chelle Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 I saw a news story flash on the tv screen last night when I was out at a pub. No sound, but the graphic and text said something about South Sister having molten lava flowing. Anybody know what they were talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Burt Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 There's an area around S. Sister that's bulging at a rate of about 1-inch per year. Data from water sampling in the area is conclusive that there is magma underneath the bulge, but they haven't picked up any seismicity associated with magma movement. The USGS says that there doesn't appear to be anything imminent, and it nothing may happen, but they're starting to instrument the place in case. Get your runs in in the next couple of years just in case. Recent satellite measurements confirm continued uplift over the past year. Check this page out: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/CurrentActivity/2001/current_updates_20010508.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Burt Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Correction: The USGS is sampling gas, not water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted October 30, 2001 Author Share Posted October 30, 2001 Thanks for checking guys. I found some time to dig deeper into the links from king5 and found this. An AP story from last week about new monitoring on the peak. They must have grown tired of talking about strange white powder and terror warnings... http://www.kgw.com/kgwnews/oregonwash_story.html?StoryID=29625 No new activity, but apparently there's evidence that it is swelling -- about one inch a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CascadeClimber Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Pretty Picture: More info here: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Sisters/WestUplift/ground_uplift_may2001.html -Loren [ 10-30-2001: Message edited by: CascadeClimber ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 The USGS currently has a system located up at Pine Marten lodge here at bachelor that is collecting data from the big BULGE. I had a chance to speak with the guy who is in charge of monitoring the activity, cuz he wanted to hook the computer into our network here to pull data via the net. He said there hasn't been very much seismic activity from the area, and that has concerned them quite a bit. Apparently the bulge has risen over an inch this past year, and the geodudes would expect there to be alot of seismic activity involved with such movement from the earth. He said that they are worried that when its starts shakin, it just might all happen at once but more than likely it will be a slow hot liquid magma flow, not an explosive eruption like hellens. How they know that, I don't have a clue, but when it does go, i'll have a good view. better go back up my servers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Hmm, a big bullseye, is that a map of Oregon or Afghanistan you got there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 I did not hear of anything. I looked at the news flash from http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/pages/newsflash-oregon.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 That's funny, I just taught my 3 year old the "hot lava" game where you can't touch the floor 'cause it's "hot lava" or "molten magma" if you are a Dr. Evil fan Maybe that's what the news was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CascadeClimber Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Nothing here, either: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/CurrentActivity/current_updates.html It better not blow, I haven't skied it yet! -Loren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 Noooooo, don't take my Broken Top away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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