Even though Mt. Rainier is a really big volcano, it’s really not very explosive - much less so than Mt. St. Helens. It’s biggest hazard is lahars, or volcanic bmudflows, so what your actual danger is from a Mt. Rainier eruption really depends where you are in Tacoma. If you’re up on the hill, (like most of the city), you really don’t have much immediate danger at all - but there will definitely be long-term impacts to any large enough to make it all the way to Tacoma - it would take a huge one to get that far, and it would cause long-term changes to the river valleys..
Puyallup, Orting, etc, would be having a bad, bad time.
How accurate are the lahar maps from the USGS? I'm trying to determine how big of a threat it would pose to my neighborhood, which is in the valley, but not near the main flow on the maps.
Hunga Tunga (not spelled correctly) happened last year. That caused a ton of water vapor to eject into the high atmosphere. How is that changing the planet?
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Puyallup, Orting, etc, would be having a bad, bad time.
How accurate are the lahar maps from the USGS? I'm trying to determine how big of a threat it would pose to my neighborhood, which is in the valley, but not near the main flow on the maps.
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