Eruption Soon!



Eruption Soon! Posted by Hello
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. Oct. 5, 2004 — Mount St. Helens exhaled a spectacular roiling cloud of steam and ash Tuesday, sprinkling grit on a small town some 25 miles from the volcano.

The volcano has been venting steam and small amounts of ash daily since Friday, but Tuesday morning's burst was the largest, producing a billowing, dark gray cloud that rose thousands of feet above the 8,364-foot-high rim of the crater and streamed miles to the northeast. More here