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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: volcabulary #140067 02/23/05 01:55 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ah, yes! They're constants, aren't they? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: volcabulary #140068 02/23/05 02:40 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > threatening to erupt .. like now. yeah, I was watching the cam all day. starting to look very interesting. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Volcano Cam #140069 02/23/05 03:30 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: volcabulary #140070 02/23/05 05:12 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 J Jomama OP member OP Jomama member J Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 And you, too, Jackie [HUGS]! Would those guards be constant constables, then? And thanks for the link, Fr Steve...Neat! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Volcano Cam #140071 02/23/05 10:04 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I'd heard Mt St Helens was "hotting up" again. What's the skinny on it, Padre? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Volcano Cam #140072 02/23/05 11:21 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont thanks, FS, I was too lazy last night... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Volcano Cam #140073 02/23/05 01:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky [complain e] All I can see are a bunch of blue, red, and green splotches on a black background. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Volcano Cam #140074 02/23/05 01:06 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Maybe it's too early, Jackie. It's 6 am there.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Volcano Cam #140075 02/23/05 01:54 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA The mountain never "cooled off" but has been in what is described as a constant state of eruption since the big one. A "constant state of eruption" can sometimes mean no more than that the dome in the middle of the crater is growing (lifting) in small but measurable ways. Other times it is more violent and dramatic, e.g. steam jets, ash plumes, rock slides and the like. A new word -- lahar -- has entered the vocabulary of folks around here. I think it comes from Indonesia. It means flows of mud and debris which can sluice down the side of a volcano. It happens in places where it rains a lot .. like here! The kids who go to school in the shadow of the mountain now have to learn lahar evacuation routes and procedures, much as we learned how to hide under our desks in the event of an atom bomb attack when I was in elementary school. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Volcano Cam #140076 02/23/05 02:54 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Thanks Padre. Yep, I understand volcanism to some extent - NZ being a particularly bubbly kind of a place. A lahar off Mt Ruapehu in 1953 wiped out a rail bridge, causing the overnight express between Wellington and Auckland to plunge into a river killing a lot of people. Tje rail line was nearly five miles away from the crater. I was curious to know if Mt St Helens had shown any greater propensity to erupt than usual. Mt Tarawera did exactly what Mt St Helens did in 1863, although it was much smaller than Mt St Helens. The scars are still visible even today. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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