Quite true. Never can be too safe... some of those things blow up completely, scattering destruction everywhere.

I've always had the vague impression that small eruptions are good because they're like...um, like tilting the lid on a simmering pan so it doesn't boil over? A release of pressure that reduces the chance of a massive devastating eruption. So I'd think new geysers and so on do the same kind of thing. Or am I totally wrong there and new geysers means weakness in ground that was previously solid and safe?

I thought that it meant both myself... but I'm curious to know... the volcanos near my are sleeping at the moment but it's always good to know

At the moment! I read about the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980, the area of devastation was enormous But also, an ancient eruption in Iceland completely dwarfs that eruption...12 times more powerful, if I remember rightly... doesn't bear thinking about to be honest!

An eruption that would have been heard on the other side of the planet, can you even try to imagine something like that. An eruption so powerful that people a hurdred miles away would die because of the poisonous gas in the air. It blows my mind.

I really hope Mt St Hellens doesn't go off again...

Not likely to be any time soon if it does? Considering how much of a bang it went off with last time. Is there some kind of timescale for it?

It has some very tiny quakes from time to time, but they believe it will erupt again in our lifetime

Really? Do you live in the fallout zone? My book has this pic.



This page has some scary stats for the devastation caused by Mount St. Helens, and it's the smallest eruption that's talked about in this book, by miles D:

I live by that little dot called Seattle north of the triangle.

So depending on the way the wind's blowing that day, you might be in a bit of trouble o.o

yup. but I will probably move before that

Imminent eruption is as good a reason as any to relocate. ><;

Perhaps. but nothing dangerous ever happens here otherwise. it's like the perfect place for a paranoid person

Once again I apologize for lack of updates.

But the volcanic activity is NOT about to end. It's actually going under the glacier which will result in more ash and plume getting into the air. It might actually be getting worse. I don't know if any air traffic will stop completely but it's not turning out for the best as previously thought.

Apparently we can't predict our volcanos. *sigh* I have yet to find any news on this though I haven't been paying attention lately. It was exciting at first but now it's just a "meh, whatever" for me.

^ That, right there. Anything becomes a normal way of life if it's something that happens often enough, no matter how fantastical it seems to others.

Haha... to think there's a Volcano going off and there are people thinking "Dang it, I don't want to have to sweep this crap up"

Yep, that's pretty much it! If natural disasters are common where you live, you just shrug them off. Like people who live in Japan are generally unphased by earthquakes unless they're biggies, where as people experiencing one for the first time tend to freak out and think they're going to die, even if it's pretty minor.

I think I stopped caring after my first quake.

I'm sorry I haven't come on with any more news, but the volcano is still erupting and has now been erupting for almost 4 months. It may be coming to a stop soon, that's what one man says. Others say a full out eruption is still possible.
And the last time this volcano erupted was before Iceland was settled on.
You can still look at the volcano here: Mila - Live from Iceland: webcams from Reykjavik, Akureyri, Geysir & more
The last two links work to view the volcano and it's activity.
I'm still in a safe zone so no worries, it's not exploding or anything just slowly moving along and looks as if when you boil hot water to a degree in a pot.

Rainer is more likely to erupt than St. Helens, and that is definitely closer to Seattle. Probably not with as much force though. I say more likely, but St.Helens is always surprising geologists. Shame, as it's the prettiest mountain in the world. St. Hekens was gorgeous too, in its day. It magnificent now, in a quite different way.

The one that erupted a couple years back almost made me get stuck in Australia as they grounded fights the day after I left. O.o

I just saw that somewhere that it was still erupting.

@ Biggles - Seattle has the wind on it's side though. My parents tell me that all the ash went Eastward. All we'd have to worry about is falling debris... and of course losing that amazing lodge up there.

St. Helens, you mean?
Rainer is more likely to be lava and lehars.

Well, so long as I'm uphill, I don't think I'll have to worry about lava. Due to the rain its already a bad idea to live in the way of where lava flows would go, since they would be where water often goes.

Yeah, it would be more likely to affect Tacoma than Seattle. Which isn't something to be happy about, per se, but at least you are safe.