rocbolt

Whenever I do, I always assume he won't remember me, but he raises his hand in a mock salute and says, "Captain."

That's adorable, Randi is so great

Which poor souls have to respond to the comments on the USGS Volcanoes facebook page? They have the patience of a saint

The Zone of Silence is a fascinating phenomenon with Mount St. Helens, there was a few studies that plotted out reported sounds on maps and no one really heard anything within 60 miles-

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocbolt/52820378854/in/album-72157660884511559/

I plotted some of those reports on my own intense google map as well, even Astronaut Chris Hatfield mentioned hearing it on Vancouver Island!

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1CchUgw_ngpBJ14-X8Ecza5I2D8HwQ9YE&usp=sharing (gotta zoom way out to see the sound reports)

It did several hundred to thousands of years ago. Just look at MSHs south flank, it’s covered in lava tubes (ape cave being the famous one), and Lava Canyon to the southeast being a popular hiking route that follows ancient lava deposits that were uncovered by the lahars of the 1980 eruption

Ape Cave

Misc lava tubes

Tree trunk lava casts

Lava Canyon spires

Lava Canyon

Thanks! Both for looking and letting me know you can see it, some subs block links and I can never remember which. That started as just a tool to help myself conceptualize narratives from books on the eruption and really got away from me as I kept finding details I could add. I do like to share it whenever the tired myth comes up that the people who died that day were trespassing and somehow deserved it. As you can see, just a lot of people at work, or enjoying their weekend, miles away from restricted zones.