Re: Rainier


cathy carpenter wrote:
People tend to forget that Rainier is a dormant volcano. If it decides to blow...goodby Seattle and Tacoma.
Cathy
On Monday, June 28, 2004, at 10:40 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:
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I've read that Rainier is 'rotten' to the core, and more likely to
'disintegrate' than erupt (a la Mt. St. Helens). The difficulty with
a such a scenario is in the probability of resultant lahars. Think of the
latter as rivers of boiling hot concrete rushing down valleys...
-jrf
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Jim Fisher
Vienna, Virginia USA
38.9 N 77.2 W
USDA Zone 7
Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]

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