What do you mean I've not blogged since May 9 - geesh, I mean that's four whole days .. how time passes, as they say! But ummm, that brings up a small item - I just saw an article on ... feature this headline: "Rebirth of Mount St. Helens - 30 Years Later" .... ummm "What?! That hasn't been that long ago has it?"!
So let's address this -- I'll give to those that are "ohhhhh" probably 36 or younger, that you won't remember - personally - Mount St. Helens letting loose her wrath .. but still, it was just yesterday ... wasn't it? *flips pages to find first page of article* 8:32 AM, Sunday, May 18, 1980 *grabs calculator* 2010 - 1980 ... excuse my language BUT HOLY CARP - how the hector did that happen?!
Because of the "dawn" of this historical marking of a 30th Anniversary let's give Mount St. Helens some thought. She came to life after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake started a chain reaction that ended in a violant eruption which blew off 1,300 feet of her perfected symmetrical 9,665-foot peak. She laid waste to 230 square acres of forest and choked 14 miles of river valley with mud. AND this was a mere 30 years ago -- incredible!
I could go on and on (and most of the time I do go on and on :-) !!) but let me just suggest some further excellent reading, if you're so inclined.
Revist MSH, or go study for the first time here at an excellent website:
http://mountsthelens.com/
Or "hey" go have a look at the "ole" girl:
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
Sources:
"Rebirth of Mount St. Helens" by Margaret Haberman, published in The American Profile
http://www.americanprofile.com/article/39753.html
*roams off, mumbling to self ... 30 years .. sheesh, how is that possible!*
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