What's happening with Mt. St. Helens?

Seth Moran from Cascades Volcano Observatory will join to talk about the uptick in seismic activity and what it means.

[SongMom]

It seems like he’s asking the same basic question over and over again. “Is Mt. St. Helens going to erupt again soon?” And the answer is, “We don’t know.” Thanks for clearing that up.

[katharinecarmichael]

Here is the Truth & Facts, It can go off again, At anytime! Even without Warning. See? That was Easy & Truthful to say! Not going Around & Around

[GuitarPrepper]

If one thing can be said about that mountain, it's unpredictable!

[rejanedesevigne]

I worked for Gifford Pinchot National Forest back when Mt St Helen's erupted in 1980. It was an exciting time.

[sinjun]

I was 7 and live in Wisconsin and the news coverage of Mt St Helen’s is something I will never forget. Seeing the side of that volcano blast out the way it did in the pyroclastic blow and how it raced down the side of the mountain is just something I will never forget.

[richardbeee]

The last words my professor told us in our class was you can't predict the unpredictable.😊

[Greymannn]

This is a 13 min video that should have been 2.

[Steve-bwoh]

Want to know a secret? They don't know

[cleekersneaker]

I really appreciate my local TV news going in depth on a story by talking to a scientist beyond the sound bite. This is great.

[bugoutadventures]

WHEN THEY TELL YOU NOT TO WORRY....😮THEN IS THE TIME YOU NEED TO PREPARE!!!

[doylecole]

My young wife and I were in Eugene during the 1980 eruption. Absolutely awe inspiring!!

[daniellescrochet]

Thank you Greg for an honest and informative take on the increased seismic activity at Mount St Helen's right now. It can be hard when people want definitive answers but there are none. I also learned a new piece of information that the Richter Scale can be negative. Mathematically it makes sense, but I never thought of that before.

*I don't agree that this 12 minute video could have been 30 seconds, or that the expert from the USGS didn't say anything valuable. He talked about the history of eruptions at MSH, the different eruptive types between 1980 and the 2000's, the historic recurrence interval of eruptions, different ways that they monitor the volcano, how monitoring technology has advanced, what type of seismicity they are seeing now, what that has meant historically, what type of seismicity has indicated an immanent eruption over the last half century, and the historic record of how much time there is between increse in seismic strength and eruption. He concluded by saying given past behavior of MSH it does not appear that an eruption is immanent, but things could change quickly.

[Circes]

Did anyone else have to fight to not leave during that weird and ridiculous countdown?

[kikigirlkauai]

If you live in flow, fire, ash fallout areas you should always be prepared with respiratory supplies, bug out bags, escape plan, safe food storage, keep car in shape, pets, etc. just smart to always have a bug out bag or two and masks and water.

[FirstLast-ivtc]

USGS. Doesn't seem concerned about much. Yellowstone has recently been doing things they said years ago that they'd be concerned about.

[Seattle_Kiwi]

Thank you so much. Thanks for not participating in any scaremongering. USGS did a great job explaining the situation very well.

[franklinmc]

Ask Seth why the USGS keeps downgrading earthquakes?

[maziet]

Thank you for reporting on this. I live on the West Coast in Canada. We had lava dust everywhere. It's very important to keep it fresh in people's minds, similar to earthquake awareness & drills. We need everyone to be informed. Some people want to keep their heads in the sand.

[soulfulgardener]

I lived in Oregon in 1980 when St. Helens erupted. Pretty intense

[zephyrzurcon]

Two times last week, I felt simic activity inside my house in the downtown Morton, Washington area and could hear a low rumbling sound with it.