Mount St. Helens Volcano Cam now in HD.......

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Really clear views of the volcano and its active cinder cone.

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/java-highdef.php

[TroyF]

I visited the area a couple of weeks ago on a franchise visit. I'll be in Portland in a few weeks on another one. It's a beautiful area, but I wish the damned thing would stop forming cones and threatening ot blow up again.

I saw one of those disaster shows on what would happen if Ranier blew it's lid the other day too. I really need to stop watching those types of shows, especially before these trips.

[RendeR]

If Mt Ranier goes up that entire region will be a wasteland for many years....

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I visited the area a couple of weeks ago on a franchise visit. I'll be in Portland in a few weeks on another one. It's a beautiful area, but I wish the damned thing would stop forming cones and threatening to blow up again.

Yeah, it's pretty active right now. It's almost scarier now that it's in HD. You can see a lot clearer just how quickly that cone in the center is growing. I remember a couple of years back when that was just a vent with no cinder cone. It now is several hundred feet high. They expect the mountain to fill itself back in to it's pre-eruption size in 15-20 years assuming no explosive eruptions.