St. Helens alert

thats probably what someone said in 1980 also


"J.M. Farrington" wrote in message
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I'm not going to go flying around the mountain, but
to claim that the mountain could have a major eruption when nothing of
the
sort is predicted is pretty silly.

Pete
The spirit of Harry Truman is alive and well.

John

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The spirit of Harry Truman is alive and well.

thats probably what someone said in 1980 also

In 1980, not only was the spirit of Harry Truman alive, Harry Truman himself
was.

In article ,
"Peter Duniho" wrote:

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The spirit of Harry Truman is alive and well.

thats probably what someone said in 1980 also

In 1980, not only was the spirit of Harry Truman alive, Harry Truman himself
was.



We are referring to Harry Truman, the old geezer who lived on the side
of Mt. St Helens -- NOT former President Harry Truman.

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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We are referring to Harry Truman, the old geezer who lived on the side
of Mt. St Helens -- NOT former President Harry Truman.

I know. Perhaps I should have been more specific: rather than simply "In
1980", I should have written "In 1980 prior to May 18th".

"gatt" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message

I would expect you to be both confused and just as contrary as usual. I
can
at least count on you to keep life from getting dull. In any event,
there
was no full-scale evacuation, nor did they predict an explosion at all.

WRONG! If you're gonna belittle someone, CJ, you should present the facts
straight:


Obviously you read neither my posts nor the USGS diary. If you are going to
flame someone, flame them for something they actually said.

"gatt" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message

I would expect you to be both confused and just as contrary as usual. I
can
at least count on you to keep life from getting dull. In any event,
there
was no full-scale evacuation, nor did they predict an explosion at all.

WRONG! If you're gonna belittle someone, CJ, you should present the facts
straight:


Obviously you read neither my posts nor the USGS diary. If you are going to
flame someone, flame them for something they actually said.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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and then how the forest
rebuilds itself and life goes on in a miraculously short time; then they
tell you not to walk off the trail or pick up rocks because the
ecosystem
is
fragile.


That's actually not so crazy as it sounds. Remember, tourists have a
big
impact on an ecology, just because there are so many of them.

And besides, the ecology never gets a chance to recover from the tourists.
The eruption happens, wipes everything out, and then things can gradually
come back. But to do so, they need to be left alone. Unlike the damage
from the eruption, damage from tourists happens every day, and the ecology
never gets a break.

Reminds me of our visit to Death Valley, where we stopped to look at some
salt pools, the edges of which teemed with very tiny microscopic life.
Signs everywhere implored the tourists to stay on the path, and to not
walk
up to the pools, since a single step can wipe out millions of the
creatures
and render the area under the footprint sterile for years, maybe even
decades.

More tourists completely ignored the signs than made any attempt to comply
with them. And yes, you could see the left-over footprints everywhere.


It is just as bad at Yellowstone.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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and then how the forest
rebuilds itself and life goes on in a miraculously short time; then they
tell you not to walk off the trail or pick up rocks because the
ecosystem
is
fragile.


That's actually not so crazy as it sounds. Remember, tourists have a
big
impact on an ecology, just because there are so many of them.

And besides, the ecology never gets a chance to recover from the tourists.
The eruption happens, wipes everything out, and then things can gradually
come back. But to do so, they need to be left alone. Unlike the damage
from the eruption, damage from tourists happens every day, and the ecology
never gets a break.

Reminds me of our visit to Death Valley, where we stopped to look at some
salt pools, the edges of which teemed with very tiny microscopic life.
Signs everywhere implored the tourists to stay on the path, and to not
walk
up to the pools, since a single step can wipe out millions of the
creatures
and render the area under the footprint sterile for years, maybe even
decades.

More tourists completely ignored the signs than made any attempt to comply
with them. And yes, you could see the left-over footprints everywhere.


It is just as bad at Yellowstone.