Mt. Saint Helens just went kaboom.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:34 pm

They had a webcam, but right after it started it was taken offline. Last I saw there was smoke coming from the top.

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

I hit refresh too soon, now I cant get the image back.

Edit: further proof to show you that im not crazy

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10 ... index.html

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:54 pm

More like a baby fart than kaboom though eh!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:20 pm

I dunno, have you ever heard a baby fart? Those pampers act like a drum...

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:21 pm

You are weak as a baby fart. Go, live in fear.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:59 pm

lol, up to about 5 years ago, it used to do this all the time.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:28 pm

Top Wop wrote:They had a webcam, but right after it started it was taken offline.

What is the purpose of having a webcam if you take it offline when the action starts?

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:46 pm

I got an IM who said it erupted but it turned out to be steam and ash.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:57 pm

yup.. a load of steam and a little bit of ash.

The smart people with spendy toys say this is a small precursor. We'll have to see.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:24 am

Vindicator wrote:Go, live in fear.

LOL

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 3:39 am

usa has a volcano? that's neat.
what other cool stuff ya got?

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 7:42 am

Mel Gibson?

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 7:50 am

i thought St-Helens was off the coast of Italy. must be getting confused with Vesuvius or some other pop-mountain

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 7:51 am

roid wrote:i thought St-Helens was off the coast of Italy. must be getting confused with Vesuvius or some other pop-mountain

Uhhh... yeah, whatever.

Zer0Cool · Post by **Zer0Cool** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 7:54 am

roid wrote:usa has a volcano? that's neat.
what other cool stuff ya got?

Jim Carey

Genghis · Post by **Genghis** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:17 am

Flabby Chick wrote:Mel Gibson?

Australian.

Zer0Cool wrote:Jim Carey

Canadian.

roid wrote:usa has a volcano? that's neat.
what other cool stuff ya got?

More US Volcanoes: 5 in Hawaii (mantle convective hotspot), 11 in the Cascade range (subducting plate zone), 43 in Alaska (another subducting plate zone).

Other extremely cool natural stuff in the US: Yellowstone, the Glaciers of Alaska, the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, the Redwood Forests, the Sequoia Forests, Yosemite, Death Valley, the Rocky Mountains, Dinosaur Monument, the Grand Tetons, the Everglades, the Florida Keys, Craters of the Moon, Hells Canyon, Mammoth Caves, The Great Lakes, Niagra Falls, Acadia, Cape Cod & the Islands, the Mississippi River, Glacier Park, the Badlands, White Sands, Crater Lake, the Columbia River Gorge, Big Bend, Bryce & Zion, Arches & Canyonlands, the Appalacian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, the Olympics, the Virgin Islands.

It always surprises me how amazing the US's geography is: one of the most spectacular and varied on the planet. In the last 10 years I've visited New Zealand, Australia, and Iceland - all spectacular places, but there's no type of features in those places that you can't get in the US, and then some. The advantages that NZ and Iceland have are their compactness; all the features are very proximal. The advantage the Australia has is, let's face it, the Great Barrier Reef (our reefs pale in comparison for diving).

Sorry to get preachy, but I'm extremely proud of the US's natural wonders.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:26 am

Lol that reminds me of a pic I have of Iceland. Sea, black sand beach, plains, a waterfall, mountains, and a glacier all in one shot

It was awesome.

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:44 am

hey, i can hear... who's playing the stars and stripes?

there sure is no place like planet home. all kinds of cool stuff. there be lava in them thar hills.

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:47 am

roid wrote:usa has a volcano? that's neat.
what other cool stuff ya got?

We have the lowest point in the Northern Western Hemisphere, called Badwater in Death Valley, at -280 feet, or 85 meters. Death Valley is the hottest place on earth as well. Unique lifeforms live there that don't exist anywhere else in the world such as the Pupfish, who have adapted to life in an extreme saline environment. There is a place called Stovepipe Wells, noted from the historical fact that someone planted a stove pipe in the ground to mark the location of the well in the desert. Scotty's Castle exists at the northern end of the park. Indeed, there is a rich history here, and this is just one National Monument.

I've included a few pictures that I took when I visited years ago. These are some of the very first photographs I've ever taken. On the last image I drew a line to better help you visualize where the sea level would be if Death Valley were flooded from the Ocean:

P.S. These are only three of 22 pictures of Death Valley. If there's interest, I can post more, such as images of Devil's Golf Course, mud flats with stone trails, the sand dunes, Artist's Palette, a natural pigmentation of rock and sand on the side of a mountain, as well as a Hotel Oasis.

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:47 am

what other cool stuff ya got?

A supervolcano under Yellowstone.

They say it's the largest in the world.

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 6:01 pm

Here are six pictures that I took of Mt. Saint Helens back in 1989. As you can see, it has been steaming up quite abit back then as well. These images are noteworthy because they show how much devastation there was even nearly a decade after the eruption. As you can see, the dome is barely visible over the crater rim. Nowadays its grown quite abit.

Once again, these images were taken more than a decade ago, and these are NOT pictures of the eruption we just had.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 6:12 pm

Area has been updated to a Level 3

"Potential Risk"

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 6:32 pm

Skyalmian wrote:
what other cool stuff ya got?
A supervolcano under Yellowstone. They say it's the largest in the world.

Yeah, can't wait until that one blows. I heard that it is past due for euruption. Wont it cover the whole world in darkness for a couple of days?

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:17 pm

I hope Mt Saint Helens explodes enough to cause the demise of Microsoft!

Muahahahahaha...

I gotta add the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, that place is awesome. You know what would be awesome in another part of the world, Great Snow Dunes...I've love to snowboard on that!

You also forgot Carlsbad Caverns, which reminds me, I gotta check that out sometime...

And speaking of the Rocky Mountains, it's insane how long the range really goes...all the way from Alaska to the tip of S America.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:42 am

Genghis wrote:
Flabby Chick wrote:Mel Gibson?
Australian.

Because i was answering Roidibabes (an Australian) i was being sarcastic, or ironic or just smartassionic. Never mind, i'll wait.

Lobber. Badwater is the lowest place in the Western Hemisphere but not in the Northern Hemisphere. Theres a place about 1000ft lower.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:24 pm

Iceman wrote:
Top Wop wrote:They had a webcam, but right after it started it was taken offline.
What is the purpose of having a webcam if you take it offline when the action starts?

Maybe the action was what took it offline

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:02 pm

SHE'S ABOUT TO BLOW!!!!

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:21 pm

Actually it was people flooding into the servers. Stuff started happening, people told people who told more people who told more people and

.................

you get the picture. I think almost every webcam site up there managed to get overloaded.

Spaceboy · Post by **Spaceboy** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:48 pm

when it wasnt overloaded all i saw were dots of all colors

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 1:42 am

Flabby Chick wrote:Lobber. Badwater is the lowest place in the Western Hemisphere but not in the Northern Hemisphere. Theres a place about 1000ft lower.

That's what I meant. Can't read between the lunacy lines?

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:27 am

Genghis wrote:
Flabby Chick wrote:Mel Gibson?
Australian.

Actually Mel Gibson Was born an lived in NEW YORK..until his deadbeat dad dragged his sorry butt to Australia

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:20 pm

It's gathering power, seems like, I read today.

Which crater is the one with Dino in it?

Plebeian · Post by **Plebeian** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:28 pm

Testiculese wrote:Which crater is the one with Dino in it?

I want to say it's on in New Zealand.

And doing a quick Google for "dino volcano", it's White Island Crater in New Zealand.

Wonder how he's holding up these days?

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:34 pm

I got the white island crater too, but no webcam, or mention of it there, I figured I had the wrong spot.

Nope, nope, tried again...

http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/whiteis.jpg

roid · Post by **roid** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:11 pm

dino lives!

(i thought scientists removed him)

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:01 pm

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:25 pm

Dedman wrote:http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

hmm...seems to be all fuz

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:39 pm

um.. its called night.

Washington state can't afford flood lights for the entire mountain.

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