[HN Gopher] Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientis...
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       Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night
        
       Author : amichail
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2024-06-23 18:03 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | blackeyeblitzar wrote:
       | > The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3
       | kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has
       | not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000
       | years.
       | 
       | Is it possible that other nearby eruptions (St Helens) are
       | releasing the pressure that would otherwise cause an eruption at
       | Rainier?
        
         | mock-possum wrote:
         | Not in the last 1000 years, no, _but_ - they do mention they
         | think there have been 11 Lahar events originating from Ranier
         | that have impacted the seattle area, over the past 6000 years -
         | one of which doesn't even seem to be associated with a volcanic
         | eruption.
         | 
         | At first I was like "why worry about Ranier when Hood is
         | active" but - yeah the mother of all flash-floods is a
         | horrifying prospect.
        
         | EdwardDiego wrote:
         | I don't think so, as they have separate magma chambers AFAICT,
         | although Mt St Helens does look like it shares its magma
         | chamber with other nearby volcanoes.
        
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