mount saint helens 2005fun fact: Harry Glicken, one of the scientists featured in World Of Volcanoes, was also a member of the crew monitoring Mount St. Helens in the spring of 1980. He was scheduled to work on May 18, but took the day off and was replaced by David Johnston - the only team member who believed the volcano would erupt laterally - which it did! Can you believe that?! His observation post was 5.7 miles from the blast and was considered to be in a relatively safe location. Yet the guy who got it right and wasn't even supposed to be there, was overcome by a blast of heat measuring 660°F and traveling over 300 miles per hour! Seriously think about that for a minute.
[Harry Glicken died 11 years later from the 1991 eruption of Mount Unzen in Japan]
Stratovolcanoes [Mt. St. Helens] are common where ocean plates are thrust under another tectonic plate and their eruptions are massively explosive! Shield volcanoes [like Hawaii] are common around hot spots, which emit thermal plumes - they are the gentlest volcanoes around! [aaaand they are named after Skjaldbreiður, the Icelandic volcano whose name means broad shield]
Oh, the Earth is alive and fulfilling an agenda of its own!
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ben! not a huge fan of tracks 5-7, but i enjoyed the mix. that being said, please use paragraphs when posting? <3
i will continue to forward any materials i come across pertaining to twilight, tween entertainment, drug busts and religious nonsense to robert - so be sure to check his/andrea's blog for comedic relief. i'm going to try my very hardest to post about things that excite & inspire me, rather than just the ones that make me say, "wtf, who does that?!"
glass half full might do me some good. if you're looking for my blogging mission statement, i guess that'd be it.
We just finished a chapter called "Wrath of the Vulcan" in my geology class and have now moved on to Groundwater (geothermal hot springs being my favorite part!). If you get a clear day in Portland, head up to the Portland City Grill for happy hour. It's a way bourgeois 30th floor restaurant where you'll stand out like a sore thumb, but Mt. Hood and St. Helens look beautiful from up there!
ReplyDeletei'm hoping to get the chance to hike and camp around st. helens while i'm out there!
ReplyDeletelet me know if you need help with groundwater, i'm pretty good at identifying the boundary separating the vadose zone and the zone of saturation based on the bedrock of a specific area, in case you get that as an assignment. i'm a pro at runoff and bioretention as well!
<3<3 can't wait to see you tomorrow!