>>Hi All,
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>>Here in my state we have several volcanos. One named St Helens. Well as some of you may be aware, she is getting upset again. They say she is not going to blow her top like last time. She seem to have gas, and needs to leave herself. But anyway, she is suppost to burp in the next couple of days. Here is a link to a Volcano Cam so you too can see her have her fun.
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>>http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
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>Greg;
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>One of the places I was stationed while in the Air Force was Condon, Oregon (north central Oregon), at the Radar Site that was located there. A few miles south-west on the hi-way there was a Vista View stop, which had a monument describing the volcanoes that were visible from that location, Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainer, and Mt. St. Helens. What a sight!
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>The last three years we drove up to that location to see friends and where my dad grew up (Ukiah, Oregon). It was a shock to see Mt. St. Helens “missing”. Now I have pictures of “before and after”.
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>Tom

Hi,

I bet it is nice to get out of Sunnyvale ever so offen. I spent most of my youth growing up in Sunnyvale. When we first moved there, orchard made up a large portion of the surrounding area. But when we left, they had been reduced to a small percentage of what they were.

Over the last 25+ years I have been here in Washington state, I have seen a simular occurance. More and more, Puget Sound area is beginning to look like California. Cities spanning for miles. One blinding into the next. Boy, I miss the days when the forests trees out numbered the people.

But enough ranting.

Greg