@lawilson200 your welcome actually most people are suprised i show this kind of intrest in Mt. St. Helens cuz im only 10.And im skipping my trip to the Puallup fair to go the Mt. St. Helens and i want to be a vol-ken all-o-jist when i grow up or a fighter piolit! :)
@FusionFierce000 - Not especially. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 10 years old. I even crafted a box into an Apollo spacecraft and went on my own moon landings (The Apollo moon landings were a big thing when I was young). Don't let anyone tell you that girls cannot do something. I know several women who are fighter pilots. The point is, always follow your dreams.
Thanks for the incoragement its meaning alot right now i need a good feeling things are not going good at my house so those words make me feel alot better
Thanks but now everyting is all better i was sad cuz my sister is visiting from collage and she called and she said might be stuck in the mountians cuz she goes to WSU and she has to pass through the moutains but she got here 10 minutes ago so everything is ok now :)
thats unfair a volcanoe like that is just well it eeds to spit out fire sooner or later coz when we need a no.2 we need to let it out sooner or later say NO t mines
Sadly, Oregon is in financial trouble. Our greatest resources are minerals and forests and they are really the only way to bring big money into the state (not enough people film up in Portland and environmental tourism only lasts a few months out of the year). It's true that we shouldn't go mad and mine without stopping or chop trees indiscriminately but we really should consider a healthy, sustainable way for us to harvest and keep our state alive. 'Cause it's dying financially.
@geoffreyblackmer - Actually, Mount St Helens is on the Washington side of the river. Mining is a bitter pill that can be more easily swallowed, by merely updating the nation's mining laws. Our current mining law has seen little changes since its initial enactment in 1872. Under this law, the US Government does not receive fair market value for the land. The government is prohibited from even collecting royalities. You and I own this land. Should not be allowed to make money from it?
@lawilson200 Of course we should. The mining would still bring money into the state as long as local companies would be doing the mining. Otherwise we're sending our resources elsewhere while we starve. Yeah, I always feel (wrongly) like Mount St Helens is in Oregon, just 'cause I can see it from home on a clear day. I stand corrected.
@geoffreyblackmer - The company seeking to open up copper mining in the Mount Maragaret Backcountry area is owned by a Canadian company. Therefore, the revenue generated will not be going to boost the American economy. Now the region the company wants mined was mined extensively prior to World War II. Then the quality of the ore was considered to be poor, making mining unprofitable. To be successful, they will need to strip mine. So not only do not get money, we have a big cost to pay.
Sorry, my friend, but extracting natural resources from the land is just how we do things here in USA, inc. We'll even invade sovereign nations, destroy the land and commit genocide to to gain access to these resources. No place on our planet is too sacred and the legacy we leave for future generations is of no consequence. Is there any surprise that funding was cut for programs which run counter to this agenda?
I wasn't aware of the Mt. St. Helens problem until now. Thanks.
@astranine - You are welcome. The mining issue has returned. Last summer, Moly Inc., sold their mining interest to a British Columbia company. The company then received permission from the National Forest Service to conduct exploratory drilling on 500 acres, 10 miles north of Mount St Helens in the Green River watershed. The Green River supplies drinking water to Kelso, Longview and Castle Rock, Washington. It's an issue that is still in flux.
@MountEtna788 - Well thank you. I am going to need to get off my duff and produce some more, but I hardly ever seem to have the time. But thank you. PS-I like the username. Are you near Etna?
i have to take issue with your 1479 eruption being 100 times greater- im from seattle and the usgs here said it was the largest eruption in 4000 years- if the eruption was 100 times greater the devastion would have been enormous and would have bee noted by native americans who were here- they are no such references to anything of that magnitude or geological evidence of that strength- atleast from the USGS and the PNW seismic network info! But im open your information and will stand corrected
@salvadory - Actually the 1980 eruption was the smallest in 4000 years. There are about a dozen eruptions over the past 4,000 years with a VEI of 5 or greater. The 1479 eruption was a VEI 6. The 1482 eruption was a VEI 5. Event the eruption of 1800 was 4 times larger than 1980.
@salvadory - When I compiled the video, I inputed incorrect information. I thought it was best to correct the information by inputing an annotation. In fact, th e1479 eruption was about 10 times larger than 1980.
@lawilson200 ok that sounds possible- but how come the area was not damaged by these prior eruptions that are supposed to be so big- the northwest was settled by indians in the 1500s and no indian writings tell of massive destruction and neither do the settlers in the mid 1800s who explored the peaks! im a little confused as to why the damage was so great by the 1980 eruption but not with the others!
@salvadory - You asked some good question and to give them justice, I will need to post a new video. The short answer, there were four main tribes living around MSH and the names each tribe gave the mountain reflected her volcanic past (Fire Mountain, Smoke Mountain, etc). I have copies of anthropology studies of local tribal members reacting to the 1800 eruption.. In the 1830's and 1840's, pioneers regularly reported eruptions. There is a famous painting of MSH erupting in 1842.
@lawilson200 thanks but if the eruptions were greater how come the damage wasnt nearly as bad as the 1980 eruption- which according to the PNW seismic network said was the most explosive volcanic blast in the continental united states in 4000 years of the geological record and whose damage exceeded any prior eruption- i think your missing that the mountain blew out sideways something it had never done before atleast in the geological record
@salvadory - Hi! I am finally back from my convention. The landslide that triggered the eruption of 1980 was the largest in recorded history. However, the amount of ejecta - including the material ejected by the lateral blast, was only 1.2 km3. By comparison, the eruption of 1479-1480 was 7 Km3 according to the Smithsonian Institute Global Volcanism Program. For further details, I recommend reading USGS Professional Paper 1444 on the pre-1980 pyroclastic flow and tephra deposits.
@ohnousernameavailabl - I don't remember anymore and I was the person who put the video together. While I do not recall the exact name of the song, I do recall it came off a CD called Sacred Spirit. Thanks for watching.
The chart shown in the video was developed by the Cascade Volcano Observatory and it is available for download from the CVO website. The chart shows the volcanic eruptions of all of the Cascade Volcanoes over the past 4,000 years. I do know this chart has since been updated.
You should visit the CVO website. You will find a great deal of interesting material available on MSH and our other Cascade Volcanoes.
Of all the places to mine, it would seem volcanos would be the best place. Not only would the surrounding area be full of minerals that are usually rare, once the eruption occurs, all evidence of mining would be erased. Mine volcanos more often. Observe them from a distance. It would also seem unwise to build any type of structures near a volcano as a visitor center.
@SethKlan they would be great to mine except for when you dig a hole in u would melt pretty quick with that sever heat. remember that is so hot it melts rocks
@gl00b3r5 - That's an interesting observation. The 1857 event put a close to the Goat Rock episode (1800-1857), so I suspect the last eruption was relatively small. The 1800 eruption on the otherhand was slighly larger than the 1980 eruption. However, the big difference was population. Settlement of Mount St Helens did not begin until 1892. By 1980 an average of 300,000 people were regularly visiting Mount St Helens and Spirit Lake.
@phanthom091 - Thank you for watching. The purpose of the video was to update interested people with the latest (at the time of February 2008) news on Mount St Helens. It remains on my channel, strictly for archival purposes only.
@bubbagyro - Thank you for your input, however the issue is moot. In April 2008, the BLM denied Moly Inc their application to lease Federal lands in the Green River Valley, putting an end this mining issue.
I do not believe that I said that I am opposed to mining in general. However, federal mining laws do need to be substantially updated and reformed.
@boldtlw - Thank you for watching but the mining issue was made moot in April of 2008. I cannot agree with you that mining has beneficial effects for the environment and surrounding areas. I have seen too many mines and I have collected enough soil and water samples from those abandoned mines to know your statement is false.
Thanks for the video and the information. I've been to the mountain twice since 1980. What a wonderful way to observe geology in action and how nature handles the recovery. It's a shame that the forest service is getting shorted in the budget. How dare they even consider allowing mining on the land donated to prevent mining!
@mzbexn10 - Thank you for watching. Are you referring to super-volcanoes? I believe you are. Volcanic eruptions that exceed 100 cubic kilometers in volcanic debris can have really major effects on our atmosphere. The 1815 eruption of Tambora for example lowered global temperatures significantly, preventing crops from growing and causing major worldwide starvation. A super eruption is 100 times that. Be glad these are very rare events.
@nathan909 - Thank you for watching and your criticism is noted. I cannot speak for other videos about Mount St Helens. However, this video was one of my first ever attempted and I was using software that failed to meet expectations. This has since been rectified.
@mindajane - thank you for commenting. I appreciate everyone's input on this issue. Some of the information contained in this video is now out dated. The mining issue was resolved in 2008 when the BLM decided to deny the interested company a lease to federal lands near Mount St Helens.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, why is the U.S. Government entitiled to "royalties"? If, in this case, the word "royalties" refers to corporate taxes, then, I have no problem with that except that the current corporate (as well as individual!) tax rate in this country is too high.
Sorry, but I did not intend this video to be a source for debating the Mining Act of 1872.
If the mine was on land I own and I also owned the mineral rights, I would be entitled to receive a percentage of the revenue earned in the form of royalities.
The Mining Act of 1872 prohibits the government from collecting royalties. In fact it limits the government to collecting only $5 per acre in the form of a lease. Public lands are owned by the people. Should we not benefit from this?
Thank you for expressing your point of view. As a general rule, I am not opposed to mining. I am opposed to mining within 1 mile of a federally protected national monument. That was the key and fundamental difference.
Mining law is in serious need of reform. A company can extract billions of dollars in resources and not pay a dime to the federal government in royalties. There is much more, but I am not interested with grandstanding here.
Good video. im not interested in much of history. but im very much interested in mount saint helens. its just so interensting to know about it. i wish i could learn more about it but i dont have time. i wish we would learn it in school haha
I am glad you enjoyed it. This year is the 30th anniversary of the main eruption and I am planning on adding a few more videos to discuss the history of Mount St Helens and the 1980 eruption.
MSH shouldnt be washington states only concern. MT. Rainier has been real quiet lately. and there is alot more snowfall there then at MSH to worry about. if it erupts then it will create a mudslide 30ft high that will wipe anything out in its path. keep your eyes on that volcano too people.
The mountain is following her usual pattern. It usually begins with a large explosive eruption, followed by short periods of dome building eruptions that occur again and again over periods of decades to even centuries.
In 1479, MSH had an eruption that was VEI-6 or about 10 times larger than 1980. Afterwards, there were 2 centuries of dome building eruptions which resulted with the mountain reaching 9,699 feet.
The issue is moot now. The BLM denied the lease application for Goat Mountain, where the mine was proposed in 2008 and the mining company abandoned all further interests with the mining claim.
BTW the forest service would not have made any money off the mining claim. Mining law has not changed since 1872 and under the law, the maximum amount of money the federal government can collect is $5,000 and this is for lease the land. The government cannot collect royalties from mining claims.
I say let them mine the shit out of it. I mean, when its all gone and the lands all messed up and were all dying due to our own greed and shit nature will be better off. Humans are a virus to the planet. Nature will bounce back after we all die anyways lol
Mount St Helens is a teenager when compared to her sister Cascade Volcanoes.
Actually MSH has explosively erupted over 32 times over the past 4,500 years and will likely continue with this behavior, far into the distant future.
theguymakeinfunofyou-I am a liberal guy and a strong advocate of First Amendment rights, but I am afraid I cannot tolerate the kind of language you have displayed here. This video is visited by children.
For this reason, your comment has been removed and if you persist in making inappropriate comments, you will be banned from this channel.
There is an appeal to speculating large disasters, which might cause abrut changes to human civilization, just watch the History Channel. Unfortunately, these programs seem to emphasize the sensational element, rather than rely on hard science.
I do blame end-time fundies for this inappropriate fixation, but this is a subject beyond the scope of this video.
Yellowstone is a truly remakable place, with fascianting geology. I rather have people focus on this, instead of what might happen.
you see when the lava stoped going in the valcano it actually mate a top to seal in the lava since mt saint helens is made up of a strange lava that is verry sticky and its dangerouse because it will build up more preasure and make a super eruption
Interesting, so you think MSH will be a super-volcano someday. I am now reminded of a recent study performed by an outfit out of New Zealand, who determined the presence of a large magma chamber, which also covers Mount Rainier and Mount Adams, Not much else is known though about this recent discovery.
Recently though, I did spend two weeks following the Yellowstone Hotspt. The common characteristic is rhylolite, which is something that MSH has not produce. I would not worry about it,
I remember looking at photos of Mt. St. Helens when I was 4 years old, and I have been studying volcanoes ever since then. Very informative video about whats happening now.
How hard is it to figure out that you don't put light color text over a light background and dark color text over dark background? Half the crap I could not read because it was light/light and dark/dark or it was gone before I could finish reading it. Poor editing.
Thank you for your comments. At the time, i was using different software, which gave me less then satisfactory results. This problem was corrected by the third video of that series. And thank you for watching.
I remember Mr Truman. He was a freind of my great grandfather. We were there in November of 1979 for a visit and all the time my great grandfather and Mr Truman were talking of the past.
Now that is a fantastic story. I was wondering, do you have any photographs, letters, journals, etc., of your great grandfather? Have you thought about donating them to the Cowlitz County Historical Society? I believe it is very important we do what we can to preserve the past for those who will come in the future. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
The Sate of Washington needs money, the Forest Service has been hurting for years. The money is sitting in front of them, you cant have it both ways. Logging made millions of dollars for the state every year, paying for schools, roads, and many other thing including the Forest Service. The timber tax feed towns like Kelso, Castle Rock, Longview ect. The deer and elk are starving to death in alaming number. A direct result of not logging, the cleared areas are where they get their feed.
Thank you for your input. I have not taken a position on logging on this or the other videos on Mount St Helens, but all viewpoints are respected.
I presume you know though that most of the lands west of Mount St Helens is owned by Weyerheauser. The St Helens Tree Farm is composed of over 450,000 acres and it is not controlled by federal legal restictions. Nor will the Forest Service benefit from logging of the St Helens Tree Farm since the land is privately owned.
One more item, For the record, I am not opposed to logging, provided we do not return to the unsustainable practices of the past.
A great deal has been learned in the 30 years since the eruption of Mount St Helens, including the necessity of keeping some down trees and vegetation on site to promote reforestation.
Elk starving is not a problem of logging but rather the absence of preditors. Bring back cougers, bears, and wolves to the area and the problem will resolve itself.
Your video argues against itself, because if the mountain erupted 4x larger than the 1980 eruption just 180 years earlier, and in 1980 it was a pristine old growth forest area, then we should be able to strip mine like crazy, plant some trees, and have it look great in a generation or two. One little mine can't compare to the hundreds of square miles of devastation in 80, and it's already growing back strong.
So which is it? Either the mountain can't recover or it can.
Thank you for watching. I do respect a diversity of views.
The issue you elude to was resolved in April 2008 when the Bureau of Land Management denied Moly Inc their application to lease 900 acres of federal lands.
MSH actually has an extensive mining history, all of it was hardrock mining and not strip mines. Mining died before WWII because the copper ore was poor quality and unprofitable. But small claims were worked on up to1980. 5 of 57 people who died on May 18, 1980 were miners.
Thanks for watching. The photograph at4:04 is Goat Mountain, which was the area a mining company had hope to develop an open pit copper mining operation. Located 10 miles north of Mount St Helens, Goat Mountain was impacted by the blast which occurred on May 18, 1980. However, the area was not protected when Congress established MSHNVM.
Thankfully, the BLM denied the mining company their application for a lease to the land and the company in 2008, abandoned plans to develop a mine.
About the eruption of Mount St Helens or was it mining perhaps?
When MSH first woke up, it drew international media attention, but when it was found that MSH was not going to repeat 1980, attention wane to the point where the event was followed by volcano geeks like me.
The mining issue did not attract a great deal of media attention. There were a few newspaper articles, but to really follow the story, you needed to follow advocacy groups and the IGM website.
Mount St Helens did erupt in 1800 and remained generaly active for the next 57 years. The eruption of 1980 occurred after 123 years of general quienscience. If past patterns hold true, I expect additional small eruptions in the future, but nothing on the scale of 1980 for at least a century.
To be honest, I do not remember the name of the song. However, the song is from the album Unconqured Spirit. But, since posting htis video more than a year ago, I have misplaced the CD cover, so I cannot say for certain. The CD is a two part set, with part 1 composed of Pow Pow and medicine songs from various cultures and part 2 is largely new age style set to Native American themes.
no mining near mt saint helens thats bullshit people need to just leave her alone she is one of our earths greatest wonders. if i could i would go to the president and try and make it so they cant take her from our earth she is already disapearing
I propably should take down this video now. The mining threat is now over. The BLM denied Moly Inc, their application to lease the lands they wanted mined in April of 2008 and the mining company decided to drop all future claims to the region.
Now the question is can we elevate the status of Mount St Helens to the level of a National Park, which will enhance the protection of the area and stabilize the funding of MSH.
I had no idea this was going on. Interesting video. I looked it up because of a dream I had about a massive volcanic eruption. Huge. Yeah I know someone out there is bound to pick on this comment because of the dream. Oh well, I will post it anyway. so... :P
Well thank you for your insights. I wouldn't worry about Mount St Helens exploding anytime soon. Typically, the mountain experiences a massive eruption (ala 1980) every 200 years, followed by decades to centuries of small eruptions like the one that occurred between 2004 and 2008. Mount St Helens have returned to a slumber.
But, 50 volcanoes erupt each year and 5 eruptions will be VEI 4 or greater per decade. So your dream my not be far off base.
I remember watching the news when the eruption took place at the age of 14. Watched it for days ! Great Video. Despite the devastation it caused, I enjoyed watching your post and learnt a great deal.
I personally think the music is very fitting to the subject. Can you update us as to the music used please ?. Greetings from the UK !.
Yeah I think it wasnt the Eruption itself that did the most damage in 1980 but the landslide that traveled through the Toutle, Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers that did the most damage. Though in the Columbia it was that powerful as it was in the Toutle. Especially that one bridge on that Highway. That was totally taken out. But The one I live by in Kelso on Allen Street the old one didnt go down though it was hit but they finally tore that one down and made a newer one in 2000.
All of the 57 people who died at Mount St Helens, were killed as a direct result of the eruption. Out of the 29 bodies that were recovered, 21 died of ash asphyxiation - this is when you breathe in volcanic ash. Others died of compression injuries from the lateral blast and severe thermal burns, also from the lateral blast.
In 1815 when Tambora erupted, 91,000 people were killed. Most was due to starvation caused by climate change.
yeah all 57 people died in the eruption not starvation they were already dead. What i was talking about was the landslide that did the most damage by taking out trees, bridges, roads and killing wildlife and fishes. Thats what i meant.
if its a small eruption like Mt St Helens 2004 one then yes it wont do that much damage. But What i was thinking is what would happen if Mt Rainer had an eruption like what Mt St helens did in 1980? Thats the one i think would do lots of damage.
That is a good point, but geologists have found that past behavior is often times a strong indcator of future results. Mount St Helens is a prime example. Setting aside the landslide and lateral blast, the 1980 eruption behaved exactly as Crandell and Maulineux predicted in their 1978's Hazard Assessment of Mount St Helens. But with Rainier it is the ice field you need to worry. The Osceola Flow - the largest - was triggered without any known associated volcanic event. There is your danger.
Yeah your right we cant predict. I just heard that but it could be anyone. I would shudder to think what would happened if Rainer blew. The cities next to it would go bye bye including Tacoma, Lakewood (my aunt lives there), half of Seattle and some of the surrounding ones there.
Yes, I have family wh are also living on the remnants of old Rainier lahars. Ranier eruptions tend to be samll, perhaps no more than VEI 4. But an eruption is not the real worry. A recent study found much of the western rock wall on Rainier to have been chemically alterred, much in the same way the rock at Mount St Helens was altered, before the landslide. It would not take much to cause the western side to collapse.
This is what I love about this country, you are always kept on your toes.
That is a good question. Volcanoes are beast who march to their own drummer. We know the general frequency when each member of the Cascade Range has erupted, but there is really no way to point a finger and say, "you're next."
Baker last erupted in the 1830's and showed signs of life in 1975. Rainier last erupted in the 1880's. My money is on Shasta, which last erupted in the 1790's and South Sister where an area of uplift was found last decade to the south of Sister. Thanks.
Yeah im just glad my town wasnt in the blast zone but we could still see it from where we live not just in the new which it was reported. Coldwater River and Lake also werent there before the eruption but it was after as well. Its hard to see it close down because I went there a few times.
I agree completely. The building needs $2 million in repairs and it is way to nice a facility to allow it to go to waste. With hope, and a little congressional influence, the bleeding to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest will come to an end and money is injected for improving capital projects like fixing Coldwater. I am worried though. The recent storms dumped 40 inches of rain at June Lake in a 48 hour period. I have a feeling FR 83 is washed out again and needs repair. We will see.
Yeah but if this mining that your saying is true why would anyone want to mine in or by an active Volcano? Are they crazy? I wont get near the mountain like that lol Look what happened to Harry Truman. He owned a lodge at the base of the mountain and said if the mountain goes then he goes and look what happened he did. So if they are planning on that. I doubt i will support it. Now for the facility. I dont think they should have shut it down. It was a great place in my opinion.
No need to worry any more about mining at Mount St Helens. Idaho General Mines failed to receive approval for leasing the lands they wanted to mine from the BLM. A surprising victory in the era of George W Bush.
I can tell you from experience that it was a bad day i was only 5 months old but i didnt remember it but my mom did and i still live 35 miles from the mountain.
Cool. Even at 5 months of age, you were closer to the eruption than I was. As fate would have it, I was in British Columbia on that day. Thanks for posting.
I was 11 years old when she blew. I was living in Duncan British Columbia on Vancouver Island. I remember that day well as our house felt like it was being relocated and the ash over the next few days sat at a quarter of an inch on vehicles and our streets. Watching the news the following day was devestating and to this day I still am in awe watching the video clips that have been provided via the net. It was a tragic day!
I believe you are referring to my brief discussion on the historical eruptions of Mount St Helens. The eruption of 1480 deposited volcanic ash as far away as Hudson Bay and based on volume output, that eruption was 100 times larger than the eruption of 1980.
i went there today and saw jhonston ridge!
FusionFierce000 4 months ago
@FusionFierce000 - I am glad that you had a good time. I plan on making a trip this weekend.
lawilson200 4 months ago
@lawilson200
i hope you have fun where ever you are going
FusionFierce000 4 months ago
WOW!!!! I cant belive that they are trying to mine through history its so sad!!!
FusionFierce000 5 months ago
@FusionFierce000 - Thank you for your comment.
lawilson200 5 months ago
@lawilson200 your welcome actually most people are suprised i show this kind of intrest in Mt. St. Helens cuz im only 10.And im skipping my trip to the Puallup fair to go the Mt. St. Helens and i want to be a vol-ken all-o-jist when i grow up or a fighter piolit! :)
FusionFierce000 5 months ago
@FusionFierce000 Have a wonderful and saf trip and I wish you godspeed as you grow up and persue your dreams.
lawilson200 5 months ago
@lawilson200
Thanks everyone else thinks its weird that a 10 year old girl wants to be a fighter piolot
FusionFierce000 5 months ago
@FusionFierce000 - Not especially. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 10 years old. I even crafted a box into an Apollo spacecraft and went on my own moon landings (The Apollo moon landings were a big thing when I was young). Don't let anyone tell you that girls cannot do something. I know several women who are fighter pilots. The point is, always follow your dreams.
lawilson200 5 months ago
@lawilson200
Thankyou for the incoragement it helps alot
FusionFierce000 5 months ago
@lawilson200
Thanks for the incoragement its meaning alot right now i need a good feeling things are not going good at my house so those words make me feel alot better
FusionFierce000 5 months ago
@FusionFierce000 You are welcome. I hope everything goes well with you.
lawilson200 5 months ago
@lawilson200
Thanks but now everyting is all better i was sad cuz my sister is visiting from collage and she called and she said might be stuck in the mountians cuz she goes to WSU and she has to pass through the moutains but she got here 10 minutes ago so everything is ok now :)
FusionFierce000 5 months ago
@lawilson200
I went there today like i said i would it was awsome and saw the ridge!(Jhonston Ridge)
FusionFierce000 4 months ago
VERY NICE UPDATE... CONGRATS...
BL08MAIN 8 months ago
@BL08MAIN - Thank you for watching.
lawilson200 8 months ago
thats unfair a volcanoe like that is just well it eeds to spit out fire sooner or later coz when we need a no.2 we need to let it out sooner or later say NO t mines
drifting3in 8 months ago
@drifting3in I find it as the joys of living in the Pacific Northwest.
lawilson200 8 months ago
I really could not tell you.
lawilson200 8 months ago
why did everything look dumb in the first half of the 1900's? even that volcanic cloud in 1915 looked stupid LOL
DeluxeFoodChannel 8 months ago
Sadly, Oregon is in financial trouble. Our greatest resources are minerals and forests and they are really the only way to bring big money into the state (not enough people film up in Portland and environmental tourism only lasts a few months out of the year). It's true that we shouldn't go mad and mine without stopping or chop trees indiscriminately but we really should consider a healthy, sustainable way for us to harvest and keep our state alive. 'Cause it's dying financially.
geoffreyblackmer 8 months ago
@geoffreyblackmer - Actually, Mount St Helens is on the Washington side of the river. Mining is a bitter pill that can be more easily swallowed, by merely updating the nation's mining laws. Our current mining law has seen little changes since its initial enactment in 1872. Under this law, the US Government does not receive fair market value for the land. The government is prohibited from even collecting royalities. You and I own this land. Should not be allowed to make money from it?
lawilson200 8 months ago
@lawilson200 Of course we should. The mining would still bring money into the state as long as local companies would be doing the mining. Otherwise we're sending our resources elsewhere while we starve. Yeah, I always feel (wrongly) like Mount St Helens is in Oregon, just 'cause I can see it from home on a clear day. I stand corrected.
geoffreyblackmer 8 months ago
@geoffreyblackmer - The company seeking to open up copper mining in the Mount Maragaret Backcountry area is owned by a Canadian company. Therefore, the revenue generated will not be going to boost the American economy. Now the region the company wants mined was mined extensively prior to World War II. Then the quality of the ore was considered to be poor, making mining unprofitable. To be successful, they will need to strip mine. So not only do not get money, we have a big cost to pay.
lawilson200 8 months ago
Sorry, my friend, but extracting natural resources from the land is just how we do things here in USA, inc. We'll even invade sovereign nations, destroy the land and commit genocide to to gain access to these resources. No place on our planet is too sacred and the legacy we leave for future generations is of no consequence. Is there any surprise that funding was cut for programs which run counter to this agenda?
I wasn't aware of the Mt. St. Helens problem until now. Thanks.
astranine 10 months ago
@astranine - You are welcome. The mining issue has returned. Last summer, Moly Inc., sold their mining interest to a British Columbia company. The company then received permission from the National Forest Service to conduct exploratory drilling on 500 acres, 10 miles north of Mount St Helens in the Green River watershed. The Green River supplies drinking water to Kelso, Longview and Castle Rock, Washington. It's an issue that is still in flux.
lawilson200 10 months ago
@Libsdontcareee Your comment was removed for offensive language and you have been blocked from this channel.
lawilson200 11 months ago
I like the music :) And the video too. It's cool =3
MountEtna788 1 year ago
@MountEtna788 - Well thank you. I am going to need to get off my duff and produce some more, but I hardly ever seem to have the time. But thank you. PS-I like the username. Are you near Etna?
lawilson200 11 months ago
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MountEtna788 11 months ago
i have to take issue with your 1479 eruption being 100 times greater- im from seattle and the usgs here said it was the largest eruption in 4000 years- if the eruption was 100 times greater the devastion would have been enormous and would have bee noted by native americans who were here- they are no such references to anything of that magnitude or geological evidence of that strength- atleast from the USGS and the PNW seismic network info! But im open your information and will stand corrected
salvadory 1 year ago
@salvadory just in case i meant the 1980 eruption was the largest in 4000 years- not the 1479-1700 eruption
salvadory 1 year ago
@salvadory - Actually the 1980 eruption was the smallest in 4000 years. There are about a dozen eruptions over the past 4,000 years with a VEI of 5 or greater. The 1479 eruption was a VEI 6. The 1482 eruption was a VEI 5. Event the eruption of 1800 was 4 times larger than 1980.
lawilson200 1 year ago
@salvadory - When I compiled the video, I inputed incorrect information. I thought it was best to correct the information by inputing an annotation. In fact, th e1479 eruption was about 10 times larger than 1980.
lawilson200 1 year ago
@lawilson200 ok that sounds possible- but how come the area was not damaged by these prior eruptions that are supposed to be so big- the northwest was settled by indians in the 1500s and no indian writings tell of massive destruction and neither do the settlers in the mid 1800s who explored the peaks! im a little confused as to why the damage was so great by the 1980 eruption but not with the others!
salvadory 1 year ago
@salvadory - You asked some good question and to give them justice, I will need to post a new video. The short answer, there were four main tribes living around MSH and the names each tribe gave the mountain reflected her volcanic past (Fire Mountain, Smoke Mountain, etc). I have copies of anthropology studies of local tribal members reacting to the 1800 eruption.. In the 1830's and 1840's, pioneers regularly reported eruptions. There is a famous painting of MSH erupting in 1842.
lawilson200 1 year ago
@lawilson200 thanks but if the eruptions were greater how come the damage wasnt nearly as bad as the 1980 eruption- which according to the PNW seismic network said was the most explosive volcanic blast in the continental united states in 4000 years of the geological record and whose damage exceeded any prior eruption- i think your missing that the mountain blew out sideways something it had never done before atleast in the geological record
salvadory 1 year ago
@salvadory - Hi! I am finally back from my convention. The landslide that triggered the eruption of 1980 was the largest in recorded history. However, the amount of ejecta - including the material ejected by the lateral blast, was only 1.2 km3. By comparison, the eruption of 1479-1480 was 7 Km3 according to the Smithsonian Institute Global Volcanism Program. For further details, I recommend reading USGS Professional Paper 1444 on the pre-1980 pyroclastic flow and tephra deposits.
lawilson200 1 year ago
1:25 is also found in my enviro sci textbook.
cool
MykesterMachinima 1 year ago
does anyone know what tracks playing in the background? i quite like it.
ohnousernameavailabl 1 year ago
@ohnousernameavailabl - I don't remember anymore and I was the person who put the video together. While I do not recall the exact name of the song, I do recall it came off a CD called Sacred Spirit. Thanks for watching.
lawilson200 1 year ago
@lawilson200 ohh lol, nvm.. pretty cool video btw.
very catchy tuune ill try finding it somehow..
ohnousernameavailabl 1 year ago
Should be called "Hole St. Helen's".... hardly any mount left there at all!!!
CuteMcBeauty 1 year ago
will they get it alredy it di it in 1980 so it might blow or it will blow up so just take it alredy!
booboorubarski 1 year ago
dig the fuker
bulekki 1 year ago
i went there on my b-day on the 29th oj july an we saw steem coming of but nothing fancy.
MonsterLover1997 1 year ago
@MonsterLover1997 - MSH wil be steaming for quite some time. The eruption might be over, but the rocks are still very hot. PS-Happy Birthday.
lawilson200 1 year ago
@MonsterLover1997 whoa..my birthday is july 29th and i was born in 1997 :D
iluke13 1 year ago
Great video and LOVE the music!!!
Thankyou so much for posting.
Would love to see where you got the chart shown @ 01:25 .
Very informative and beautiful photography.
Thankyou for caring.
EyeSeeQQ 1 year ago
@EyeSeeQQ - Thanks for watching.
The chart shown in the video was developed by the Cascade Volcano Observatory and it is available for download from the CVO website. The chart shows the volcanic eruptions of all of the Cascade Volcanoes over the past 4,000 years. I do know this chart has since been updated.
You should visit the CVO website. You will find a great deal of interesting material available on MSH and our other Cascade Volcanoes.
lawilson200 1 year ago
I like the music. Native American chant with western music composition. Nice.
SethKlan 1 year ago
@SethKlan - Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it.
lawilson200 1 year ago
Of all the places to mine, it would seem volcanos would be the best place. Not only would the surrounding area be full of minerals that are usually rare, once the eruption occurs, all evidence of mining would be erased. Mine volcanos more often. Observe them from a distance. It would also seem unwise to build any type of structures near a volcano as a visitor center.
SethKlan 1 year ago
@SethKlan they would be great to mine except for when you dig a hole in u would melt pretty quick with that sever heat. remember that is so hot it melts rocks
masonberg 1 year ago
on 3 april 1857 it erupted no one died but in 1980 57 died
gl00b3r5 1 year ago
@gl00b3r5 - That's an interesting observation. The 1857 event put a close to the Goat Rock episode (1800-1857), so I suspect the last eruption was relatively small. The 1800 eruption on the otherhand was slighly larger than the 1980 eruption. However, the big difference was population. Settlement of Mount St Helens did not begin until 1892. By 1980 an average of 300,000 people were regularly visiting Mount St Helens and Spirit Lake.
lawilson200 1 year ago
wtf, i search water park and this pops up???
glopydop 1 year ago
@glopydop - Isn't that interesting.
lawilson200 1 year ago
was this a video to stop the mining on the mountian or near it?
phanthom091 1 year ago
@phanthom091 - Thank you for watching. The purpose of the video was to update interested people with the latest (at the time of February 2008) news on Mount St Helens. It remains on my channel, strictly for archival purposes only.
lawilson200 1 year ago
Amen to that!!!
Awsome post.
Cathy
TheMyamax 1 year ago
Molybdenum is necessary for building windmills. You know that, right?
bubbagyro 1 year ago
@bubbagyro - Thank you for your input, however the issue is moot. In April 2008, the BLM denied Moly Inc their application to lease Federal lands in the Green River Valley, putting an end this mining issue.
I do not believe that I said that I am opposed to mining in general. However, federal mining laws do need to be substantially updated and reformed.
lawilson200 1 year ago
Mine it, Itll replinesh itself
max24ist 1 year ago
@max24ist - An interesting point of view. However, this issue is actually moot. Did you not bother to read the annotations that I added?
lawilson200 1 year ago
We need the resources, mining is good for the environment and surrounding area.
boldtlw 1 year ago
@boldtlw - Thank you for watching but the mining issue was made moot in April of 2008. I cannot agree with you that mining has beneficial effects for the environment and surrounding areas. I have seen too many mines and I have collected enough soil and water samples from those abandoned mines to know your statement is false.
lawilson200 1 year ago
Oh, and I think the music is appropriate and enjoyable.
cid21304 1 year ago
@cid21304 - I thank you for watching and for your comments.
lawilson200 1 year ago
Thanks for the video and the information. I've been to the mountain twice since 1980. What a wonderful way to observe geology in action and how nature handles the recovery. It's a shame that the forest service is getting shorted in the budget. How dare they even consider allowing mining on the land donated to prevent mining!
cid21304 1 year ago
Ohh the music in this video gives me the cramps! Turn it off!!!! Horrible
begoneyoubum 1 year ago
@begoneyoubum - You are one of the very, very few who has complained about the choice of music fo this video. However, I thank you for viewing.
lawilson200 1 year ago
@lawilson200
I am sure all the deaf people that watch this video LOVE the music, but my ears tell me otherwise.....horrible music= horrible video..turn it off
theyamaha700 1 year ago
@theyamaha700 - The music will remain,. This video is now two years old and I have no intention of making any changes now.
lawilson200 1 year ago
whats dat volcanos name that if it explodes it kills everyone called??
mzbexn10 1 year ago
@mzbexn10 - Thank you for watching. Are you referring to super-volcanoes? I believe you are. Volcanic eruptions that exceed 100 cubic kilometers in volcanic debris can have really major effects on our atmosphere. The 1815 eruption of Tambora for example lowered global temperatures significantly, preventing crops from growing and causing major worldwide starvation. A super eruption is 100 times that. Be glad these are very rare events.
lawilson200 1 year ago
@mzbexn10 Yellowstone?
FishFeeler 1 year ago
@FishFeeler its in washington state.
ItsTimothy 1 year ago
@mzbexn10 yellowstone thats like 40mile i think or a diffrent 1 cant remember what its called
speedb0y012 1 year ago
check my video of the iceland vulcano ash cloud
afcaj0od 1 year ago
@afcaj0od I will. I have been following this volcano since late March, when it first erupted.
lawilson200 1 year ago
why do all the st helens videos have shitty titles in the very worst fonts
nathan909 1 year ago
@nathan909 - Thank you for watching and your criticism is noted. I cannot speak for other videos about Mount St Helens. However, this video was one of my first ever attempted and I was using software that failed to meet expectations. This has since been rectified.
lawilson200 1 year ago
I have nothing agaisnt mining. Mining has to happen but it shouldn't be happening there! It makes me very angry and sad to read all that!
mindajane 1 year ago
@mindajane - thank you for commenting. I appreciate everyone's input on this issue. Some of the information contained in this video is now out dated. The mining issue was resolved in 2008 when the BLM decided to deny the interested company a lease to federal lands near Mount St Helens.
lawilson200 1 year ago
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, why is the U.S. Government entitiled to "royalties"? If, in this case, the word "royalties" refers to corporate taxes, then, I have no problem with that except that the current corporate (as well as individual!) tax rate in this country is too high.
chippledon1 1 year ago
Sorry, but I did not intend this video to be a source for debating the Mining Act of 1872.
If the mine was on land I own and I also owned the mineral rights, I would be entitled to receive a percentage of the revenue earned in the form of royalities.
The Mining Act of 1872 prohibits the government from collecting royalties. In fact it limits the government to collecting only $5 per acre in the form of a lease. Public lands are owned by the people. Should we not benefit from this?
lawilson200 1 year ago
Mining is necessary!
chippledon1 1 year ago
Thank you for expressing your point of view. As a general rule, I am not opposed to mining. I am opposed to mining within 1 mile of a federally protected national monument. That was the key and fundamental difference.
Mining law is in serious need of reform. A company can extract billions of dollars in resources and not pay a dime to the federal government in royalties. There is much more, but I am not interested with grandstanding here.
Thank you for watching.
lawilson200 1 year ago
Good video. im not interested in much of history. but im very much interested in mount saint helens. its just so interensting to know about it. i wish i could learn more about it but i dont have time. i wish we would learn it in school haha
PeteWentzFallOutBoy1 1 year ago
I am glad you enjoyed it. This year is the 30th anniversary of the main eruption and I am planning on adding a few more videos to discuss the history of Mount St Helens and the 1980 eruption.
lawilson200 1 year ago
When you make more videos please do send them to me. I will be looking forward to watching them =]
PeteWentzFallOutBoy1 1 year ago
MSH shouldnt be washington states only concern. MT. Rainier has been real quiet lately. and there is alot more snowfall there then at MSH to worry about. if it erupts then it will create a mudslide 30ft high that will wipe anything out in its path. keep your eyes on that volcano too people.
raiden3166 2 years ago
Hi and thank you for watching.
Washington have five active volcanic centers. Oregon has four and California has two.
Thankfully, we have the good folks at the Cascade Volcano Observatory keeping an eye on all of our potential monsters.
lawilson200 2 years ago
Mount St Helens will erupt again someday.
The mountain is following her usual pattern. It usually begins with a large explosive eruption, followed by short periods of dome building eruptions that occur again and again over periods of decades to even centuries.
In 1479, MSH had an eruption that was VEI-6 or about 10 times larger than 1980. Afterwards, there were 2 centuries of dome building eruptions which resulted with the mountain reaching 9,699 feet.
This is typical for MSH.
lawilson200 2 years ago
I live near it.
Go ahead and mine it. After the next eruption, the pit will be filled by the ejecta.
May as well use the mine lease funds to run the forest service until then.
SHIPCHIEF 2 years ago 2
The issue is moot now. The BLM denied the lease application for Goat Mountain, where the mine was proposed in 2008 and the mining company abandoned all further interests with the mining claim.
BTW the forest service would not have made any money off the mining claim. Mining law has not changed since 1872 and under the law, the maximum amount of money the federal government can collect is $5,000 and this is for lease the land. The government cannot collect royalties from mining claims.
lawilson200 2 years ago
I say let them mine the shit out of it. I mean, when its all gone and the lands all messed up and were all dying due to our own greed and shit nature will be better off. Humans are a virus to the planet. Nature will bounce back after we all die anyways lol
MapleThief314 2 years ago
I am sorry you feel that way.
lawilson200 2 years ago
@MapleThief314
If you really feel that way, then shoot yourself and, save the planet the trouble of your stupidity.
theunbubba 2 years ago
the mt erupted 4 times and my science teacher said that it will keep erupting until washington state will blow up and be nothing but fog and smog
deadinred11 2 years ago
deadinred11-That is interesting.
Mount St Helens is a teenager when compared to her sister Cascade Volcanoes.
Actually MSH has explosively erupted over 32 times over the past 4,500 years and will likely continue with this behavior, far into the distant future.
That is, after all, what volcanoes do.
Thank you for watching.
lawilson200 2 years ago
theguymakeinfunofyou-I am a liberal guy and a strong advocate of First Amendment rights, but I am afraid I cannot tolerate the kind of language you have displayed here. This video is visited by children.
For this reason, your comment has been removed and if you persist in making inappropriate comments, you will be banned from this channel.
lawilson200 2 years ago
There is an appeal to speculating large disasters, which might cause abrut changes to human civilization, just watch the History Channel. Unfortunately, these programs seem to emphasize the sensational element, rather than rely on hard science.
I do blame end-time fundies for this inappropriate fixation, but this is a subject beyond the scope of this video.
Yellowstone is a truly remakable place, with fascianting geology. I rather have people focus on this, instead of what might happen.
lawilson200 2 years ago
PEOPLE PEOPLE LISTEN TO ME!
you see when the lava stoped going in the valcano it actually mate a top to seal in the lava since mt saint helens is made up of a strange lava that is verry sticky and its dangerouse because it will build up more preasure and make a super eruption
JinKazama315 2 years ago
Interesting, so you think MSH will be a super-volcano someday. I am now reminded of a recent study performed by an outfit out of New Zealand, who determined the presence of a large magma chamber, which also covers Mount Rainier and Mount Adams, Not much else is known though about this recent discovery.
Recently though, I did spend two weeks following the Yellowstone Hotspt. The common characteristic is rhylolite, which is something that MSH has not produce. I would not worry about it,
lawilson200 2 years ago
that already happened RETARD
shortymiget52 2 years ago
Great Job. Well done!
clds08 2 years ago
Thank you.
lawilson200 2 years ago
Would you tell me were i can get this song it sounds like a Indian song and very good show!! P.S.David
SHOCKERISHERE 2 years ago
I am going to need to do a search. I forgotten the album and song name. I will need to get back to you on that one.
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lawilson200 2 years ago
I remember looking at photos of Mt. St. Helens when I was 4 years old, and I have been studying volcanoes ever since then. Very informative video about whats happening now.
bleedingsun7 2 years ago
Thank you for watching. Are you a volcanologist or studying to become a volcanologist?
lawilson200 2 years ago
Neither. Studying volcanoes has been like a hobby to me.
bleedingsun7 2 years ago
I completely understand. Thanks again.
lawilson200 2 years ago
I will use this video to show the connection between science (volcanoes) and politics in our real life. From New Zealand good luck
ramtes1971 2 years ago
How hard is it to figure out that you don't put light color text over a light background and dark color text over dark background? Half the crap I could not read because it was light/light and dark/dark or it was gone before I could finish reading it. Poor editing.
DieselTruckin 2 years ago
Thank you for your comments. At the time, i was using different software, which gave me less then satisfactory results. This problem was corrected by the third video of that series. And thank you for watching.
lawilson200 2 years ago
I remember Mr Truman. He was a freind of my great grandfather. We were there in November of 1979 for a visit and all the time my great grandfather and Mr Truman were talking of the past.
anvil357 2 years ago
Now that is a fantastic story. I was wondering, do you have any photographs, letters, journals, etc., of your great grandfather? Have you thought about donating them to the Cowlitz County Historical Society? I believe it is very important we do what we can to preserve the past for those who will come in the future. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
lawilson200 2 years ago
The Sate of Washington needs money, the Forest Service has been hurting for years. The money is sitting in front of them, you cant have it both ways. Logging made millions of dollars for the state every year, paying for schools, roads, and many other thing including the Forest Service. The timber tax feed towns like Kelso, Castle Rock, Longview ect. The deer and elk are starving to death in alaming number. A direct result of not logging, the cleared areas are where they get their feed.
Rpp560 2 years ago
Thank you for your input. I have not taken a position on logging on this or the other videos on Mount St Helens, but all viewpoints are respected.
I presume you know though that most of the lands west of Mount St Helens is owned by Weyerheauser. The St Helens Tree Farm is composed of over 450,000 acres and it is not controlled by federal legal restictions. Nor will the Forest Service benefit from logging of the St Helens Tree Farm since the land is privately owned.
lawilson200 2 years ago
One more item, For the record, I am not opposed to logging, provided we do not return to the unsustainable practices of the past.
A great deal has been learned in the 30 years since the eruption of Mount St Helens, including the necessity of keeping some down trees and vegetation on site to promote reforestation.
Elk starving is not a problem of logging but rather the absence of preditors. Bring back cougers, bears, and wolves to the area and the problem will resolve itself.
lawilson200 2 years ago
Your video argues against itself, because if the mountain erupted 4x larger than the 1980 eruption just 180 years earlier, and in 1980 it was a pristine old growth forest area, then we should be able to strip mine like crazy, plant some trees, and have it look great in a generation or two. One little mine can't compare to the hundreds of square miles of devastation in 80, and it's already growing back strong.
So which is it? Either the mountain can't recover or it can.
Cre8tvMG 2 years ago
Thank you for watching. I do respect a diversity of views.
The issue you elude to was resolved in April 2008 when the Bureau of Land Management denied Moly Inc their application to lease 900 acres of federal lands.
MSH actually has an extensive mining history, all of it was hardrock mining and not strip mines. Mining died before WWII because the copper ore was poor quality and unprofitable. But small claims were worked on up to1980. 5 of 57 people who died on May 18, 1980 were miners.
lawilson200 2 years ago
What was the picture at 4:04?
By the the way nice video!
Swampertchamp 2 years ago
Thanks for watching. The photograph at4:04 is Goat Mountain, which was the area a mining company had hope to develop an open pit copper mining operation. Located 10 miles north of Mount St Helens, Goat Mountain was impacted by the blast which occurred on May 18, 1980. However, the area was not protected when Congress established MSHNVM.
Thankfully, the BLM denied the mining company their application for a lease to the land and the company in 2008, abandoned plans to develop a mine.
lawilson200 2 years ago
good on ya Lance. From downunder Australia. Peace. JC
jizzlemycizzle 2 years ago
Well thank you.
lawilson200 2 years ago
I live in Washington, and I've never heard anything about it.
tiffygummybear 2 years ago
About the eruption of Mount St Helens or was it mining perhaps?
When MSH first woke up, it drew international media attention, but when it was found that MSH was not going to repeat 1980, attention wane to the point where the event was followed by volcano geeks like me.
The mining issue did not attract a great deal of media attention. There were a few newspaper articles, but to really follow the story, you needed to follow advocacy groups and the IGM website.
Thanks for posting.
lawilson200 2 years ago
i recall mount st helens erupted in 1800 if its been 100 years since her eruption she'll erupt again this year but i don't know when
VampiresBiteHard666 2 years ago
Mount St Helens did erupt in 1800 and remained generaly active for the next 57 years. The eruption of 1980 occurred after 123 years of general quienscience. If past patterns hold true, I expect additional small eruptions in the future, but nothing on the scale of 1980 for at least a century.
lawilson200 2 years ago
what is the present status of the mining operation? is it moving forward? was it squelched?
gggreggg 2 years ago
Yes. Please watch Mount St Helens August 2008 update, because I report the fate of the proposed mine in that video.
Thanks for watching.
lawilson200 2 years ago
Who is the Elder Native American speaking in this video and what language is he speaking and WHAT is he saying?
I'd like to know...
LandInMyFuture 2 years ago
Hi and thanks for commenting.
To be honest, I do not remember the name of the song. However, the song is from the album Unconqured Spirit. But, since posting htis video more than a year ago, I have misplaced the CD cover, so I cannot say for certain. The CD is a two part set, with part 1 composed of Pow Pow and medicine songs from various cultures and part 2 is largely new age style set to Native American themes.
lawilson200 2 years ago
I love this video and the way you put it together. : )
otmaa4evr 2 years ago
Thank you.
lawilson200 2 years ago
no mining near mt saint helens thats bullshit people need to just leave her alone she is one of our earths greatest wonders. if i could i would go to the president and try and make it so they cant take her from our earth she is already disapearing
Death1048 2 years ago
I propably should take down this video now. The mining threat is now over. The BLM denied Moly Inc, their application to lease the lands they wanted mined in April of 2008 and the mining company decided to drop all future claims to the region.
Now the question is can we elevate the status of Mount St Helens to the level of a National Park, which will enhance the protection of the area and stabilize the funding of MSH.
Thanks for your comments.
lawilson200 2 years ago
Hey, this is very interesting ,buuut im asking whats the name of song?
Thank you, for great videos.
JazzyScorpion 2 years ago
Bruce Springsteen, Keep Your Eye on the Prize. Thanks.
lawilson200 2 years ago
I had no idea this was going on. Interesting video. I looked it up because of a dream I had about a massive volcanic eruption. Huge. Yeah I know someone out there is bound to pick on this comment because of the dream. Oh well, I will post it anyway. so... :P
Wifeandmom2008 2 years ago
Well thank you for your insights. I wouldn't worry about Mount St Helens exploding anytime soon. Typically, the mountain experiences a massive eruption (ala 1980) every 200 years, followed by decades to centuries of small eruptions like the one that occurred between 2004 and 2008. Mount St Helens have returned to a slumber.
But, 50 volcanoes erupt each year and 5 eruptions will be VEI 4 or greater per decade. So your dream my not be far off base.
Thanks for watching.
lawilson200 2 years ago
Mining allows that dude to see and live. St. Helens is eye candy.
CocinaEcologicas 2 years ago
The 1980 eruption blew half of the mountain off, how could there have been one 100 times bigger only five centuries earlier?
anut5 3 years ago
Actually it was a typo error. The 1480 eruption was 10 times larger.
lawilson200 3 years ago
oh okay, that makes a lot more sense.
anut5 3 years ago
i didn't hear this on the news
SelfTimedBomb 3 years ago
I remember watching the news when the eruption took place at the age of 14. Watched it for days ! Great Video. Despite the devastation it caused, I enjoyed watching your post and learnt a great deal.
I personally think the music is very fitting to the subject. Can you update us as to the music used please ?. Greetings from the UK !.
littlemissouzo 3 years ago
Yeah I think it wasnt the Eruption itself that did the most damage in 1980 but the landslide that traveled through the Toutle, Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers that did the most damage. Though in the Columbia it was that powerful as it was in the Toutle. Especially that one bridge on that Highway. That was totally taken out. But The one I live by in Kelso on Allen Street the old one didnt go down though it was hit but they finally tore that one down and made a newer one in 2000.
golem98626 3 years ago
no it was the smoke ash and bombs. we just learned about ir in class. i think 80% of the people died after the eruption because of starvation.
calen268 3 years ago
Thank you calen268 for posting.
All of the 57 people who died at Mount St Helens, were killed as a direct result of the eruption. Out of the 29 bodies that were recovered, 21 died of ash asphyxiation - this is when you breathe in volcanic ash. Others died of compression injuries from the lateral blast and severe thermal burns, also from the lateral blast.
In 1815 when Tambora erupted, 91,000 people were killed. Most was due to starvation caused by climate change.
lawilson200 3 years ago
yeah all 57 people died in the eruption not starvation they were already dead. What i was talking about was the landslide that did the most damage by taking out trees, bridges, roads and killing wildlife and fishes. Thats what i meant.
golem98626 3 years ago
And you are quite correct.
lawilson200 3 years ago
if its a small eruption like Mt St Helens 2004 one then yes it wont do that much damage. But What i was thinking is what would happen if Mt Rainer had an eruption like what Mt St helens did in 1980? Thats the one i think would do lots of damage.
golem98626 3 years ago
That is a good point, but geologists have found that past behavior is often times a strong indcator of future results. Mount St Helens is a prime example. Setting aside the landslide and lateral blast, the 1980 eruption behaved exactly as Crandell and Maulineux predicted in their 1978's Hazard Assessment of Mount St Helens. But with Rainier it is the ice field you need to worry. The Osceola Flow - the largest - was triggered without any known associated volcanic event. There is your danger.
lawilson200 3 years ago
Yeah your right we cant predict. I just heard that but it could be anyone. I would shudder to think what would happened if Rainer blew. The cities next to it would go bye bye including Tacoma, Lakewood (my aunt lives there), half of Seattle and some of the surrounding ones there.
golem98626 3 years ago
Yes, I have family wh are also living on the remnants of old Rainier lahars. Ranier eruptions tend to be samll, perhaps no more than VEI 4. But an eruption is not the real worry. A recent study found much of the western rock wall on Rainier to have been chemically alterred, much in the same way the rock at Mount St Helens was altered, before the landslide. It would not take much to cause the western side to collapse.
This is what I love about this country, you are always kept on your toes.
lawilson200 3 years ago
good and you are right there is more actives in the Cascade Range I heard if Mt st Helens doesnt blow again it will be Mt Baker next.
golem98626 3 years ago
That is a good question. Volcanoes are beast who march to their own drummer. We know the general frequency when each member of the Cascade Range has erupted, but there is really no way to point a finger and say, "you're next."
Baker last erupted in the 1830's and showed signs of life in 1975. Rainier last erupted in the 1880's. My money is on Shasta, which last erupted in the 1790's and South Sister where an area of uplift was found last decade to the south of Sister. Thanks.
lawilson200 3 years ago
Yeah im just glad my town wasnt in the blast zone but we could still see it from where we live not just in the new which it was reported. Coldwater River and Lake also werent there before the eruption but it was after as well. Its hard to see it close down because I went there a few times.
golem98626 3 years ago
I agree completely. The building needs $2 million in repairs and it is way to nice a facility to allow it to go to waste. With hope, and a little congressional influence, the bleeding to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest will come to an end and money is injected for improving capital projects like fixing Coldwater. I am worried though. The recent storms dumped 40 inches of rain at June Lake in a 48 hour period. I have a feeling FR 83 is washed out again and needs repair. We will see.
lawilson200 3 years ago
Yeah but if this mining that your saying is true why would anyone want to mine in or by an active Volcano? Are they crazy? I wont get near the mountain like that lol Look what happened to Harry Truman. He owned a lodge at the base of the mountain and said if the mountain goes then he goes and look what happened he did. So if they are planning on that. I doubt i will support it. Now for the facility. I dont think they should have shut it down. It was a great place in my opinion.
golem98626 3 years ago
No need to worry any more about mining at Mount St Helens. Idaho General Mines failed to receive approval for leasing the lands they wanted to mine from the BLM. A surprising victory in the era of George W Bush.
lawilson200 3 years ago
I can tell you from experience that it was a bad day i was only 5 months old but i didnt remember it but my mom did and i still live 35 miles from the mountain.
golem98626 3 years ago
Cool. Even at 5 months of age, you were closer to the eruption than I was. As fate would have it, I was in British Columbia on that day. Thanks for posting.
lawilson200 3 years ago
If I have one thing to say about Mount St Helens it would be that is always so stressed out lol she needs to CHILLLLLL ;)
Taloola08 3 years ago
volcanoes, the real rulers of the world. At least one thing people can't control. Mother Earth is alive and she cannot be tamed.
shanna1950 3 years ago
I can go along with that. Thank you for watching.
lawilson200 3 years ago
Awsome Video man 10/10 As well:)
Boris741 3 years ago
I was 11 years old when she blew. I was living in Duncan British Columbia on Vancouver Island. I remember that day well as our house felt like it was being relocated and the ash over the next few days sat at a quarter of an inch on vehicles and our streets. Watching the news the following day was devestating and to this day I still am in awe watching the video clips that have been provided via the net. It was a tragic day!
DeltaMich 3 years ago
100 times larger??????????????????????
O_0
RoudyBusch18 3 years ago
I believe you are referring to my brief discussion on the historical eruptions of Mount St Helens. The eruption of 1480 deposited volcanic ash as far away as Hudson Bay and based on volume output, that eruption was 100 times larger than the eruption of 1980.
lawilson200 3 years ago
I really liked this video!!
I do about St helens project and
i have to say , that this is really interasting vulcano!!
EtuMuzz 3 years ago