Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:18 am
Yep, my favorite local volcano has indigestion again:<br><br><br><!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Mount St. Helens erupts</span></b><br><br>06:10 PM PST on Tuesday, March 8, 2005<br><br>KING5.com<br><br>VANCOUVER, Wash. - A large plume of steam rising up to 36,000 feet was being emitted Tuesday afternoon from the crater of Mount St. Helens.<br><br>It could be seen from miles around, including Portland, Oregon, and was moving northeast.<br><br>The eruption occurred at about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.<br><br>The plume was accompanied by an earthquake of about 2.0 magnitude.<br><br>Mike Fergus, FAA, said he believes the cloud was mostly steam and did not present a danger to airplanes in the area.<br><br>An ashfall advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. for the south Washington Cascade foothills and the south Washington Cascades.<br><br>The winds are expected to take the ash plume to the east and north of Mount St. Helens, with the heaviest amounts to fall in Skamania County, and lighter amounts in Cowlitz County.<br><br>Breathing volcanic ash can be dangerous to many people, especially those with respiratory problems.<br><br>The 9,677-foot volcano in southwest Washington rumbled to life again last fall, pumping out lava as the mountain nears the 25th anniversary of the devastating eruption of May 18, 1980, that killed 57 people.<br><br>This latest volcanic burp from the mountain comes just after the state Board on Geographic Names unanimously chose Tulutson, the Cowlitz Indian word for ice, as the name for the glacier that has grown inside the mountain's crater.<br><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
