Guest guest Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 CNN) -- Washington state's Mount St. Helens volcano belched a column of smoke and ash nearly six miles high Tuesday evening, leaving a plume visible for more than 50 miles, authorities reported. Glowing lava was visible inside the mountain's crater after the disturbance, which occurred at about 5:20 p.m. (8:20 p.m. ET). There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, said Alan Steele, an official with Washington's Emergency Management Division. Pilots reported the column reached an altitude of about 30,000 feet, the National Weather Service said, but no flights were reported canceled or delayed. The Weather Service posted ash-fall warnings for the Cascade Mountain foothills of southern Washington after the plume appeared. " The area that the plume is supposed to go through is pretty much forest land, " said Sgt. Tony Barnes of the Clark County, Washington, sheriff's department. Most of the ash was expected to fall in uninhabited areas of neighboring Skamania County. " We're concerned that it, of course, has erupted, but it's not to the point where we've mobilized resources up into that area, " Skamania County Undersheriff Dave Cox said. The volcano, located about 45 miles northeast of Vancouver, Washington, has been rumbling and spewing steam since late September. Geologists say that activity points to an explosive eruption, though none believe it will reach the intensity of the 1980 eruption that killed 57 people and knocked more than 1,000 feet off the top of the mountain. That eruption created the mountain's current crater. A new lava dome has been forming inside that crater for the past several months, and the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday that the growth will be accompanied by low-level tremors, emissions of steam and volcanic gases and some production of ash. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/08/mount.saint.helens/index.html Dear List Members, According with the rectified chart, the US is in Ve/Sa/Me till June 21, 2005. Yesterday evening, transit Venus was afflicting MEP4 in 27%, natal Mars was 99% afflicted by stationary Ketu, transit Mars was 68% afflicted by natal Mars and afflicting transit Saturn in 78%, L4 in H8, transit debilitated Mercury was 28% afflicted by natal Rahu. Transit Rahu was 72% afflicted by transit Mars. Natal Saturn will be under the influence of Rahu/Ketu axis till the end of August 2005, and natal Mars will be under the influence of Rahu/Ketu till the end of June 2005. Transit Saturn will be under the influence of natal Rahu/Ketu axis in the last 5 months of 2005. At that time, Ve/Sa/Ke and Ve/Sa/Ve will be running. It will be good to pay some attention to the coming events. Best wishes, satva Jorge Angelino Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica Perpétua Azeitonense, 29 2925-598 Azeitão Portugal jorge.angelino tel: mobile: 210813674 963916784 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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