Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Things I Learned on the Toilet

 

Well, I don't normally blog from home, but I just learned something on the toilet (this time from Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader) and I just couldn't wait to post it! Don't worry, I did wash my hands before typing this.

What were the first words ever recorded on a film soundtrack?

Oh, and I don't believe I ever answered the last toilet question. Bet, I'm surprised you didn't get this! A "fagotist" is a bassoon player!

posted by Krizzer 9:50 PM

Er-update #2

 

For any of you (and let's face it, I'm probably just talking to myself here) who occasionally scroll down on the page here to check out what the mountain is doing, and find that the picture is all grey - don't panic! It's not a big ash cloud. It is, in fact, a rain cloud. It's supposed to rain for the next several days, so we won't have much of a view of the mountain. I hope if it DOES blow, it does it on clear day. Cause you know. On a clear day you can see forever.

Looks like seismic activity has quieted a little since yesterday's steam and ash cloud. Don't know what that means, the scientists say there's still an 80% chance of a major eruption.

I think nature has been standing up in the last couple of months and saying "FEAR ME MORTALS!!" What with the hurricanes in the east and the volcanos in the west. Nothing you can do about either except get out of the way and watch the show. It's really good for us humans to be taken down a peg every now and then. We don't own this planet - we just live here. Show a little respect for your mother!

posted by Krizzer 9:16 AM

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Er-update

 

I didn't realize when I posted the link to "what the volcano looks like today" picture that it would update every time you open the blog page. But hey, that's cool! Just as long as you're looking at it during daylight hours. There's steam coming out of it right now, in fact. I guess we had the biggest steam/ash eruption so far this morning. But the scientists say that the pressure continues to rise, and that instead of relieving pressure, these bursts my actually be clearing the way for fresh magma to come to the surface. (and so far they've been able to say the word "magma" without giggling. Impressive!) That'd be cool! Imagine hot lava spilling over the mountain!

posted by Krizzer 11:56 AM

Monday, October 04, 2004

Nature sure can be a Mother.

 

I'm sure you've all seen on the news that ol' Mt. St. Helens is up to her old tricks again. That's right, she's hopping mad and she's not going to take it any more! She could go up at any second. Really! If you'd like to check her progress, here's a link to the USDA forest service Mt. St. Helens Webcam, updated every 5 minutes. On a scale of 1 - 10, the erruption of May 18th, 1980 was a 5. They're now predicting that the upcoming erruption could be as high as 3. I don't see how it could be as bad as last time, though, since this time around there's a lot less stack to blow, as it were. In any case, it's pretty dang cool - go nature!!

Incidentally, here's a picture of what the mountain looked like before the 1980 erruption:





and of course here's what it looks like today.
So the big crater you see is the result of the big May 18th erruption. Most of it was sprinkled over three states in the form of ash. I think we still have some in our closet! (Edited 10/5/04 to say: In a JAR, that is. We don't have ash all over the closet floor and shelves and dusted all over the linen. We're not THAT messy!)


Just for kicks, here's what she looked like when she was spouting off:



Talk about truly awesome!

posted by Krizzer 9:39 AM