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Originally Posted by manaboutown
When St. Helens blew my brother was living in Olympia, WA. There was a blizzard of whitish ash drifts up there, as if a huge snowstorm had hit. At that time I was living in White Rock, NM and my yard received a light coat of light gray - almost white ash. I bottled some of it but forgot where I put the bottle. lol
My close friends have resided on the Big Island for almost two years now and want off for several reasons. They live near Kona and the Vog has been terrible there most of that time - nothing to do with Pahoa's recent activity which has only affected them via two large earthquakes. It of course all depends on how the wind blows...
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Mount St. Helen's ash made it all the way to NM?
Wow, I didn't realize that.
As for your friends on the Big Island, I also have two married couple friends that have retired...and have lived there for about 15 years.
So far, they say they're staying, but their Facebook posts indicate...that they
are a bit nervous.
I mean after all, who wouldn't be a little nervous given that the whole island (all of the Hawaiian islands actually) are just the exposed peaks of a great undersea mountain range (Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain)...
formed by volcanic activity.
And if you ever want to win a bet, ask someone what is the tallest mountain in the world...from base to summit.
Watch the look on their face, when you tell them that it's NOT Mt. Everest...but Mauna Kea on the Big Island.
