Thank you, Martin. It's a tough day.
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The first thing I saw when I got off the plane in Denver for my job interview were signs for Tornado Shelters. I was thinking that here I was potentially moving away from the land of tsunamis and lahars, only to find myself in the land of tornadoes.
I even brought this up in my interview, but I was assured that tornadoes aren't a thing in the Denver metro area - we're simply too close to the mountains. Ok.
Well today I experienced my first tornado warning (not a watch - a warning) while at work, so we all evacuated down to the basement where we sat out the weather. My poor wife is FREAKED.
So that was Thursday.
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Yikes, I hope your Friday is better.
FWIW, the Puget Sound, your old stomping grounds, remains tornado-free…and thus far Mt. Rainier hasn’t vomited any lahars, but the week isn’t over yet.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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I remember reading somewhere that the ash and volcano from an exploding volcano take a backseat to lahars -- all that rushing rock, debris, mud and water -- in terms of killing potential, generally speaking. That'd be especially true with volcanos like Rainier that have so much ice to melt and local rivers and streams to overflow.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
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Originally posted by Ben Staad View PostNever heard of a Lahar before.
The Portland Vancouver area occasionally has small tornados. About 30 years ago I was working at the Cornelius Fred Meyer store and a tornado hit our parking lot. It picked one of our display sheds up and dropped it on the hood of a BMW. I thought it looked pretty funny. The owner of the car did not agree.
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This is looking very interesting glad I ordered it.
http://www.haffnerpress.com/book/the...the-balladeer/
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Originally posted by mhatchett View PostThis is looking very interesting glad I ordered it.
http://www.haffnerpress.com/book/the...the-balladeer/
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Originally posted by Martin View Post
I live about an hours drive from the remnants and destruction of Mt. St. Helens. The path of the lahars looked like another planet for several years after the eruption. Definitely something you do not want to be in the path of. When Rainier blows it will be much worse because of the population base in the path. Tacoma, Puyallup and several towns will be at least partially wiped off the map.
The Portland Vancouver area occasionally has small tornados. About 30 years ago I was working at the Cornelius Fred Meyer store and a tornado hit our parking lot. It picked one of our display sheds up and dropped it on the hood of a BMW. I thought it looked pretty funny. The owner of the car did not agree.Originally posted by RonClinton View PostYikes, I hope your Friday is better.
FWIW, the Puget Sound, your old stomping grounds, remains tornado-free…and thus far Mt. Rainier hasn’t vomited any lahars, but the week isn’t over yet.
Yeah, the whole Puyallup River Valley and surrounding areas will be gone when/if Rainier erupts. Puyallup, Orting, Pacific, parts of Auburn and Kent. It will be an immense level of destruction.
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Originally posted by TacomaDiver View Post
Yeah, the whole Puyallup River Valley and surrounding areas will be gone when/if Rainier erupts. Puyallup, Orting, Pacific, parts of Auburn and Kent. It will be an immense level of destruction.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Speaking of random music things - I saw this last night and thought it was pretty funny. Especially since my wife has this as a tattoo on her arm (well, not the song lyrics part.)
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(Just in case - these are sort of the song lyrics to Rob Zombie's Dragula.)
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