ash dusting in the neighborhood...
Sicily seems to have the real action

[ChrisRT]

Watch... It's coming.

[GuyJean]

Watch... It's coming.

USGS: Mount St. Helens Could Erupt Within 24 Hours
http://us.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/02/mount.st.helens/index.htm

Scientists warn that Mount St. Helens could erupt within 24 hours, and with more force than previously expected.

Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey issued a Level 3 Volcano Alert, indicating an eruption could occur within the next day, said Tom Pierson with the USGS. That level alert is the third of four -- with the fourth being eruption.

The alert was issued after scientists detected the movement of magma, or underground lava, the USGS said.

At noon, scientists began measuring a 50-minute long "harmonic tremor," or steady, even vibration, that indicates magma rising to the surface, Pierson said.

GJ

[ChrisRT]

Now they are saying within a few weeks... It's still coming

[Taro Toporific]

1. volcano

when you can no longer hold on to that thing that feels like a fart but you end up blowing out a wet dump.......

Mount St. Helens Belches More Steam
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. - Mount St. Helens blew off a spectacular cloud of steam and ash on Tuesday, the biggest plume yet in days of rumblings and the latest indication that a larger eruption may be in the works.

Tuesday's burst sent a roiling, dark gray cloud thousands of feet above the mountain before it streamed several miles to the northeast.