Rumblings

I was just joking about the whole Mt. St. Helens thing this week, but it seems that there's more activity lately than the last two "incidents" in subsequent years (like 1998 and 2001 or something, I don't remember). Anyway, the USGS released a Notice of Volcanic Unrest this weekend, which states, in part, that "Seismic activity at Mount St. Helens has changed significantly during the past 24 hours and the changes make us believe that there is an increased likelihood of a hazardous event."

They've closed the visitors' centers and evacuated the immediate surroundings, mostly due to likelihood of a steam release that could hurl rocks into the vicinity, or cause a localized mud and ash slide.

I seriously doubt this indicates any serious impending eruption, and I'm a good distance away, really. Only danger I'd face here is ash fallout (as in 1980) and/or mudslides washing down the rivers. And odds are even that wouldn't be any real hazard.

Makes for interesting blogging though...