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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Oct 01 2004 : 3:51:25 PM
I am wondering about the new volcanic activity of Mt. St. Helen and it's effect on the Washington sisters who post here. Let us know what is going on and your memories of the 1980 eruption...
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| Kim |
Posted - Apr 15 2005 : 3:12:28 PM
What a breathtakimg photo. I've never seen anything like that.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| bramble |
Posted - Apr 14 2005 : 1:51:32 PM
Clare-- Nature is just wild! What an amazing sight to have captured.
The boys looked at it and said it couldn't be real! I assured them it was and now they are just awestruck! Whales and pancake clouds , it's too much in 24 hrs!
with a happy heart |
| Eileen |
Posted - Apr 14 2005 : 10:04:21 AM
Clare, this is beautiful and amazing. I am forwarding it to our kids in Wisconsin
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
| Clare |
Posted - Apr 14 2005 : 08:57:37 AM
Received this amazing photo of Mt. St. Helen's at sunrise via email today, with this explaination (and thought you'd enjoy seeing it). here's the explaination:
Picture by Brent and Jan LeBaron
What forms the "smoke rings" is the air flowing over the mountain getting pushed up higher as it goes up and over the top. The moisture content and initial temperature are just right so that the moisture condenses from a vapor to small particles at the higher altitude. When the moving air moves past the peak and comes down again, the particles evaporate back to an invisible vapor. The two "pancakes" describe that there are two layers of air for which this is happening, thus making this awesome picture possible.
and here's the link to view the pic: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/farmersdaughter1230/album?.dir=/8d72&.src=ph&.tok=phsjT1CB7JuEch8B |
| cecelia |
Posted - Mar 11 2005 : 7:23:37 PM
We were in Washington State a few years ago and saw Mt. St. Helens in the distance. Nature is awesome and amazing to me, as well as the 6th sense of animals and people, which I know exists, though we are not all sensitive to it. Positive thoughts to all in Washington.
Cecelia
ce's farm
"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery" Victor Hugo |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Mar 09 2005 : 4:16:40 PM
Animals and some people can sense these changes in the earth! Very interesting Eileen what you said... It must be amazing to live in the shadow of Mt. St. Helens and sense her power... I will send positive thought your way
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
| Kim |
Posted - Mar 09 2005 : 3:12:46 PM
Keeping you all in my prayers!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| Eileen |
Posted - Mar 09 2005 : 09:45:55 AM
My little Pomeranian has been quite jumpy these past several days ands so I knew stuff was happening and last evening he went wild about 5:30 pm. then later I heard about the eruption. We cannot see anything from here. Sheilded by mountains all around but I have also been informed that there has been a lot of activity with an under water eruption around the vancouver bc location. Seismologists are not saying for sure if the two are related, but we all know what affects one place will affect another eventually. All seems to be well. We have some well needed rain this morning after yesterdays record breaking heat wave. Not enough rain to help with the water shed however.
Have a happy day!
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
| Clare |
Posted - Mar 09 2005 : 07:03:19 AM
Apparently Mt. St. Helens is in an ongoing growing and venting stage, and yesterday's release is part of that cycle. The plume rose to 36,000 ft, then darkness came, so I think by now it has dispersed. It was suppose to head in northeast direction, but I haven't seen it in north central WA. Our skies are sunny and clear today. I think the Columbia Basin direction (Yakima, Tri-Cities, etc) is more likely, but whether or not the ash falls right away depends alot on the weather, and the weather it creates. I'm thinking positive thoughts about letting "it be" and no further destruction-- but the earth and weather cycles are in a mode of change in these times. Mother Earth is having her say! |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Mar 09 2005 : 05:28:34 AM
Washington sisters, What's up with Helen these days? Can you view the smoke plume from your locations? It looks very dramatic in pictures I am seeing...must be an awesome sight!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
| Clare |
Posted - Oct 04 2004 : 1:39:37 PM
Thank you Jeannie! I appreciate your thoughts. There was another steam plume emmitted this morning. The scientists are evaluating it to see if it contains ash, etc. While they are expecting another eruption, they are not expecting it to be anywhere near the force of the 1980 blast. So, we'll keep our positive thoughts going and hope for the best!
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 04 2004 : 1:32:33 PM
Dear Clare and all in Washington -
I am so glad to have found this thread of conversation. I was about to make a new topic myself, since I have been wondering if any of you were in the area that would see effects of Mt. St. Helena and it's new activity. My thought are with you!
Our paper today said you cannot board your windows and sit out a volcanic eruption like you can a hurricane, but I know the feelings of concern. Know that I am praying for you and the safety of your homes and property.
jpbluesky
Love those big blue skies and wide open spaces. |
| Clare |
Posted - Oct 03 2004 : 02:13:51 AM
As warnings increase for Mt. St Helens, I thought I'd share these archival photos that I found online.... My mother has one just like the first one, showing the ash plume.
http://www.ccrh.org/comm/moses/reflections2.html |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Oct 02 2004 : 5:35:02 PM
Eileen and Clare, You are in my thoughts right now. The news today says that a minimal eruption is emminant? Not sure what that means but to live in the shadow of an active volcano must be truely awesome. I cannot imagine what it was like in 1980 to live in darkness and shovel tons of ash! I remember seeing the news reports in 1980 and was just taken back by that disaster. I remember hearing about an elderly man who had lived near Mt. St. Helens in a cabin for decades and had refused to leave his "mountain" when the eruption was days away in May of '80. He had perished in the blast... I was married that June of 1980 and the day I married it was 116 degrees here in Kansas. We had the worst heat wave on record with 45 days that summer over 100 degrees. It was attributed to the ash fallout of the eruption. The power of nature is so breathtaking and humbling. Thank you sisters for sharing and stay safe!
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| Eileen |
Posted - Oct 02 2004 : 5:16:30 PM
Jenny Kim and Clare.
I have been watching and wondering just how much would happen with this latest activity. I did not see the news today so the ash plume is news to me. Have had a lot of disturbing dreams this past week however. Being in the mountains we sometimes feel somethings that do not actuall register on the ricter scales. Also I seem to be sensitive to earth movements and have felt earth quakes before they happen.
In 1980 I was living in Bremerton and we were awaklened in the morning by the blast. It shook our house and rattled the windows but nothing got broken. What amazed us was that we were so close and could see the plume from our window but did not get any of the ash, Instead all of our extended family in the central to eastern Washington got heavy ash fall out. We wanted to go help our family dig out from the mess but were told not to come due to the damage the ash does to vehicles. My Mom and Dad were planning an out door picnic for my sister in laws birthday and had set the out door table with all of the party stuff when the sky turned to night and the ash began to fall onto everything. They had the party indoors not knowing how bad things were getting out side until much later when everybody started to leave for home. My brother in Moses Lake had three feet of ash in his yard and had to shovel it off the roof so it would not collapse. My parents had about the same in Spokane and all of our relatives in the rosalia and Moscow Idaho area had even more than that and lost their crops.
It is odd how just before the Mountain began to make noise again I was drawn to a book at the library entitled "Return to Spirit Lake." I checked it out and my husband and I read it out loud to each other over the past two weeks. It is about a woman whose family owned a lake cabin on Spirit lake before the 1980 eruption and her life after the event. It is wonderful and descriptive about all of her emotions before it erupted and the things that have happened in her life as well as others who lost everything due to that eruption. I was amazed at how little our government did to compensate those people whose homes lay in the condemned zones.
I too am thankful that todays event was so small but after reading the book I am wondering just what is in the ash that is going out to sea and how it will affect the things it falls upon.
Eileen
songbird |
| Clare |
Posted - Oct 01 2004 : 3:59:57 PM
Thanks for thinking of us Meadowlark Jenny! From news report accounts, this small plume of ash and steam is heading southwest and may appear in the Portland OR area before going out to sea. It sounds so far, like it's not of much consequence, and for that I am thankful.
In the 1980 blast, my home area was covered in ash up to about an inch. My family's farm was in direct line with that ash plume and was covered in 3-4 inches of ash. It ruined hay crops and left the landscape looking like the moon. There is still ash in the undisturbed areas around barns, etc. My mom has a photo album of the whole event that is specatular to look at in hindsight. Nature's forces are just amazing.
I'm hoping that this event will be a minimal thing. From what I understand, they expect a bit of activity over the next week... so, we shall see.
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
| Kim |
Posted - Oct 01 2004 : 3:51:41 PM
My thoughts are with everyone in that area Clare. I'm so tired of all this destruction that has been going on! I realize it's Mother Nature taking care of business, but I hate to see people hurt by it.
farmgirl@heart
Longaberger Lover and all things antique |
