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#MountStHelens | April 27, 1980 🧵 At Timberline, Pete Lipman can't find the Goat Rocks target. USGS recently installed laser reflectors to track the bulge's growth. After nudging the instrument's sight to the right, Lipman finds it has moved three yards north since Friday!
Cascade volcanoes at normal background levels of activity this week: usgs.gov/programs/VHP/v…. #MountStHelens' south side visitors explore Ape Cave lava tube. The tube was created during Castle Creek time, 2025-1700 yrs ago, an unusual period when the volcano erupted basalt.
May is Volcano Awareness Month in Washington. Here's advance notice of a few events to put on your 2024 calendar: Skyfire watch party, Reddit Ask-Me-Anything session, scientists & preparedness experts at #MountStHelens' Science and Learning Center. Info: mil.wa.gov/news/experts-o…
#MountStHelens | April 26, 1980 Quakes hit their lowest mark since March 24. Fumaroles jet steam from the now-quiet crater. The bulge continues to grow unimpeded.
#MountStHelens | April 25, 1980 Two #Portland men, Lanny Garner and Jim Spiri, avoid roadblocks and gather ash at the Timberline loop to sell for $2 per bag. Their business name? "Exploding Enterprises." "We're just cleaning up the street," says Spiri.
#MountStHelens | April 25, 1980 No volcanic eruptions. The only visible activity is the melting of snow on the peak.
#MountStHelens | April 25, 1980 Based on observations of the bulging north face, @GPNF officials announce the continued closure of St. Helens and Spirit Lake to visitors through summer. Two restricted access zones around the mountain are to be implemented in the next few days.
#MountStHelens | April 24, 1980 The daily USGS time-lapse video shows clouds covering the peak most of the day until late afternoon when they break to reveal snowfall on the flanks.
#MountStHelens | April 23, 1980 In the Kelso-Longview area, life continues while the volcano shudders and spits ash and steam to the east. A 'volcano survivors' skating party is happening tonight at #Kelso's Skate World. Special Lava Cones on sale! #LongviewWA #CowlitzCounty
#MountStHelens #OTD in 1980 | April 24 📉 36 earthquakes above magnitude 3 shook the volcano today. The total number of quakes has been steadily going down, but... 📈...quakes now shaking the peak are increasingly above a magnitude 4. Less volume, but more power.
#MountStHelens | April 24, 1980 Students from @KelsoSchools' Butler Acres Elementary School have created St. Helens-inspired lyrics to popular songs — including The Muppet Show theme and Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life." How long ago was 1980? Debby Boone long ago.
#MountStHelens | April 24, 1980 🧵 At a meeting with Spirit Lake property owners and local officials, @USGS's Rocky Crandall raises serious concerns over St. Helens' bulging north slope. He tells attendees a major avalanche off the bulge is a real and dangerous possibility.
The Caldera ©️ Fi Photos, #MountStHelens #Cascades is an astonishing view. The amount displaced by the 1980 eruption was 2,549m, 0.63 cubic miles (yes, miles) in 14 May (USGS). The impact on the surrounding wild space was catastrophic, although much of the forest has recovered 🗻
I got a two for one today. #PNW #MountStHelens
I got a two for one today. #PNW #MountStHelens https://t.co/e2ZM4lBqpd
#MountStHelens | April 23, 1980 🌋 Reversing course due to demand, the USGS agrees to restart daily volcano information press briefings. 📷Given the activity downturn, @GPNF officials schedule a meeting to discuss summer tourist and camper access around the peak.
The beauty of this pic probably doesn’t compare to the frighten roar of the explosion #MountStHelens
The beauty of this pic probably doesn’t compare to the frighten roar of the explosion #MountStHelens
#MountStHelens in '80 | April 22, 1980 As its activity dwindles, the USGS' David Johnston tells the AP that St. Helens may turn out like #LassenPeak in California. Waking up in May 1914, the volcano took almost a year to produce a magmatic eruption. #geology #volcanoes
#MountStHelens | April 22, 1980 Finally visible after days behind clouds, a snow-covered St. Helens is mostly quiet. Small bursts of steam barely clear the crater's rim. Tiltmeters show small changes, but no pattern has emerged yet. 📽️ KATU, April 1980
#MountStHelens | April 21, 1980 Thoughts and prayers to the tourists who carved out a few days off to see the volcano only to get the *lousiest* stretch of weather. 📽️ USGS, of course