BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Dec 09 - 01:20 AM

Beautiful!

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Amergin
Date: 23 Dec 09 - 11:44 PM

Mount St. Helens

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Donuel
Date: 23 Dec 09 - 09:18 PM

There is a simple honesty to freely giving back to mother earth your ashes. Harry seemed like a guy who would have planned to have his ashes on set adrift on the mountain.
People who need a concrete lined grave or vault are holding back the loan of Earthly atoms. In life they probably lived in a gated community.

Harry's ashes stood a good chance of making it around the world.

Yellowstone may make an incredible show in the next year or two.
I hope its not a full eruption but it sure needs watching.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Dec 09 - 12:29 AM

I think leeneia has a point--that 15 minutes of fame probably went to his head. But rest assured--if nothing else, death by volcano would have been fast. He probably barely knew what hit him. And that is a good thing.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Deckman
Date: 22 Dec 09 - 06:23 PM

I actually met Harry several times in my younger years. My parents used to take my brother and me to fish in Spirit lake, in the 40's and 50's. We'd camp in his campground and rent his rowboats. At the time of his death, my brother was in serious negotiations with Harry to buy his pink caddilac. My brother had offered $5,000 ... he had the money and Harry was ready. Unfortunatly, so was the mountain! I wonder what that car looks like now ... or even where it is? bob(deckman)nelson

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 22 Dec 09 - 03:06 PM

I think the Harry Truman affair was shameful, shameful behavior on the part of journalists. They publicized this old man's foolishness so much that he got to thinking he could not back down.

He probably died a terrible death, and so did his animals.

Media assholes!

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Genie
Date: 21 Dec 09 - 08:37 PM

I think he was a stubborn cuss, too. I'm just not convinced that he'd have felt like going on if he'd had to leave his beloved mountain, at his age.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 21 Dec 09 - 02:01 AM

From what I read, Harry sounded like a stubborn fool. I don't think he expected it to go, either, but he was so busy enjoying his 15 minutes of fame that he missed the opportunity to escape.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Genie
Date: 21 Dec 09 - 01:46 AM

I believe Harry said, not long before St. Helens blew him to kingdom come, words to the effect that he'd lived there such a long time and buried his wife there, that if the mountain blew he was gonna go with 'er.
I don't think that, at least in the last few days, he really expected "his" mountain not to erupt or that he would survive it.
He was kind of like a captain going down with his ship.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Dec 09 - 08:06 PM

I must have subliminally seen this thread before because I just got back in from walking my dog in which I found myself thinking about Mt. St. Helens' Big Blow and thinking about Spirit Lake's Harry Truman.

Truman had toured a number of Washington schools earlier that school year and assured the youngsters that "his" mountain wouldn't harm him. Then of course, when it blew it not only *harmed* him but obliterated Spirit Lake as well.

I hope he went quietly and without regret.

I would guess that the kids will never forget him.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Dec 09 - 05:59 PM

I haven't heard anything about it rumbling at all lately.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 Dec 09 - 12:55 PM

Wonderful series of pictures. Thanks for posting.

Will St. Helens blow again in time for Christmas?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 Dec 09 - 12:39 PM

Those are incredible, SRS, esp. the older ones. I am partial to them, anyway. Thanks for the link.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Dec 09 - 12:31 PM

I was looking for something else and landed on a long page of Gifford Pinchot National Forest photos. They include, down at the bottom, color photos from the eruption. But the ones above are fascinating as well.

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/research/heritage/CentPhotos.shtml.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Oct 08 - 05:52 PM

My Mt. St. Helens link vanished with a desktop crash, so I'll re-up now that I've found this thread again. But I'm posting here to offer a link to other web cams:

Glacier National Park, Montana

My Earthlink newsletter offered several others. This has a whole bunch of camera links:

EarthCam Fall Folliage Cams

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 21 Jan 08 - 05:09 PM

It is. I did it years ago. Of course, it used to be longer. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: gnu
Date: 21 Jan 08 - 02:43 PM

Wow. That looks like a long walk up and back.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 21 Jan 08 - 02:18 AM

The moon is almost full tonight, I noticed that when I took the dogs for a late walk. I just clicked on the link now (it's about 11:15pm out there) and you can see the mountain on the high def camera. You can barely detect the outline on the classic view. Interesting! And those icicles are quite clear.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 20 Jan 08 - 03:35 PM

I haven't caught the new camera show with a clear view of the mountain yet, but the new Hi-Def camera does have an incredibly sharp view of the icicles on the roof. Much better, although slightly fewer hangie-downs, than the view with the older camera.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Jeri
Date: 20 Jan 08 - 11:11 AM

There is a beautiful rosy glow crowning the snowy lavender-tinted mountain which is behind the icicles decorating the camera. Very pretty sunrise!

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Jan 08 - 01:29 PM

It's a white out right now.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Micca
Date: 19 Jan 08 - 08:46 AM

My sincere thanks to JohninKansas for putting this back up, I had lost my tag for it in a crash and rebuild and am glad to have it back!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Jan 08 - 03:10 AM

I watched the mountain for a few minutes this afternoon. It was spectacular. Clear sky behind it, snow-covered peak, and alpenglow just as the sun was going down.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 18 Jan 08 - 09:02 PM

But do they have one with a windshield washer and wipers yet? It is WA after all.

(I'd have looked for myself, but I suspect it's dark there now. Tomorrow for sure.)

John

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Jan 08 - 07:43 PM

They have new camera features -- classic and HD.

USFS Mt. St. Helens Cam

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 18 Jan 08 - 07:02 PM

New reports of recent changes in seismic activity have appeared.

A typical report is at MSNBC.

Since the report doesn't indicate an "expected major event" I'll omit posting the article; but I don't know how widely the news will be reported outside areas with "connections to Washington state."

No indication of cause for concern - but "mild interest" is appropriate for some.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Hawker
Date: 11 May 06 - 06:12 AM

Amazing site, for those of you who are interested in this sort of thing, I also like the earthquake site here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
anybody who is cleverer than me is welcome to make it a clicky!!!
it is interesting how the volcanic and earthquake activity correlate and one can be used to predict activity in the other one!
Also amazing how many 'big' earthquakes there are every day!
Cheers, Lucy

clicky made; link-faery

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 10 May 06 - 11:48 AM

Thanks for posting, Cluin. A meter a day is an impressive figure!

Let's hope for continued, slow growth.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: MMario
Date: 10 May 06 - 11:44 AM

Maybe the name should be changed to Mt. Saint Hank?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 May 06 - 11:40 AM

I saw a small version of this image last week--thanks for linking to the large one, I hadn't thought to go to the volcano watching site for a while. This is marvelous for a desktop photo.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Cluin
Date: 10 May 06 - 03:08 AM

Mount St. Helens is slowly developing some sort of erection.

Best be far away when it reaches its climax.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Don Firth
Date: 19 Feb 06 - 01:07 PM

Neat site, Amos!

As of the time I post this, it looks like the mountain may have burped a bit 150 minutes back, unless it's just a small cloud drifting by. At least there is a small, bright cloud hovering there.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Feb 06 - 10:58 AM

Right now, as the sequence of photos shift from total dark to daylight I can see that the light spot must be something that turns up due to infrared camera features, because it is at the top of the mountain and the top of the dome forming in the crater. Even showed a nice little puff of smoke this morning to illustrate what it is about.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Feb 06 - 01:36 AM

It's too late now to see anything but darkness (12:35am CST) and one bright spot on the last 180 minutes of shots. That spot must be a light on the mountain? The moon or any stars would have moved out of range after a few panels.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Amos
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 10:04 PM

At this hour of night the webcam is all a purply black except for one small light across the valley.

This page archives the last few hours of shots from the webcam. You can watch the fall of darkness (depending on what time you look at it!).


A

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,sass
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 09:13 PM

Back when Mt. St. Helens blew in '04, there was a family who didn't know about it, 'til some relatives in another state saw the news and wondered if they were all right!
sass

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 08:25 PM

Wow. For anyone who wants something beautiful in their head.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Nov 05 - 02:29 PM

Man that looks chilly.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: tarheel
Date: 27 Nov 05 - 01:19 PM

i have several of the National Geographic Magazines that featured the day the moiuntain blew it's top... to this day it's probably one of the most collected issues!
we see a lot of National Geographic Magazines for sale at flea markets and yard sales...
and...you woul be surprised sat the folks today still looking for copies of that particular issue!
incredibile photos and story!!!!
would take anything for my issues i have collected....yet!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Nov 05 - 03:15 PM

Looks like it. I haven't been able to see anything the last couple of times I checked.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Nov 05 - 01:10 PM

Are they icicles?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 05 - 02:26 PM

Lovely clear view today. Sure looks like plumes but then again could be low wispy cloud? I miss the glittering river too, shame that . Any one know what the orangey looking large rock looking thing is just above the word VOLCANIC at the bottom of the picture?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 13 Sep 05 - 01:36 PM

"looking approximately south-southeast across the North Fork Toutle River Valley" - correct again SRS. I've just returned from Austria, so am more familiar with the term Alpengluhn. But whichever term you use, it's spectacular when you get a good one and the mountain (or volcano) seems to light up from inside. I guess in the case of volcanos though, it could have a more sinister outcome.

Polly

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Sep 05 - 11:12 PM

I think the view you have from this camera is across the Toutle River valley, correct? I'm guessing the camera is northwest of the peak, so you get the evening glow (Alpenglow) effect of the sunset.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 12 Sep 05 - 02:06 PM

Yeah, me too. There used to be some stunning shots of the sun reflecting in the stream/river in the foreground, trouble is I can't now remember whether it was as it was rising or setting.

Polly

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Sep 05 - 01:45 PM

I wish they'd twist the lens to back up the view so we could see more of the mountain again. I liked being able to look at the foreground.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 12 Sep 05 - 12:56 PM

From Webcam 12th September:

"Webmaster Update @ 9:24 am PDT - We are well aware of the grime on the VolcanoCam lens. We are planning to clean the lens later this week once we have our maintenance team ready. We apologize for the messy view."

Still looks like a good plume though.

Polly

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Deckman
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 06:15 PM

Hmmm? Maybe has President bush been in the area? Bob(deckman)Nelson

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Don Firth
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 04:12 PM

Hmm. . . . Tends to reinforce my theory about the blob.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 04:09 PM

Sorry he's gone to be a fly somewhere now. He had more than a passing interest in the orange blob.