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re: 40th anniversary of Mount St Helens eruption
Posted on 5/18/20 at 7:24 pm to real turf fan
Posted on 5/18/20 at 7:24 pm to real turf fan
Hard to believe it’s been 40 years. I remember it well 
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Posted on 5/18/20 at 7:30 pm to Jim Rockford
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Tacoma sits directly on top of a Mt Rainier mudflow that occurred 5000 years ago.
Just the Port of Tacoma. The parts of Tacoma where people live are safe.. Can’t say the same for Sumner, Orting, or downtown Puyallup.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 7:38 pm to real turf fan
I was a kid, visiting my sister in Portland, OR when it happened.
Slept right through. All the ash went east and caused issues.
Slept right through. All the ash went east and caused issues.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 7:50 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:kinda always been their endgame.
All of your weed plants up in smoke.
quote:I would just have to grow elsewhere. They legalize psilocybin mushrooms & truffles I may put it on the back burner anyways.
Just like that. Sucks man.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:08 pm to usc6158
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Just wait until the Cascadia Subduction Zone decides to go...
I did disaster preparedness for the CSZ for nearly three years. I was responsible for developing the inflow of personnel into the AOR or what’s called JRSOI (joint reception staging and onward integration). Computer models, set for February at 9:00am, shaking at 9.1 for five minutes (same as 1700 quake), predicted 10k+ dead, and any major infrastructure completely destroyed. Roads, airports, anything, toast. A really REALLY grim picture of what could happen. It will throw this area of Washington into the dark ages for a six months minimum.
Our house was built in 1927, but we still have cracked window panes from the 2001 Nisqually quake, and the top for feet of our chimney was replaced after the 1949 quake. We have enough supplies for two weeks; probably 12 more days than the majority of people.
This post was edited on 5/18/20 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:14 pm to Snoop Dawg
quote:Yeah, that's one of the reasons I live on the western slope of Tacoma. Out of the lahar zone. Spanaway, Parkland, Graham, all that area will be a bad place to be.
Just the Port of Tacoma. The parts of Tacoma where people live are safe.. Can’t say the same for Sumner, Orting, or downtown Puyallup.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:20 pm to real turf fan
With its top blown off Mt. St. Helens has more prominence than many 14'ers in CO.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:22 pm to northshorebamaman
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Yeah, that's one of the reasons I live on the western slope of Tacoma. Out of the lahar zone. Spanaway, Parkland, Graham, all that area will be a bad place to be.
Parkland and most of Spanaway have been heavily damaged from a human lahar. Sadly they are completely safe from volcanic activity. Graham is safe from volcanoes too. The valley bottoms are the areas of concern.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:23 pm to Snoop Dawg
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Parkland and most of Spanaway have been heavily damaged from a human lahar. Sadly they are completely safe from volcanic activity.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:24 pm to Snoop Dawg
:rimshot:
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:27 pm to SEClint
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I worry about that shite going off again. Or Mt Hood.
You should.
One day....
Eta....live life, no worries....especially mountain lions.
This post was edited on 5/18/20 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:31 pm to NWarty
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We have enough supplies for two weeks; probably 12 more days than the majority of people
So what will you do after that?
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:35 pm to real turf fan
Flying in to Portland you can see the mountain and clearly the chunk that’s blown off. Being from Louisiana and living in Kansas currently that was wild to see.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:38 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:I'm not far from his city. I've got enough for a couple weeks. I'm counting on being in close proximity to JBLM for access to relief after that. If JBLM is hit so hard that it can't handle disaster relief then I'm fricked, I guess.
So what will you do after that?
This post was edited on 5/18/20 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:43 pm to northshorebamaman
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I'm not far from his city. I've got enough for a couple weeks. I'm counting on being in close proximity to JBLM for access to relief after that. If JBLM is hit so hard that it can't handle disaster relief then I'm fricked, I guess
Most of the country is within the "I could be fricked" strike zone. The only thing that I prefer about hurricanes is that I know 10 days ahead of time. Tornados are far worse to me.
I've never really considered volcanos. Seems like there would be some warnings for the most part?
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:43 pm to LSUintheNW
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live life, no worries
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:45 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:Everything I've read leads me to believe that there will be tons of warning before Rainier goes off. Now the megaquake on the other hand...
I've never really considered volcanos. Seems like there would be some warnings for the most part?
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:46 pm to fallguy_1978
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I've never really considered volcanos. Seems like there would be some warnings for the most part?
At least with volcanoes there is thousands of years of geological data so you know what places are more susceptible to them. Supposedly Corvallis, OR and Olympia, WA are the two safest places in the USA from natural disasters and both are within view of multiple volcanoes.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:52 pm to northshorebamaman
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Everything I've read leads me to believe that there will be tons of warning before Rainier goes off. Now the megaquake on the other hand...
Even if Rainier did blow without warning, the areas most susceptible to damage have warning systems in place and do evacuation drills. The students in Orting do volcano drills like other schools do fire drills.
I agree, earthquake is bigger threat. So glad that potential earthquake death trap viaduct in Seattle is gone.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:52 pm to Kafka
Harry R Truman is a bit of a folk hero isn’t he. I bet his last words were something like “Well Mountain, you got me. Go frick yourself”
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