Puyallup Lahar

A clip from "American Volcano". Goodbye to many folks in Pierce County.

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Entertainment

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• volcano
• puyallup
• lahar
• orting
• rainier
• historychannel
• megadisasters

[FrikkenChicken]

what i wanna know is the lahar goin UP the 512 when it hits? cuz i live in south hill :/

[gallwapa]

@FrikkenChicken No - look at the video again. A major lahar is only expected to be 40 feet or so when it hits Puyallup. Is you make it up to about the cemetery off of 9th/94th or about 1/3rd the way up Meridian you should be fine.

[BIGTEE1471]

so true there would be no more 167...if you live in the valley forget about it and if you on the hills you aint going no where like South Hill, Bonney Lake, Lake Tapps, trapped for a very long time...and if you think you can go around to 5 to get to Seattle forget about it aint happen...sweet vid gallwapa

[gallwapa]

@BIGTEE1471 Thanks - good points. If it happens as described Fife is gone. SH people would have to go around the mountains to get around, like when I-5 flooded down south a few years back.

[gallwapa]

Bobby Jindal didn't like the money for the volcano monitoring equipment. Bah at him.

[praska12]

i live in the puyallup valley so im fucked.

[carlykaiser]

Because clearly Nuking a volcano will solve EVERYTHING

[bluedorito25]

:(

[mickaychips]

I live in fife! Goodness how am I going to get out of there in time??

[JourneyPresentation]

Major earthquakes on MT Rainier made me re-watch this. Kinda glad I moved away from SH/Puyallup.

[toyodathon08]

No more fair traffic!

[fruitloopfilms10]

thats not orting high school thats ptarmigan

[StreakyTheFurry]

I like how it says "still it is not over" and then the video ends

[D3f3nc3bl0ck3r]

I live in Orting I'm screwed!!

[thegrandmasteryoda]

When a paraclastic flow hits, it is as destructive as an atomic bomb.

[TheSydShow]

thank god i live up on the hill. :D

[S0M0NE45]

wow i must get my gf to the top of the hill qwick