October 1, 2004

Mount St. Helens releases steam

Mount St. Helens released a large plume of steam and a small amount of ash this afternoon just after noon. This pic is stolen from KOMO-TV who have a link to a video of the eruption. st_helens_erupts.jpg KOMO also has this update on their homepage: bq. KOMO NEWS ALERT: There have been 5-to-7 new earthquakes at St. Helens in the last few minutes -- some as large as 2.0 -- which is indicating there could be another, as they say, "throat-clearing" event within the next few days or weeks rather than months. Developing... Posted by DaveH at October 1, 2004 4:13 PM