Volcanoes in Washington State
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2022
- There are 5 active volcanoes in Washington State and they all are sleeping dragons. The devastating explosion of Mount St. Helens in the 1980s has left an indelible mark on the story of this region but that was only one volcano. We have several more. Join us as we explore the most explosive topic in WA and show you where each volcano is in the state.
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My dad told me that at the time Mount St. Helens erupted he yelled at my 2 older siblings because he first thought the eruption was one of them dropping a bowling-ball from the second floor balcony. So yeah my 2 older siblings got in trouble due to the eruption.
That is fantastic!
The week before St Helens erupted, my dad said "Let it blow! What harm could it do?" We did not understand the concept of pyroclastic flows.
You put out great content in your videos. Thanks
My pleasure! Thank you
I was 10 years old when st. Helens blew her top, and living in the Seabeck area. I was watching TV at the time and remember hearing the eruption and felt the earthquake.
Loved the video :) Just visited the state of Washington earlier this year ang got to see several of these mountains from a distance; coming from the flat state of MI, it was quite the experience. Question, do we know if the san andreas fault going off could trigger the eruption of these volcanos?
Great show learned a ton I didn't know ty
I was 16 at the time mt Helen blew. We were trying to catch horses to ride just before it happened, those horses felt and sensed something under foot! We never caught any horses that day.
I dont remember my.st Helen’s very well but the story I told is me n my dad n baby brother just left my mom and was coming out of the blue mountains in Oregon and we had to pull over quick and find shelter and was stuck in the middle of no where my dads broken hearted cause my mom was whoring herself out (it was the 70’s and she was willing to do whatever for a Lionel Ritchie ticket!!) so she told my dad she didn’t want us n to come get us and she gave him washer n dryer for gas money n so he’s dealing with that underneath of having to deal with 2 boys scared and him being scared because no one knew what happened till later!! We were stuck in Pendleton for 3 days before his family could come us!!
10 highest do not include Mt Adams at 12,276 and Mt St. Helens at 8,364? Such obvious omissions make me want to fact check everything
That would be great
That's the first thing I noticed.
To give you a sense of scale I'm in Colorado our mountains go to 14 ers but ... They start at 5k feet .... These start at almost sea level and to 12 14
Orting is a lahar plain. Everyone in it will most likely die if Rainier goes without warning.
This episode is giving my anxiety.. lol
My little sister and I were at the park playing. The sky on one side of the valley was pitch black. We lived in East Wenatchee. I grabbed her and ran home. I was sure the end of the world was coming😱 There was no internet. So took awhile to figure out what was going on. Then it got dark and snowed ash. It was also eerily quiet😬
my hawaiian friend asked me what makes washington volcanoes different from theirs. I said Hawaiian volcanoes drool for years. Ours get the job done in a weekend.
That’s a great quote
i live 45 mins from Mt Rainer and the most dangerous of mt rainer is not the lava or eruption its the Lahar super heated mud flow i also remember the 1980 eruption of Mt ST Helens i was 5 yrs old at that time never seen the eruption but heard about it on the news as i was in Pheonix AZ at the time of the eruption it was all my mom and her friends could talk about so the 5 yr old me heard all about it and thats when my interest in volcanoes was peaked
I have 2 Mason jars of ASH in my Garage ,we bought the house and they were here. I was a missle security cop in south Dakota and the ash made it their.
Wonder what would happen if we have a full marginal rupture of the Cascadia subduction zone. Would that cause some or all to erupt? I know the quake would be catastrophic however I wonder about this as well
Honestly I’m not sure
That's a great question actually, the last "megaquake" happened on January 26th of 1700. And curiously Glacier Peak last erupted during the 1700s, although the date of the eruption has a 100 year margin of error. Mt. Hood also erupted in 1781 so I'm not sure if there's a correlation there.
I’m going to Seattle this April and I’m torn between going to Mt. Ranier or Mount St. Helens. I’m a little uncomfortable with the magama bulge at St. Helen’s and don’t like that the visitor center is in the middle of the 1980 impact zone. Some friends think St Helen’s would be safer because of the release of pressure from the 1980 eruption. They’re laymen like me, which would you consider less of a threat?
I think both options are incredibly safe, however I believe Mt St Helens is classified as more likely to erupt again. That said, the technology is amazing these days and you should have tons of warning.
Thanks, I figured there’s minimal risk but when the USGS uses terms like “threat potential: very high”, it makes you wonder, but I’ll definitely visit 1 of them.
The plume from Mt. St. Helens was 60,000 to 70,000 ft high (not 30,000)
*Blows whistle: Foul! Illegal use of the word 'iconic!'
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The music at the beginning caused me to click away!
Bye!
I need to know how they maintain a volcano they only can keep an eye on them thats all lol