But... their volcanoes

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im in my college geology course right now and i just learned that mammoth, mount hood, and mount baker are all active volcanoes. can you imagine what would happen if these erupted at their full potential? during ski season?

so next time ur ridin on those hills, just remember that. might make you think a little harder about that hike to the summit
 
that goodness you're learning something in college

west coast children learn about plate tectonics in elementary school
 
of course the west coast has a ton of volcanoes. on my way to school i have a fat view of one (mt. rainier) everyday.

But...

the activities of some of the volcanoes are more suspect than others.

Mt. St. Helens, for example, is by far the most active of the continental US

volcanoes. Hell, it's building its dome right now. While something like

Baker isn't super active. Hood is likely to go sometime, but that

doesn't really mean anything. And even if it did, we would know that

something was up well before anything happened (those volcanoes are heavily monitored), so whatever.

I guess learning it sometime is better than never...

 
That would just blow if Mt. Hood exploded... pun intended. But seriously that would be really scary. Even if you were in Govy or something and just heard it was happening. Shit.
 
govy would be wiped off the map if hood went into a full explosive eruption. It's straight down from the crater. It would take... a couple of minutes at the most?

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mt baker isnt on Mount Baker. its about 9 miles NE.

mt baker would only be fucked if it erupted to the north/northeast lets hope to god that doesnt happen.
 
In your college English class did they teach you about the difference between "their" and they're?"
 
I think it's a safe bet that the USGS would give very early indications of any trouble. These things just don't randomaly explode without warning. In fact they usually show signs of activity for months or years before erupting. There are hundreds of small volcanoes in the pacific coast ranges, Black Tusk behind Whistler is a prime example of one that is commonly overlooked Didn't 6 ski patrollers die at Mammoth last year in a volcanic fumarole buried under the snow?
 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070926-volcano-video.html

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4215628a11.html

"GNS Science duty volcanologist Craig Miller said there was no warning.

"Looking at our seismic instruments, it was pretty much from nothing to full-on in a minute," he said. "This is probably most similar to the 1969 or 1975 eruptions which occured without warning and when the lake was cold - as it is at the moment.""

It is possible for volcanos to erupt without giving warning.
 
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This is down in New Zealand
 
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I guess that didn't work. well there is the link
 
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