OT ~ It's a real eruption this time!

Plume moving now to the northwest - it will not hit many populated areas. This one was a little larger than the one on Friday, but not the bigger one that they are expecting. My news stations are saying it's still more of a venting, and that we can expect this kind of thing for awhile. Wooooooo! :) I just hope the winds don't change much. But they are saying the weather is making some big changes that might blow ash in any direction. It's funny how these things keep happening in the mid-morning/noon-time.

It looked impressive to me, but I guess I need more study time because the geologists don't sound impressed. LOL!! Ash is drifting down in Packwood, but it's not heavy.

More vents in the dome, more gases detected, some of the dome is a bit hotter than other areas, especially around the newer vents, south part of the dome and the glacier in the back have deformed up to 150' from baseline. The only problem I can see is the weather - there's a marine layer coming in and that will keep both the USGS and TV news helicopters from getting close to her after this morning. Plus, if it rains, it'll rain mud on people under any future ash cloud! :o(

Here's a new source for some great high-res pictures taken over the past week or so: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/wr/wa/vancouver/MSH_Images/

This is a FTP site and the pictures take a long time to load because of their size. Captions for all the photos are contained in that text file listed first.

KGW - Channel 8 in Portland has a FLIR camera showing infrared images this morning - hot spots all over that dome! I'm just so impressed with the technology available today!

Gotta go to town for kitty food - hope she doesn't do anything else until I get back.

Mj

Arrrgh the website has NO INFO!

-Kalera

Mj wrote:

I've noticed that they happen on an interestingly regular basis, too... kind of cool!

-Kalera

Kandice Seeber wrote: > Plume moving now to the northwest - it will not hit many populated areas. > This one was a little larger than the one on Friday, but not the bigger one > that they are expecting. My news stations are saying it's still more of a > venting, and that we can expect this kind of thing for awhile. Wooooooo! > :) I just hope the winds don't change much. But they are saying the > weather is making some big changes that might blow ash in any direction. > It's funny how these things keep happening in the mid-morning/noon-time. >

I know - it's hilarious when the geologists are saying "yeah, another vent, blah blah blah" and the people around them are humming with anticipation and awe. :) I kind of wish I was there to see it in person, but I'm a little too worried about breathing ash to go hang out near the mountain waiting for it to erupt. :)

Try here, Kalera - there are links to more scientific sites:

Yeah, nice send button, Kandice. Link:

I can't believe that my local news spent all of a minute on the eruption.

Good to hear that the fallout is blowing away from heavily populated areas, hope it continues to do so.

Cool! Thanks Kandice!

-Kalera

Kandice Seeber wrote: