Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

30 Years Ago

Mount St. Helens erupted. An earthquake on the morning of May 18, 1980 caused a massive landslide from the north face of the mountain. The removal of so much material gave the magma underneath a way out and it took it.



At 8:32 PDT in the morning, the mountain erupted massively. Over half a billion tons of ash was blown 12 miles into the sky in a matter of minutes. The pyroclastic flow of lava, rock and ash was so fast that it may have been supersonic (something to think about if you ever thought that you could outrun an erupting volcano). Every living creature within a 200 square mile area, including 57 people, was killed. The dead ranged from scientists and reporters to people who refused to evacuate because they thought that the mountain would not blow up.

Before the eruption:



During:



Two years after the eruption of May 18th, 1980:



It is still an active volcano. There were a series of eruptions, which geologists seem to classify as one long and drawn-out eruption, from 2004 into 2008.

4 comments:

Nangleator said...

I remember the crusty, old resident, Harry Truman. He interviewed that he was born there, and by God, he was going to die there.

Do I remember right? They knew enough to interview residents?

CalvinsMom said...

Watching Yellowstone and 'the bulge' has become one of my new hobbies. If that sht ever blows, we're all so fucked...

Comrade Misfit said...

Nang, I remember Harry Truman. He might have survived if the volcano had blown straight up. But it didn't, the landslide weakened the side of the mountain and the major force of the eruption went sideways.

CM, yeah, if Yellowstone blows up, we are all going to be seriously fucked. California might have the only arable land in the country for a few years.

Distributorcap said...

its not nice to fool mother nature