St. Helens Ash

Check out the coverage of the ash/steam from St. Helens at 5:44 PM Pacific.
Great photos on Channel 8 in Portland.

http://www.kgw.com/index.html?fw=http://www.kgw.com/

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Wow,
I was there the 1st time app. 1980 and could see the eruption from Sandy OR.
Might still have the VHS tape we took laying around in some box. Gigantic
plume, lightening all around the base. Scary. We also saw the total eclipse
of the sun about that time. Awesome. Now I'm waiting to see a tornado in TX
and heading to the gulf for the next hurricane. Love that stuff.
Guy

"bugcaster" wrote in message
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Check out the coverage of the ash/steam from St. Helens at 5:44 PM
Pacific.
Great photos on Channel 8 in Portland.

http://www.kgw.com/index.html?fw=http://www.kgw.com/

It may ask you to register.

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:51:57 -0600, "Guy Thornberg"
wrote:

Wow,
I was there the 1st time app. 1980 and could see the eruption from Sandy OR.
Might still have the VHS tape we took laying around in some box. Gigantic
plume, lightening all around the base. Scary. We also saw the total eclipse
of the sun about that time. Awesome. Now I'm waiting to see a tornado in TX
and heading to the gulf for the next hurricane. Love that stuff.
Guy


You and riverman have got to meet. You'll be good buddies and can
adventure together.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli
email: lid (strip the .invalid to email)

You and riverman have got to meet. You'll be good buddies and can
adventure together.

Or go wading with me.

--
Frank Reid
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 06:42:56 -0500, "Frank Reid"
moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote:

You and riverman have got to meet. You'll be good buddies and can
adventure together.

Or go wading with me.


But the guys _with_ you don't have trouble. Only worry about you and
/ or amusement.

I haven't worn my WWFD? button outdoors yet. It's spooky enough that
it's staring at me as I compute. I have tried to remember you when
fishing. If WWFD? is, goferit, I settle back and do something else
instead. You're a wonderful teacher, even over the 'Net.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli
email: lid (strip the .invalid to email)

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:51:57 -0600, "Guy Thornberg"
wrote:

Wow,
I was there the 1st time app. 1980 and could see the eruption from Sandy OR.
Might still have the VHS tape we took laying around in some box. Gigantic
plume, lightening all around the base. Scary. We also saw the total eclipse
of the sun about that time. Awesome. Now I'm waiting to see a tornado in TX
and heading to the gulf for the next hurricane.

I've been through several strong hurricanes, including Camille, Frederick,
Andrew, and the group this past season, and I've been within a mile of several
tornados, including the big one that tore up the DFW area a few years ago, and
while "awesome" in the "power of nature" sense is appropriate, "awesome" in the
"that's REALLY cool" sense absolutely isn't. If you seriously _want_ to go
through any of that, you may wish to talk to someone about your death wish...

Love that stuff.

Yeah, well, come back and say that AFTER the fact...if you and your belongings
are healthy enough to do so...

TC,
R

Camille was bad in 1969(?). Some of the Guardsman I knew were sent to help
with the clean-up. I missed being in the Fort Worth tornado by about 30
minutes. The Carter-Burgess Building where I worked was seriously damaged.
The glass was blown out on the entire west side of our offices. We all
worked remotely for a little over a month until the offices and building
were re-opened. Repair work on the building continued for at least a year
(along with the rest of downtown Fort Worth). That was serious and sad.
My only death wish is to have my ashes dropped over the Deschutes River.

G
Beware of the dog...& the cat is not trustworthy either.

wrote in message
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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:51:57 -0600, "Guy Thornberg"
wrote:

Wow,
I was there the 1st time app. 1980 and could see the eruption from Sandy
OR.
Might still have the VHS tape we took laying around in some box. Gigantic
plume, lightening all around the base. Scary. We also saw the total
eclipse
of the sun about that time. Awesome. Now I'm waiting to see a tornado in
TX
and heading to the gulf for the next hurricane.

I've been through several strong hurricanes, including Camille, Frederick,
Andrew, and the group this past season, and I've been within a mile of
several
tornados, including the big one that tore up the DFW area a few years ago,
and
while "awesome" in the "power of nature" sense is appropriate, "awesome"
in the
"that's REALLY cool" sense absolutely isn't. If you seriously _want_ to
go
through any of that, you may wish to talk to someone about your death
wish...

Love that stuff.

Yeah, well, come back and say that AFTER the fact...if you and your
belongings
are healthy enough to do so...

TC,
R

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 07:57:58 -0600, "Guy Thornberg"
wrote:

Camille was bad in 1969(?). Some of the Guardsman I knew were sent to help
with the clean-up. I missed being in the Fort Worth tornado by about 30
minutes. The Carter-Burgess Building where I worked was seriously damaged.
The glass was blown out on the entire west side of our offices. We all
worked remotely for a little over a month until the offices and building
were re-opened. Repair work on the building continued for at least a year
(along with the rest of downtown Fort Worth). That was serious and sad.
My only death wish is to have my ashes dropped over the Deschutes River.

G
Beware of the dog...& the cat is not trustworthy either.

When the tornado hit FW, I was about 4 blocks south of the path and on the phone
with someone about 2 blocks north - damnedest weather-related thing I've ever
seen THAT close and not be directly hit.

A friend in the Bank One tower (now a condo tower) rode it out in the stairwell
with his sec and a paralegal. After it was over, they went back to his office,
only to find _everything_, including the wallcovering and carpet, gone. My SO
was with the city at the time, and had to be downtown in the "command center"
for the rest of night and most of the next day, and there were some real "only
in a tornado" stories. The oddest thing I remember was a car that was picked up
from a parking spot, lifted over two two-story buildings and dropped into
another parking lot, almost perfectly into a spot. It hit so hard it blew the
glass and tires out. That, and a few other things, like the aforementioned Bank
One tower sheathed in plywood, made some interesting pictures, but I have no
desire to witness it again (or really, could have done without being in the
thick of it in the first place).

TC,
R