Cascades Volcanoes: When Sleeping Giants Wake

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For millennia, the Cascade Mountains have stood watch over the Pacific Northwest. Millions of people, attracted by their grandeur, have settled in their shadows. But the slumber of these majestic sentinels is a fitful one and geologists are monitoring their ominous rumblings. Could what they are hearing be a muted warning?
The Cascades are actually a chain of volcanoes part of the infamous Ring of Fire that encircles the Pacific Rim. When Mt. St. Helen's erupted, the Pacific Northwest experienced first hand the staggering power that loomed over them...could it happen again?
Journey with us to the Philippines, Japan and Mexico to discover how other people have survived and suffered alongside their volatile neighbors. As our own mountains rumble and growl from deep within, now is the time to ask: what will we do when our Sleeping Giants Wake?
The Cascades are actually a chain of volcanoes part of the infamous Ring of Fire that encircles the Pacific Rim. When Mt. St. Helen's erupted, the Pacific Northwest experienced first hand the staggering power that loomed over them...could it happen again?
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[@merz888custodio]

Rod Custodio is my grandfather and we are so happy to see him immortalized in this video. Thank you!

[@jvee2901]

I spent 46 days TDY to clark 2 years prior to Pinatubo eruption. My heart broke seeing the area engulfed.

[@a_diamond]

❤️

[@coryavila01]

That is so cool! 💜

[@GuantanamoBayBarbie3]

​@@jvee2901 my son was visiting with his father(retired military) at the time of eruption, & caught one of the only planes that managed to escape before the airport shut down. I was so thankful he made it back home safely. He was 12 or so back then.

[@paulcollinsworth3326]

I'm digging the early 80's soap opera music.... nothing like hearing upbeat elevator music while the topic of disaster and loss of life is discussed.

[@dolladollabillsyo7698]

Music was all over the place.

[@icantseethis]

Could have used more big band narrated by Leslie Nielsen.

[@orvillehorner4326]

Like being in a elevator that just dropped 50 floors.

[@Bass-n-Boom]

🤣🤣🤣

[@claudermiller]

It seems more like a travelog. It's weird.

[@d.g.rohrig4063]

I grew up 478 miles (as an arrow flies) north of Mt St Helens in BC Canada and when she blew her top, our dog alerted us to the water in our pool sloshing back & forth out of it!

[@zolikingsthorpe7297]

Wells? Valemount? :)

[@Christy-js8nh]

Only problem is an arrow won't fly that far north. It's to cold

[@DAYBROK3]

To all those complaining about the lack of information on the cascades I suggest finding the geological series from central Washington university. They are all on Washington geology.

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

@Just Looking I've watched some of his videos more than once!

[@panzerlieb]

Absolutely, I have relatives living out in the cascades. They are well aware of these sleeping giants. Key word is “sleeping”. Yes they’re active but not very. Worth keeping an eye on but not worrying about. When they do decide to go nuclear they’ll give you ample warning to get out of way. When it’s all over you come back start again. What else can you do?

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

Agree. I have State Government publications. Based on work of higher education in science. One of which made a comment 70 years ago. That I'm presently attempting to verify. It concerned a strong cold draft up out of talus. Then being walked to survey a karst exposure. I hope to uncover an entry descent. Me ? That's what I've done since 1964 with the National Speleological Society.

[@Eddy12700]

cascades volcano are always sleeping and boring

[@NobleKorhedron]

Link please, @DAYBROK3

[@ladylightwolf306]

I live close to Mt St Helens and was raising a family when she blew. Watched it from my front yard. Was mass hysteria on the roads and in the stores. Ash all over and supplies could not be brought into our town as everything was shut down and rivers were trashed with debris flow. I would never want to go through it again yet to this day I still live on same block where I did on May 18th 1980 and won't leave.

[@archie7027]

@@mottthehoople693 How the fuck is that relevant

[@sda9995]

Don't vote it's all fixed

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

@@archie7027 Thirst will kill reader after 3 days if electric-served utilities are lost due to a volcano and going outside your home would be hazardous. LadyLightWolf's Video learned to keep essential stocks at home to survive what she will not flee from. Go see how long you can last using just your toilet tank water content. To be relevant. Me? I reside 50 miles from an active volcano. And keep three 6 gallon water containers full.

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

@@sda9995 If you're another unregistered foreign agent using the internet to swing the 2020 election for USA Republicans I expected something smarter out of your brain. Okay, I can get over your displeasure when President Biden is elected by registered voters, but you might be contacted later. By the House Committee for Un-American Activities.

[@cyninbend]

@@sda9995 That's idiotic claptrap from a Harvard MBA collecting tens of millions of $$$$ from rich and poor alike and trying to get something going with Trump. We just had what was likely the cleanest election in US history. Trump lost. We had recounts twice everywhere. That's 3 counts, all the same. But lies can't be disproven because they just revise the lies every time! Maybe you need Prevagen and ginko to help your brain?

[@altheacraig2904]

What about Enumclaw? I lived there from 1955 when I got married to 1966 when my husband got transferred by the telephone company to Kent, Washington. The area of Enumclaw was called Osceola which I found out was called that because it was a "mudflow" from the last time that MT Rainier blew up. When you look at MT Rainier from Auburn where I now live you can see a rock formation on Rainier that looks, to me, like an ELK's Head. I am now 87, as of January 3rd, 2024 and I'm in love with the Internet! It is a wealth of information for free!

[@DavidHHermanson]

A real estate agent saying "What about our quality of life, our small town values? t's not just my town." Talk about indefensibly compromised by self interest. I've read several of the recent geologic threat studies. The danger from Mt Rainier is real. Volcanoes don't care about property values.

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

There should no new building at some places.

[@wendysgarden4283]

In the movie version, he's the bad guy, short-sighted, a bit dim, and greedy. He gets buried in ash before the second reel starts.

[@cyninbend]

That guy was the spitting image of the real estate idiots in the movie Jaws.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

So what? Freedom is important to some people, and governments have killed far more people than volcanoes. It's not even close. Humanity is a brief thing, and even more so civilization. We can't stop these things anyway. Might as well live our lives and not worry about slow things like geology. The way the US government in particular is behaving at present there is a good chance that humanity will already be extinct when Mt Rainier eventually erupts anyway, so why worry about it? My response to the government is that if they want me to worry about volcanoes they should stop behaving like tyrants. Because until they do I will be more worried about them than I am about volcanoes.

[@tiffini7541]

Yes you are absolutely right. I live in north west tacoma and recently remodeled my backyard and low and behold I found huge deposits of obscidian huge and huge pumice. No one talks about flying lava landing around and yet I have evidence this has happened and probably will again.

[@bradsteiner1322]

The more I watch doco's like this one, the more happy I am to live in Minnesota. No earthquakes, no tsunamis, no volcanoes, very few tornadoes. Wet enough that forest fires are rare, too flat for mudslides. The only geological impact here was the glaciers from millennia ago that left the great lakes and the many thousands of lakes dotting the state. Prime breeding ground for the mosquitoes that we bitch about. Occasionally we hit -40 degrees F in winter, but I'll take that any day over being buried under a 40 foot high wall of mud, thank you.

[@D45VR]

Nature doesn't give a hoot about how long you've lived there or how skeptical you are of geologic history or predictions. Review the Paradise CA fire and see how long it takes to go from serene tranquility to absolute panic and mayhem.

[@jvee2901]

Nature had nothing to do with the fires. Blame them getting out of hand on environmental wackos and useless newsom.

[@arthurhunt642]

You are right. It can be 600,000 or 1,300,000 between a super eruption to the next one,- but if it's on a day that you are alive, you will surely panic no matter where you live on the planet!

[@ReligiousZombie]

@@jvee2901 Nature has nothing to do with fires? Ha ha ha ha ha. Did "Q" tell you that?

[@jvee2901]

@E G i guess arson has nothing to do with it. The mismanagement by newsom has nothing to do with it. Environmental wackos stopping the state from cleaning out debri, has nothing to do with it. Lightening is a small problem in commiefornia.

[@BrianUnderwood-q5u]

I live within sight of Mt. St. Helens and never tire of it's beauty, the chance of it blowing it's top never enters my train of thought

[@teaguejelinek4038]

I had no idea how deadly volcanoes could be before recently when I started learning about volcanoe eruption index and the volcanoes that are high on that list. Thanks for the video

[@robertstack2144]

Really, have you learrned which way to face vwhile sitting on a commode. Don't base your answer on where the flush handle is.

[@angelique7618]

@@robertstack2144 Muahahahaha.. That was beautiful advice.

[@nonabusns3206]

And here I am, living in the Ring of Fire. Alaska, born and raised. I witnessed the Volcano Mt Redoubt blowing up. I was getting up and getting the kids ready for the day. I went to take a shower and when I came out of the shower I was confused! I'm thinking I know that I might have been in the shower for awhile but I haven't been in there all that long!!!! Why in the world 🌎 is it darker now??!? I had no idea what happened. After we figured out what happened I went out to bring in our dogs. Covered up whatever we could. Put pantyhose on the carburetors on our vehicles and placed blankets or whatever around the door jams...... people were picking up ashes and saving them for whatever reason. We didn't live very far away from the volcano! Dang! Something you'd never forget

[@eironwyman8157]

I was living about 200km north of Mt St. Helens when it went off. We heard the explosion. Awesome power.

[@tylercooper1551]

You were damn lucky the wind took the plume south and east or you all would have been covered

[@barbaralucero2772]

We live 60 miles east of San Francisco Peaks in Arizona...right smack in the center of a 600 volcano field...Sunset Crater erupted last roughly 1000 years ago and there are hot spots plus a "blow hole" that constantly blows hot air. The area isn't as asleep as ppl think.

[@michaelshuey9670]

I live in Lexington Ky and i was just a ten year old kid but remember getting ash even here from Mt St Helens. Very powerful explosion

[@racheyraych8060]

@@michaelshuey9670 - Hi, I remember getting ash here in Southern California.

[@SMOBY44]

I was about 40 miles south of Mt St Helens when it erupted in 1980. Never heard a thing. Now I live about 30 miles west of it, and I do not fear it because I know what it can do.

[@heatherhahn1996]

I live in Washington state I've been to mt st Helens holy cow seeing the effects from the 1980 eruption was an eye opener for me, I hope and pray I never have to witness one of our beautiful mountains erupt

[@tinataylor1896]

I am learning so much about Volcanoes. Especially about Mt St Helens. Thank you for sharing this informative video. Hope to see many more.

[@altheacraig2904]

The Cascade Mountains are here in relation to the Cascadia Subduction Zone which is about 55 miles off our coast 700 miles down from Vancouver, Canada to Cape Mendocino, California. The Zone last unlocked in 1700 sending a tsunami to Japan [they have a record of it]. MT Saint Helens has erupted more than the rest of the mountains put together the last time was in 1980. I learned this from Nick Zentner a geology professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. Yellowstone volcano is over a HOT SPOT like Killowea on the Big Island, Hawaii. The last time Yellowstone "BLEW" it was in Idaho. It is now in Wyoming because of Plate Tectonics. [The movement of the earth plates]

[@arthurhunt642]

I love geology and especially structural geology. I may never be able to see any of the Cascades because of my age, health, and income,- but thanks to modern technology and videos I can daydream in virtual reality.. Awesome video.

[@dontask8979]

Its a Beautiful area. Mt St Helen's is amazing. Google "Ape cave" and "Lava Canyon" that area gets very little attention. Everyone wants to see the north side. Nothing there but people. I have been to the north side once. Been there, done that. I have been to the south side 3 or 4 times, and hope one day to return again.

[@joem1102]

I live 30 miles east of the Cascades. When I drive up the grade out of the crooked river caldera I have a view of mt hood, mt Jefferson, black Butte, three finger jack, my Washington, the three sisters, broken top and my bachelor. All volcanos

[@GuantanamoBayBarbie3]

I've lived in Oregon & Washington for 64 of my 68 years. Those volcanoes are beautiful. The most majestic, Mt Rainier, is also potentially the most deadly. But what a beautiful sight on a clear day! At 14, 417 ft. elevation, it's visible from British Columbia to mid-Oregon. But we love them all, from Mt Baker on down to Mt Shasta. ❤🗻⛰️🏔🗻❤

[@GuantanamoBayBarbie3]

​@@joem1102 there's beautiful country over there. My dad used to take us fishing on the Metolius River. The views of Mt Jefferson from that area, and around Madras are just stunning. We also camped & fished a lot on the lakes up in the mountains and at Wickiup & Ochoco Reservoirs. Can't forget fishing the N.Fork of the Santiam River. Good memories of some beautiful places.

[@GuantanamoBayBarbie3]

​​@@dontask8979 A lot of people don't believe in them, but you and I know better. 👣🦍 And Google ape canyon for the history of the incident its famous for. I had my own experience with what I believe may have been a sasquatch in the area east of Rainier and west of Yakima, way out in the middle of nowhere. I know 2 people who have seen them, & another who's seen huge tracks on the Yakima reservation. Out here we know they're real!

[@StereoSpace]

The town is built on a mudflow... In geology, when you see something anomalous, like a flat area in a mountainous region, you need to ask, why is this here? It's generally material that has washed or fallen from above that spot. A convenient place to build a house, yes. Maybe dangerous to actually live there though.

[@lynnmitzy1643]

StereoSpace Tacoma and surrounding areas too , but these places attract millions. It's beautiful here. I've never feared the mountain. I understand the potential danger, but , I love the mountain, it's home.

[@ms.martiegallego8834]

@@lynnmitzy1643 So you accept the possibility of the mountain killing you ? Actually, it's more then a possibility , it's a given !!

[@lynnmitzy1643]

The Cascade mountains are awesome. I moved away from my Mt. Rainier a few years ago, I miss it. Not seeing my mountain almost daily ,..I feel a loss.

[@DAYBROK3]

Lynn Mitzy I moved away from Vancouver bc I lived where we had a wonderful view of mt baker. The only problem with the view was you could see the steam rising from the top.

[@triciasomogyi5431]

Your ‘ mountain ‘ is a Volcano. There’s a difference.

[@jamesdolen5132]

When was the last time Mt. Rainier erupted?

[@lynnmitzy1643]

@@jamesdolen5132 1-2 million years ago. I am gonna go visit her this year. It's been 9 years.

[@lynnmitzy1643]

@@DAYBROK3 do you miss that view ?

[@thelaughingtiger146]

Welcome to the 1990s time warp! The best piece of advice came from the Japanese government. Don't depend on the government, be self reliant. Help other's and be prepared.

[@christopherdougherty9832]

So you would ignore the government if they gave you a warning that something was going to happen? That's not self reliance, that's stupidity and it can get you killed.

[@wayupnorth9420]

Just sayin,........... those two big aircraft are just on a Reconnaissance mission, no chance they would possibly have a big fucking bomb on board. Again, just sayin, everyone gets it wrong occasionally.💀

[@watchgoose]

@@christopherdougherty9832 she said not to DEPEND on them. learn to read.

[@adamolupin]

I was watching a documentary about the 3/11 tsunami and one of the survivors said something to the effect of, "We were taught to listen to the warnings, to not depend on the government, and think of our lives first. It's because of that training that my family and I are alive."

[@christopherdougherty9832]

@@watchgoose So who do you DEPEND on? What the hell do we pay taxes for, what the hell do we set up agencies to monitor this stuff for? Doubtful some "private interest" is coming along to help you in a situation like this, they're too busy figuring out how to exploit it for private gain.

[@faithhopper793]

As a child growing up in the 60's I use to go to Mt. St. Helens every summer for camping, hiking and fishing near and at Spirit Lake. I remember vividly the Day Mt. St. Helens erupted, my son was eight months old and we watched the Ash Cloud from Kent WA and stayed glued to the News. Now as a grandmother I live in the shadow of Mt. Rainier. Fortunately I am not in a Lahar Zone but I do need to be concerned about being buried beneath any ash the the mountain could throw my way. Still, all and all, this is Gods' beautiful country and I can't see living anywhere else. I am just more aware of the possibilities and am as prepared as I can be. As for the town of Orting, today they have a much better warning system. There are huge sirens all up and down the valley and they have drills regularly including getting the kids out of school and up to high ground during school hours.

[@drewchristenson7967]

Faith Hopper I moved to Vancouver Washington from South Dakota a few years back and have recently become very interested in this aspect of geology. I really want to just spend a day and go up to and around the area of St. Helens knowing what I know now. I heard there is a A frame house somewhere up in the area that is still standing in the same condition as it was after the eruption....anyways I'm just rambling....I've been trying to picture what it would have looked like to those in other areas of the state....when you say you watched the ash cloud do you mean like you could see everything erupting up into the sky from somewhere far off in the distance or do you mean like just the ash that came your way.....just trying to develop a better picture of what it was like here at that exact moment....THANK YOU!!

[@Krista75Marie]

Faith Hopper, I live in MN. Born and raised in Saint Paul, MN. I have family in Olympia, Auburn, and Portland. If my husband would move with me, I would live there in a heartbeat. Absolutely, breathtakingly beautiful there....I remember driving too Washington with my mom and dad, in June of 1980. I was 5yrs old. Ash was STILL FALLING in MONTANA on our way too Washington state.

[@urabouttoloseurjob842]

I live in Washington, as well. (Not giving away my specific area for privacy reasons.) I was born after the Mt. St. Helens eruption, but I am quite interested and aware in the various dangerous volcanoes in the area.

[@FreedomFighter-cr5xg]

only stupid people live next to a volcano .. we will not feel sorry for you people when that volcano goes off and evaporates all of you in seconds .. We will not help any survivors out in any way .. you people deserve what you get .. I remember the dumb asses spewing they were not afraid of Mt St Helen's and the Government had no right to keep them away from their property .. They deserved what they got .. we did nothing to help them out .. to hell with stupid people

[@forpetessake3532]

Krista Holes yea🏆BREATH THAT ASH . Brilliance at its best . THATS AMERICA

[@mishagriffith5518]

1:30 min: "Other than Mt. St. Helens, the Cascade range has been quiet for centuries..." No, Mt. Lassen erupted in 1915 and was active for almost a decade.

[@timothycook2917]

Yea, having grown up in Shasta County east of Redding, I thought that was an odd omission

[@dougc190]

I believe I read they also think a couple of those Cascades were erupting when Lewis and Clark we're going down the Columbia River...I think in the late 1800s very early nineteen-hundreds there's people say that Mount Hood may have burped a little bit

[@bernardtimmer6723]

Hood, Baker and Rainier have had eruptions in the latter half of the 19th century. Adams, Glacier Peak, Shasta, South Sister etc at some time between 900 and 1800 AD. All this very recent geologically. I used to live in New Zealand.

[@Tornadopelt]

I've been to Mt. Lassen before. Lemme tell you, volcanoes stink. Literally, the sulfur they put out stinks to high heaven.

[@thomaslinton1001]

The "possibility"is 100%. Only timing is at issue.

[@whoahotcowgirl01]

Thomas Linton soon

[@melodiefrances3898]

I would prefer not to see Rainer blow up. Or the Cascadia fault do a full rip .

[@thomaslinton1001]

@@melodiefrances3898 me too, but you can see large residential areas built on top of the last hot mud flows. it will happen again. As will the Really Big One that will make the next Rainier eruption look like a small inconvenience.

[@louiseevans421]

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[@genegorton9740]

Ah miss a aoroao@@whoahotcowgirl01 o

[@mygreatescape9617]

I'm a Washington state resident and I love our mountains, I've been to Mt St Helens beautiful scenery and really cool debris field from the 1980 eruption

[@kriskringle913]

see Dutchsinse on Twith or when he occasionally post on youtube

[@lethrbear32]

35 years ago this May 18th, my life changed forever. I survived the eruption of Mt. St. Helens when I was 6 years old. A part of me still died that day. I use to go up every ten years on the anniversary. I might have to change that this year.

[@supressorgrid]

+Bax that was only three visits.SMH

[@steelcityterps]

Bax really? My wife and I were just there. I'd love to live there on the mountain.

[@riverlighttrider]

so??

[@jeastwood2737]

yes, it seems there must be more to her story... it ended abruptly

[@pineforest1442]

Steel City Interpreters yeah it's cool. Until it erupts.

[@spenceisthebest1]

And now 20+ years after this documentary was filmed, the populations in Orting and other towns in the Puyallup valley have quadrupled and there’s still only 2 roads in and out of Orting.

[@bernardtimmer6723]

Katmai(1912) and Pinatubo were the heaviest eruptions of the 20th century. They highlight the different hazards that volcanoes can create; de debris flows, lahars, collapses, lava flows, pyroclastic flows etc... all occur in the Cascades.

[@Backroad_Junkie]

One of the guys in this video (John Ewert) was part of the USGS team at Pinatubo. He was on Clark AFB when Pinatubo blew. Nuts...

[@bernardtimmer6723]

@@Backroad_Junkie yes he was, he was asked to assist the Philippine volcanologists, also with up to date equipment based at Clark even after it was evacuated by the airforce. They worked very well together. Pinatubu had been eerily quit for about 600 years when became active again. Her previous eruptions were similar to this one. Clark was constructed on pyroclastic and lahar deposits from older and more massive eruptions.

[@lennykoss8777]

Overlapping CME data with volcano data is an eye opening experience. 😳

[@frankblangeard8865]

This video includes some commentary on Cascade volcanoes but largely it is a general view of volcanoes around the ring of fire: Japan, Philippines, Mexico etc.

[@bernardtimmer6723]

Saint Helens and her frequent eruptions(she was most active) has produced geological markers in the sense that her ash layers are used to date the surrounding layers.

[@KatBird27]

She IS STILL ACTIVE!!!

[@bernardtimmer6723]

@@KatBird27 yes KatBird, St Helens is the most active volcano in the Cascade Range. One of about 20 or 25 distributed between British Columbia and California. Her sisters include Mt Baker, Glacier Pk, Mt Hood, Three Sisters, Mt Rainier, Mt Mazama(Crater Lake), Mt Shasta and Lassen Pk. Most of these have erupted within the last 2000 years.

[@StereoSpace]

Good program. Thanks for uploading this. And thank you to Alison Kartevold as well.

[@itrthho]

It's been over 20 years, a good time to do an update on those interviewed.

[@nichole8398]

They're probably dead or close to it lol

[@dellvansickle9555]

Okay. I understand that My saint Helen's has erupted most recently. However it is annoying that people tend to forget that Mount Lassen has also erupted in the 19th century. Maybe not as violently as Helen's but Lassen did erupt 1914-1917 I hate that no one seems to acknowledge that in videos as it is a testament to how active the casades still are.

[@hebneh]

1914-1917 was the 20th century, not the 19th.

[@KatBird27]

Maybe Mt. Lassen is forgotten because you can hike up it.

[@kylejohnson6867]

At 12.34 the gas station in Weeds has gas selling for $1.47a gallon. That sure dates this video, I just put $5.47 a gallon gas in my car in San Francisco.

[@tudorjason]

Mount Rainier, the mountain in the background in most pictures of Seattle, has more glacial ice than all other mountains in the contiguous US combine. The damage from the mud flow of a Rainier eruption is predicted to be like Hurricane Katrina multiplied by 5 and will likely be the worst natural disaster in US history.

[@KatBird27]

I have friends who live in Orting!

[@elizabethjansen2684]

Mt. Hood had 100 quakes in less than a week in 2021it also has lots of snow and ice. Rainer's flank is bulging dangerously

[@nunyabiihz8922]

*laughs in Yellowstone*

[@ToraKiyoshi]

Indeed. One must keep in mind that the soft, swampy soil that makes up much of Seattle was deposited by the pyroclastic mud flows from Rainier's last major eruption event. Tacoma is built on the lava flows.

[@jimtucker1631]

Jim Zimmer, et. al, another fantastic job of work. I'm living in volcanic Baja these days and I will always look back with fondness on my PA/work study year working with you and the producers. What a fun and informative addition to my MA in Criminal Justice experience in Spokane. I truly enjoy and learn from all your productions, whenever I stumble across them on You Tube. Thx. Jim T.

[@panderichthys_rhombolepis]

Imposter!

[@Koolneen]

🙄🙄🙄

[@jlv61560]

That Realtor from Orting sounds a lot like the Mayor in "Jaws!"

[@kjpcgaming9296]

That was exactly my thoughts. LOL 'my family has lived here since the 40's" OMG.

[@scottpeters5260]

As long as he's selling houses why should he care about the stupid people living there. Make the money thats all that maters. Lol.

[@kjpcgaming9296]

@@scottpeters5260 yeah that's true enough

[@scottpeters5260]

LOL .I was being sarcastic. But it does seem like that realator doesnt really care about his buyers saferty. What happens to them when the mountain does erupt.

[@kjpcgaming9296]

@@scottpeters5260 He reminded me of Dante's Peak, the town manager I think it was LOL

[@animehuntress9018]

15:45 Yes what they aren't saying is that a 747 came very very close to ditching in the indian ocean in 1982. That Volcanic ash completely shut down all the engines and it was only a ton of luck and a skill that saved them.

[@starman2k209]

I watched St. Helen's blow its top out my bedroom window. I was absolutely thrilled seeing the eruption but saddened with the aftermath. Still have some ash I collected around my house.

[@inkyguy]

I will quickly and succinctly answer the question proffered at the beginning of the program about what do you do when a volcano becomes active and erupts. You can not negotiate with a volcano or manage or mitigate its destructiveness. You either get the hell away to safety or you subject yourself to the very real risk of injury and death. That is it in a nutshell.

[@TheBandit7613]

Such a special area. Just heed warnings and the danger is minimal. StHelens gave lots of warning

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

I explore caves. Since 1964. Yes, I get lost but evidently not enough. Found an unexplored cave 5 miles from an active volcano caldera. Since 2003 its been on my 'To Do' list. After the discovery I decided to save it for my senior citizen recreation needs. I retired after 2010. But felt active enough to do other things. Joined organized caving groups in Michigan, California, and just this month in Wyoming. Did start refurbishing a rain forest trail first completed in 2004. Have a nice view upwards of 10,000 feet to enjoy on rest breaks. Watching avalanches and vented steam. While the mountain that contains the cave has been previously scalded clean of life and blasted with volcanic material the cave survived. As do others. Such as Ape Cave located on the south slope of Mount Saint Helens. I was in it 12 years after that volcano exploded and saw no damage. Let me thank KSPS Public TV & PBS for being honest about science. To get dishonesty about science I look no further than Republicans.

[@JohnDoe-zl6ph]

I arrived in the Philippine islands a couple days after Pinatubo erupted. Spent about a week there trying to dig out the Navy base in Subic Bay.

[@swissirish1]

"The Japanese government was not about to surrender..." Oh dear God no. "...to a volcano." Whew.

[@acchaladka]

swissirish1 I KNOW, I got that whole Godzilla vibe too. I remember his epic battle with Mothra like it was yesterday.

[@hotroddaddy-et4xg]

they're just adding to the things that will flow .. a ridiculous belief that they can control nature..lmao..when mother nature says time to go. you are gone!!!

[@watchgoose]

actually she said "surrender THIS LAND...."

[@tylerw8216]

Got it, by example.....it's a warning to the Cascades...that they will ignore until the day they go BOOM

[@AnnaHerrick]

Tyler W They already did boom! It was enuf of a boom that I will ever want! Yep that sucker woke me at about 8:20 AM! I remember banging against the walls trying to reach my mother. It was much less than what Japan gets but strong enuf I didn’t want anymore of it!!!

[@mnirwin5112]

What do you do when sleeping giants wake? You run like hell. It's about your only option. It's not like there's an "off" switch.

[@shannonrhoads7099]

You can't sing lullabies and put them back to sleep? It worked in Mickey and the Beanstalk...

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

I seem to remember a moment in a made4TV movie based on an old skiffy novel, "COLOSSUS: The Forbin Project" showed this Army general trying to dismantle a key link in the weapon chain that would disable the AI called "COLOSSUS" and discovers that the device has led him to a dead end -- a trap -- so while those around him lose their heads, he sits down and lights a last, savored cigar. Zen. And they built a humongous computer named "Deep Thought" and they linked *EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD TO IT,* every desktop, every laptop, every automobile and telephone and wristwatch and refuckingfrigerator, and they asked it: *"IS THERE A GOD?"* And the skies darkened and the Earth groaned and heaved mightily, and a voice filled the air: *"THERE IS NOW!!"*

[@gillmacgillechiaran5651]

Upon rousing a sleeping giant, a gentleman should bid it a good morning.

[@karenengelhardt1610]

"Run", hmmm. You cannot outrun a volcanic cloud; it will overtake you. You CAN survive this if you have just the right luck.

[@WWZenaDo]

If humanity was functioning on self-preserving logic, they'd totally avoid building in such areas. Of course, to accomplish that the human population would need to be SMALLER, hence the advice on those funky granite monoliths in Georgia. I think the author of those stones underestimated the number of humans that earth can safely support, however. I'd speculate that earth could support around 3 billion, easily. But not the 7 billion going on 10 that we have growing, right now.

[@fionawimber1028]

41:00 In all your complaining I'm not hearing you deny that Orting's in a danger zone.

[@donnaclemence5161]

I've lived by mt rainier, mt, adams, mt.hood..and st.helens..for the last 6 years I've been here in Alaska..right by mt redoubt, and Illiamna..I've seen them all emit steam...while it can be a bit unsettling, the view of those majestic mountains and ocean..worth my risk...but up here we're always ready for the unexpected...this is Alaska

[@JasonJason210]

I like these docs. The narrator and the music are very pleasant to fall asleep to.

[@Guitcad1]

Titles video "Cascade Volcanoes" Mentions Cascades a few times while showing video footage from everywhere *_except_* the cascades.

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

In my case if I lean to my right 24 inches an active volcano of the sort you're interested in is my daily reminder of life near the Cascade Range. After promising to bring 200 adult Grizzly Bears into those mountains this 2020 my POTUS reversed that decision. Evidently he learned those bears would eat more than just Canadians and Democrats .

[@calska140]

Volcanoes in the Cascades and an apocalyptic caldera volcano to the east in Yellowstone. PNW is in a bind. However if Yellowstone goes all of humanity is in a bind.

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

If? It has exploded previously and shows no evidence of turning into anything harmless. I recommend going there to add more weight to keep the lid on.

[@geslinam9703]

The latest studies on Yellowstone predict that it’s not going to blow any time soon...and if it does, it could be small eruptions, not the mega one all the doomsday types are talking about....

[@anniemaull5605]

It might be a percise moment.

[@dwjoseph59]

Don't forget the long valley caldera supervolcano near the sierra nevada mountains of california & the valles caldera supervolcano near the rocky mountains of new mexico. Yes, we have 3 of those big bad suckas here in the continental/continuous lower 48 states of the 🇺🇲 .

[@reneedavis7132]

They will all go at once. These Volcanos are all active right now and the lava tubes are all connected

[@nickbeam5432]

Mount Shasta hasn't been a big ash producer ? just drive on the north side on the old military road and you will be plowing through three feet of ash for miles !

[@TheBandit7613]

Why, it hasn't erupted recently right?

[@marconius101]

Ooh look, what a pretty mountain... I'm gonna build my house right next to it....

[@buzz1913]

yup typical people in Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea... They Like, oh there's an active volcano, lets build a house here and if the volcano erupted lets blame the government

[@inkyguy]

evil Duck, people do the same thing beside rivers and oceans too with predictable results.

[@forageforage3520]

Anybody remember that hysterical scene in 2012 with woody harrleson? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmSZm2qXiNiMjdE

[@tr4480]

That's not a mountain. That's a space station.

[@nichole8398]

@@buzz1913 😂

[@shopsshire9282]

Almost 40 years since Mount Saint Helens blew her top

[@CC-te5zf]

Individual responsibility - taking care of one's self. Great concept and much to learn from Japan.

[@thequickbrownfox7289]

I grew up in McLoud/Mt Shasta - great memories.

[@melodiefrances3898]

I have family in this area. Between Mt. Rainer and the Cascadia subduction zone (which is actually responsible for Rainer), I do worry for them ...

[@TheLittlered1961]

While it was an ok video, I wish they had spent more time on the Cascade volcanoes. I also wished that they could have spent more time on the shake and bake. I have watched several videos on MT Rainier and none of them had brought up the idea that an earthquake could trigger an eruption, other than this one. After the 2001 quake, I know where my eyes will be now if another big quake hits.

[@WWZenaDo]

It's not that a quake could trigger an eruption in the Cascade volcanoes, although this IS a current hypothesis regarding Mt Vesuvius near Naples. The Cascade volcanoes demonstrate potential eruptions with preliminary earthquakes as the magma moves closer to the surface of the earth. These quakes (if I recall correctly) are somewhat different from the later "harmonic tremors" that usually indicate an eruption is shortly to occur.

[@elizabethjansen2684]

@@WWZenaDo unless the offshore subducttion zone unzips that would be a horse of a different color. Thing is major faults are magma channels for at least part of their length just as rivers are.

[@TheLittlered1961]

@@elizabethjansen2684 Almost all of the earthquakes prior to an eruption are caused by the movement of the magma. I just looked up the volcanic activity for the cascades. Not one of them erupted during or just after the last Cascadia full rip, Jan of 1700.

[@elizabethjansen2684]

@@TheLittlered1961 you are confusing entirely different events. I didn't say all were the same. considering information is now more complete, not absolute, I doubt that was looked at in depth. You are comparing a dynamic situation with a static model.

[@TheLittlered1961]

@@elizabethjansen2684 To quote you, "unless the offshore subducttion zone unzips that would be a horse of a different color." How am I confusing anything? I never said that an earthquake could not cause an eruption. The thing is eruptions caused by earthquakes is very rare. I used one very powerful example where it did not cause an eruption. You do not need an earthquake to cause an eruption and you can have eruptions without earthquakes, other than the movement of magma in the chamber. For an earthquake to cause an eruption there must be sufficient pressure in the chamber to over come the other forces. Rarely to these happen in tandem. If all the forces line up then you do have an eruption and the eruption was probably going to happen soon without the earthquake. Please go through the full rips of Cascadia and the eruptions of the cascade volcanoes. Correlation does not mean causation, but if there is no correlation, then you can not have causation.

[@Mandydailyblog]

I went to Shimabara Mt Unzen.. Saw the effects of the pyroclastic flow.. It is indeed mighty and a very beautiful area. .

[@eviedoowup4959]

On average, Mount Shasta has erupted at least once every 800 years during the last 10,000 years, and about once every 600 years during the last 4,500 years. The last known eruption occurred about 200 years ago, possibly in 1786

[@debragalvez2891]

We live in the MT. Shasta, Mt. Lassen area. Not to close to them. I hope. But they are beautiful.

[@urabouttoloseurjob842]

If you live anywhere near Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, etc, then you should be very wary of the volcanoes in that area. There are multiple dangerous, active volcanoes. I drove past Mt. St. Helens recently to see it smoking, and I can see Mt. Raineir in the distance of where I live. It's smoking, too. Be careful.

[@karenengelhardt1610]

Good. It's about time people stop thinking of them as "Pretty things". St. Helens has been active for the last decade or so, on and off. But if Mt Rainier were really getting active, it would be huge news. The entire Puget Sound area would be in lethal danger from that one.

[@kathyyoung1774]

RUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN! Not when it erupts; you can’t outrun it. Run away NOW and live elsewhere.

[@elizabethjansen2684]

@@karenengelhardt1610 it's been bulging for 2 years now, probably about when you posted your comment. Btw the usgs is NOT reporting tremors and quakes like they should. 1 out of 20 doesn't cut it. Don't get me started on the seismographs they manipulate usually downwards on most.

[@freedomthroughspirit]

@@elizabethjansen2684 👏👏👏 Truth

[@larryengland8191]

I got there about 5 months after it blew up.i was stationed at Fort Lewis for 3years .It is so beautiful up there.

[@GoDodgers1]

A Volcano is like a giant pimple, sooner or later is gonna pop!

[@randomdude239]

arachnipope shart*

[@franciscocepeda8416]

The most important thing to remember about any region of this world is the preservation of life as long as possible, avoiding any dangerous situations at all costs and even more so when it is always so eminent keeping people in constant awareness possible evacuation and in fear making every day The Day of Destruction and afterwards rebuild. Life is hard as it is with everyday hardships, let alone natural disasters, which can be avoided and yet are disregarded, trusting that each day of no activity guarantees many more days of safety. MOVE OUT AND LIVE

[@NathanHunt]

I live in Australia. We have no "active" volcanos but I think one day that will change.. Apparently there is a hotspot between mainland Australia and Tasmania. I live near an old now extinct (although some people in my town think it is just dormant despite no gas emissions) called Mount Canobolas. It is beautiful and the view from the top is great!

[@beckyshock3099]

#1 You don't go any where near them to start with. No visiting, and especially NO living around them! Last summer, my friends drove from WV to the Pacific ocean and visited Mt Rainier. They invited me to go with them, I gladly declined. They drove through Yellowstone, over the Rockies to Tacoma Wa, I stayed in WV where we don't have volcanoes, faults, and other "hazards" I feel perfectly safe here and have no desire to put myself in danger of any "natural" disaster.

[@kathyyoung1774]

Becky Shock There is usually weeks of warning. I’d visit -- briefly. I’d never live there. Don’t live on the coast either - hurricanes.

[@brucel.phillis1395]

Hey, Becky. Read about the New Madrid fault that runs up the Mississippi River. There is a fault near you.

[@samreynolds3789]

ANY WHERE we LIVE is ALWAYS ___ ! But $$$ and DEVELOPMENT RULE ! “Tornado Alley “, The GULF , EAST COAST , where ever ! DEATH & WEATHER do NOT CARE !

[@samreynolds3789]

People FEAR DYING , but DEATH is OUR DESTINY

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

Move to within spewing distance of a volcano is asking for trouble, what can ppl expect when their property disappears

[@jonglewongle3438]

They gotta get away from the Blacks. You got dipsticks living astride collapsing cliffs and landslides and coastal erosion in both California and the north-east, not just the Cascades.

[@airsickspace9272]

The issue is that volcanoes have very fertile soil. It’s also by water a lot of the time. Water is so useful for trading, fishing, and more. Due to the benefits it’s hard to just leave. And as the human population grows the less space we have and the more we will have to choose the dangerous routes such as volcanoes.

[@scottlutz4126]

I remember that when mount saint Helens erupted most fatalities were because people refused to take the warnings seriously

[@mottthehoople693]

they would have all voted for trump....to dumb to realise the dangers

[@scottlutz4126]

Mott theHoople apparently there was no danger. You all don’t get it. We voted for Trump. A. Because we don’t like Hillary or the Clintons B. This was a message to Washington to tell them that if they don’t behave and support the American people they can be replaced. You all want the same career politicians who don’t do a thing. What you saw was a revelation pure and simple. And since you all still won’t listen. He will win again.

[@mottthehoople693]

@@scottlutz4126 well considering I'm an Aussie I couldn't care less but every time that orange skinned numb nut opens his mouth I marvel at the merican voter

[@scottlutz4126]

Mott theHoople well then if you don’t care leave it alone

[@briane173]

@@mottthehoople693 I can't seem to escape politics no matter what random YT video pops up on my home page. If you look back at interviews with Harry Truman prior to the St. Helens eruption it had a lot less to do with being dumb than it did with a way life like the Aytas. Truman knew the risks and he elected to stay put because his entire life was inextricably tied to the mountain and Spirit Lake, and at his age he was philosophical about the risks. Some people who died died in the line of duty. David Johnston was the first to get the word out that St. Helens was blowing up, from what he _thought_ was a safe distance -- and he was a _geologist_ for godsake. People in the wrong place at the wrong time for what, to the Monday Morning Quarterback, appears to be the wrong reasons; but the fact that the death toll was kept to a few dozen from an eruption the size of St. Helens was in my mind nothing less than a miracle. Trying to get people to evacuate their homes and towns and way of life is frequently like squeezing blood from a turnip.

[@johne6479]

How ironic for the real estate agency to name themselves "The Prudential" when prudence would have them build somewhere else lol

[@epasko5713]

To save your time, 10:00 to 20:00 min. then 35:00 to 45:00 Is ONLY about the cascades.. the rest is all rehashed footage and interviews, from Doc's I seen a hundred times, Your welcome, merry Xmas!

Almost ALL volcanic vids are only ever about the USA. You'd think it was the only place on earth. Compared to real volcanic hot zones its positively boring. Not worth watching.

[@waltershumate5777]

The interruption of Pinatubo would be an excellent opportunity to create a waru waru ! A manmade collection of islands for agriculture with flood channels inbetween. If channels are perpetualy submerged, prawns and tilapia can be farmed in between. The ones that dry up annually are simply shoveled out onto the top of the islands surrounding them, thus refertilizing the soil. The condensation layer above helps offer some protection to crops and allows larger Harvest. It worked for the Mayans!

[@Sanguinista.Daywalker]

And they are EXTINCT NOW... Worked REAL WELL..

[@whiplash3kilo756]

🤣

[@SadisticSenpai61]

12:10 That woman embodies the key differences in Japanese vs Americans and why the Japanese are prepared for the natural disasters that they know will happen and why Americans are - we prefer to not worry about it and hope that our ignorance protects us. And that's why if there is a major eruption in a heavily populated area or "the big one" hits (whether off the coast of WA, OR, and northern CA or in SF/LA areas), it'll be devastating with far more lives lost than should be if we'd only bother to actually prepare for the eventuality. It's not like a tornado in the Midwest - we know its a possibility and we're prepared as best as we can be (with our early warning systems and tornado shelters), but it's only ever a possibility here. In WA, OR, and CA, it's an eventuality - it's not a question of *if*, it's *when*.

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

This "Bill" does *not* represent the average intelligence of people named "Bill" -- Just saying -- "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits." -- A. Einstein

[@roberthicks1612]

How do you have an early warning for a volcano? Scientist have been studying them and have found ways to warn about them. Until the volcano becomes active, it is nothing but another mountain. Why should you live in fear of something that you are unlikely to see in your life time. IF those volcano erupted every 100 years, then yes, people would need to be concerned. Mount St Helen went almost 200 years without any activity. Do you think it would have been wise for those that lived their entire life in that area but died before 1980 to have lived their life in fear? Every time a volcano erupts, we learn more about them. The more we learn, the more warning we will have the next time around. Yes right now, if that volcano erupts, people will have trouble getting out. BUT if they have enough warning, they can all get away from it. I used to live on clark afb. Do you think we would have been able to do our jobs if we were afraid that mt Pinatubo was going to erupt? As they said, thousands had gotten out before the eruption. Most had gotten out before the ash fall. Had we had more warning, they could have saved the other 250 people that didn't get out.

[@roberthicks1612]

@brian turnbull Of course they care. Who else is going to pay them the big bucks to set around doing nothing.

[@jcdenton5828]

William R Warren Jr So you’re calling yourself a genius? Sound like a triggered pompous asshole honestly, Will.

[@jcdenton5828]

Bill Better hope you aren’t Jewish, haha. Some people just can’t even handle a little tiny bit of conflict. It is their lives that is the boring one.

[@markcarlson7394]

REGUARDLESS, the view of mt. Rainer is amazing. I might have to visit or vacation there.

[@reneedavis7132]

Well worth it. Lots of beautiful hiking and falls. You can go into some of the lava tubes..Majestic Rainer. Hope you make it. Take a week to see it

[@suesingleton4927]

I lived in WA state for 11 years. From my windows and out doors Mt Rainier loomed large and beautiful. Hiking and climbing Mt Rainier was exhilarating and memorable. I also lived for almost a year in Olympia with a view of Mt St Helens also. I was fortunate to be able to visit Mt St Helens and see the devastating effects of major eruptions. Now I live in NC.

[@hollybosworth7652]

Oh and what you're saying is that people in Japan were so more concerned about volcanoes that they didn't think that a huge tsunami could come because of an earthquake in the ocean

[@jamiepan3608]

Great information that is well need Ed.

[@joeltee5800]

very informative , not all that much on the Cascades Volcanoes though

[@chrisgansz2530]

+Joel Tee Yeah - I know! About a third of the program was on the Cascades and the rest was on Mt Pinatubo - it was like something for UNICEF.

[@johnhenderson3646]

I know, the title was a little deceiving...18 volcanoes in the Cascade range and only mention of two.

[@midlandernc7403]

Correction 70% of known land volcanoes. More and more are found in the sea every year. Far more are oceanic volcanoes. Perhaps up to hundred of thousands.

[@kathyyoung1774]

Midlander NC Which will cause tsunamis like hit Japan about 8 years ago.

[@twohawk1203]

Omgosh. One interviewee said "From a training session, I learned I am responsible for my own life" These poor people really do need to be told when to eat, when to pee. Sad.

[@kathyyoung1774]

TWOHAWK 1 We have lots of people like that. They think the federal government is their mommy.

[@acr08807]

It's sickening the way everyone seems to want a handout. Welfare, social security, education for children, firefighters, police, food safety inspectors--it never seems to end. When will prople take responsibility for themselves?

[@kathyyoung1774]

When leftists quit telling them they never have to grow up. Govt will be mama forever and take care of them. That means govt will control them and the ADULTS who work and pay taxes will support them. Govt will also protect them from ever hearing anything that they don't want to hear or don't already believe. What my mom used to call Titty Babies. They are never weaned to adulthood.

[@phyllisdevries5734]

I've lived in Southeast Alaska since 1975, currently living in Juneau the capital of Alaska. Having lived on the southern panhandle for well over 40 years, fear is being cut off of the supplies that most all rely on. Only the strong and the smart will survive. But I'm not in the lahar or tsunami zone. That's a good thing

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

Atmospheric volcanic ash will halt aircraft flight. I expect filters will be needed to for all outside services (i.e, railway delivery to sweeping ash off roofs before the weight collapsed housing). Most Alaska residents survive on delivered resources. Living off the land in AK needs more than you can carry in suitcases.

[@karlastaley8078]

I just tip toe around the house and let them wake up on their own

[@anafindlay1696]

LOL 😄😄

[@robertstack2144]

The same people will whine for Federal help when a town does get neutralized.

[@vivianperino5006]

Good one Gill...everyday you wake up you should be thankful!

[@Rammstein45]

12:46 "Mt. Shasta's eruptions are larger and produce more pyroclastic flows than than Mt. St. Helen's." 14:40 "Mt. Shasta isn't a big ash producer." .....uhhhh

[@Schiffsfahrer]

Ash is not the same as a pyroclastic flow: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroclastic_flow Tephra is comparably big, like pebbles, while ash is much finer, which then leads to it being deposited much farther away

[@josephgriffin6009]

Excellent program

[@panowa8319]

The residents who live near these volcanoes and refuse to leave if erupted, Harry Truman would be proud of them.

[@barbara6058]

Yeah. If he wasn't dead. He at least should have allowed them to evacuate his pets.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

I can dig Harry. What disgusts me is people who decide to stay at an impending disaster site then scream and cry that the "gumment didn't do enuf to save 'em" from their own stupidity and stubborness.

[@UATU.]

I feel like I’ve watched this before. High school class around 1989-ish, on VHS tape and supervised by a substitute teacher.

[@zainabjamal8205]

Your programs are amazing . Thank you for sharing them.

[@SandyCrinklesack]

I love this old stuff thanks. hows old mate from like the fire dept 39:58 "we have our own problems we cant help you" haha

[@hreader]

I've seen the Ring of Fire firing - at Mount Yasur, Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Very spectacular but very small scale compared with some of the action described here.

[@swithinbarclay4797]

I'm glad that they spent a considerable amount of time, discussing Mount Shasta and its environs. Pyroclastics, to my reckoning, are the worst phenomena, that volcanoes can inflict upon us. I would expect those, to at least reach Dunsmuir and beyond, to the South, perhaps Yreka to the Northwest and beyond. Acute Lahars (the second worst phenomena produced by volcanoes), might make it past Red Bluff, via the Sacramento River Channel, with a possibility of some breaching the topography, to go down the Klamath and Trinity River Channels. The first big Metroplex in Shasta's Danger path, depending on ambient air currents, would be the Ashland/Medford/Central Point, roughly 45 Miles away, to the North. Secondary acute, and later, chronic Lahars, would eventually work their way, all the way to San Francisco Bay, beyond the Golden Gate, thus, possibly causing a semi-permanent shutdown of the Oakland, Stockton, Southwest Sacramento, and San Francisco, Seaports. From ashfall and lava bombs, we could possibly expect places like Monterey, Merced, Fresno, Tahoe, and Reno, to experience at least serious--if not dire--effects. And it staggers the imagination, the extent of timber blowdown--could even reach into the productive Douglas Fir/Second-Growth Coastal Redwood Belts. So, in the immediate effects, much of Southwest/South Central Oregon, Northwestern Nevada, a little corner of Idaho, and as much as the entire Northern half of California, would become a big colossal write-off. Agriculture in California's Southern half, would become just a memory, for about 60 years. Then, with delayed ashfall and highly acidic toxic precipitation, the rest of the United States & Southern Canada, would buckle under. Much of the US & Canada, would also experience pandemics of Cardio-Pulmonary, Dermatologic, & Carcinogenic diseases. And then, we can only guess at the mid-term climatological effects, for the rest of the planet, for at least decades to come, though those would be very bad. Now, assuming that Rainier & Hood don't blow, in the same time frame, well, Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver, B.C., would just have to bear the burden, of being the most impacted--perhaps the ONLY viable--Seaports to serve the Easternmost Pacific Basin.

[@BobsonofZeus]

Excellent documentary.

[@Backroad_Junkie]

Wow. John Ewert was on the ground at Pinatubo when it blew. Definitely a guy who knows what a catastrophic eruption looks like, lol...

[@meripederson8379]

Right now there's a bulging flank, steaming mountaintop, fissure that opened at the base that is steaming, infilling of magma, earthquakes occurring inside and all around the mountain. Don't you think it's time for warning and saying something?

[@tiffini7541]

What..which one where

[@richardstephens3642]

I'm still of the opinion that Mt. Hood will go before Rainer because Rainer has vents to relieve the pressure where Hood is like St. Hellens it doesn't have any vents

[@brendatrump5163]

I'm not judging folks on where they choose to live; this world is dangerous no matter where you choose to live. God bless the souls of those that lost their bodies in these tragedies.

[@Bluetoothedshark]

Please tell me that the main road to the town called weed is the i420...

[@Mike-fj2ln]

Well done...great show!

[@nenblom]

Why would you build communities on the flank of a volcano? I know they’re beautiful but they’re also very very dangerous.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

The soil that surrounds volcanos are extremely fertile; ideal for farming and growing crops for food.

[@flashgordon3715]

Only a small percentage of time devoted to cascades, video is mostly about SE Asia