Post a pic that makes you say "Holy shit."

[Butch Had Not 2969]

23 hours ago, brakeman said:

 

 

Those photos from Mount Adam's were in Nat Geo. Still to this day my favorite issue ever. I was absolutely memorized by that eruption and my fascination with volcanoes began right there. 

[CooterBrown 18004]

 

How do they propel that heavy giant all of explosive powder without it igniting instantly on the ground?

[CooterBrown 18004]

For those who didn't know, Johnston was a USGS scientist, who was studying the strange new bulge on the mountain on May 18, 1980.  He was killed in the blast, and the ridge where he died now bears his name, and there is a great observatory there.
 
He made the famous radio transmission call, "Vancouver!  Vancouver!  This is it!"

Johnston was the hiker in the pic?

[miguelito 11255]

No, that was someone else, on a different mountain miles away.  Johnston was VERY close to St. Helens.  If you go to the Johnston Ridge Observatory, there's just a small valley between you and the volcano. 

This is basically the view from there:

 

[Macanudo 12975]

My family lived about 120 miles south of St. Helens when it blew.  We could see Mt. Hood from our deck and the day of the eruption could see the plume cloud arising beyond Hood.  It was pretty surreal.  

[Hate 20106]

Johnston was the hiker in the pic?

This was Johnston shortly before the eruption. Other than being in the caldera itself, there wasn’t a worse place for him to be when the eruption occurred. The eruption was pretty much directed right at him. On the bright side, it was probably pretty fast and painless. On the not so bright side, he knew for a couple of minutes he was proper fucked and there was nothing he could do.

[Incredulity 11654]

32 minutes ago, Hate said:

This was Johnston shortly before the eruption. Other than being in the caldera itself, there wasn’t a worse place for him to be when the eruption occurred. The eruption was pretty much directed right at him. On the bright side, it was probably pretty fast and painless. On the not so bright side, he knew for a couple of minutes he was proper fucked and there was nothing he could do.

Also, Harry Truman(not that one) at Spirit Lake which is directly adjacent to what is now called Johnston Ridge.

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by Incredulity

[Elvis 3371]

5 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

How do they propel that heavy giant all of explosive powder without it igniting instantly on the ground?

I’m no expert, but I would guess wadding separates the propellant charge from the explosive package that has some sort of fuse. 

[Steamboat1874 4049]

3 hours ago, Elvis said:

I’m no expert, but I would guess wadding separates the propellant charge from the explosive package that has some sort of fuse. 

Or that video is fake.

[Upgrayedd 5810]

She’s a funny Twitter handle

 

[Upgrayedd 5810]

One more

 

[Guest]

On 12/5/2023 at 11:10 PM, brakeman said:

 

 

I too love St. Helens. Had never seen those photos of the hiker on a neighboring mountain.

[TrashMaster G 17547]

18 hours ago, Butch Had Not said:

Those photos from Mount Adam's were in Nat Geo. Still to this day my favorite issue ever. I was absolutely memorized by that eruption and my fascination with volcanoes began right there. 

Adam's????

[DixonHur 11295]

Sorry for the size, anyone know how to edit the size of images and videos?

 

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by DixonHur

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/s/jG2ZP9ttSQ
 

 

[Macanudo 12975]

15 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

Adam's????

Yeah, he butchered the name.   The major peaks in the Cascades mountains of Oregon and Washington have some weird nomenclature.  You have the ones named after Royal Navy dudes ( like Rainier, Hood, Baker, St. Helens, etc.), Presidents (Jefferson and Adams), random Europeans who passed through certain areas (McLoughlin, Lassen, etc.), those named after their features (Glacier Peak, Three Sisters, Bachelor, etc.) and then the randomly named ones like Shasta.   All of this completely ignores indigenous names for those peaks as well.  

[crash_davis 23101]

 

[crash_davis 23101]

 

[crash_davis 23101]

HOLY SHIT.

 

[Jerry Callo 8699]

21 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

HOLY SHIT.

HO LEE FUK

[Nuge 1966]

Lithium prices will be going up

[Lhorn 4911]

Chinese OSHAs not gonna like that.  

[markstanco 12571]

On 12/7/2023 at 11:02 AM, Macanudo said:

My family lived about 120 miles south of St. Helens when it blew.  We could see Mt. Hood from our deck and the day of the eruption could see the plume cloud arising beyond Hood.  It was pretty surreal.  

Did yall get a little bit of ash?  Seems like it all went East from what I have read. 

[RPM 26317]

57 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

Chinese OSHAs not gonna like that.  

Chinese OSHIT approved.

[Macanudo 12975]

We got just a little bit the first day or so.  Yakima and the Kennewick area got the worst.   Interestingly, all that ash may have helped the hop industry albeit 15-20 years later.  Central Washington is prime hop growing land and the soil benefited from the ash.

[RPM 26317]

I was in Seattle. We got nothing, but you could see it. We had a volcano party on the roof of the EM Club.

[futureman 22444]

2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

HOLY SHIT.

 

oh no.  are they ok?

[NWBuck 8552]

6 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Yeah, he butchered the name.   The major peaks in the Cascades mountains of Oregon and Washington have some weird nomenclature.  You have the ones named after Royal Navy dudes ( like Rainier, Hood, Baker, St. Helens, etc.), Presidents (Jefferson and Adams), random Europeans who passed through certain areas (McLoughlin, Lassen, etc.), those named after their features (Glacier Peak, Three Sisters, Bachelor, etc.) and then the randomly named ones like Shasta.   All of this completely ignores indigenous names for those peaks as well.  

Dude. It's like you've never contemplated the geological significance a tasty affordable beverage.

[Buzzrock 14903]

This lass needs to challenge beer chugger

 

This is wild 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0bpOHni9w1/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Pdawg88 1115]

[futureman 22444]

 

[nineliveslost 2753]

what shitty reaction time. JESUS

[tfoolry 8202]

[Pdawg88 1115]

Hit the high beams a little late. 

[GringoSalado 1651]

lamb chop

[Dnaguy 11920]

2 hours ago, futureman said:

 

Asleep at the wheel?

[Lhorn 4911]

2 hours ago, nineliveslost said:

what shitty reaction time. JESUS

My thought.  Took forever for that fuck to respond.

[Underdog 28584]

47 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

Asleep at the wheel?

Counting sheep. 

[Covri 6244]

80,000 pounds of loaded semi ain’t stopping that fast.

[Smax 3800]

 

[Macanudo 12975]

6 hours ago, Smax said:

 

I would bet in older buildings that have been renovated this isn't that uncommon.   Any architects want to weigh in?

[Bevo&Pevo 5121]

 

[Macanudo 12975]

49 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

 

I was kind of hoping that the reserve didn't open.

[AUS-97HORN 11757]

8 hours ago, Macanudo said:

I was kind of hoping that the reserve didn't open.

in the near future we are going to hear about a shitload more Darwin Award deaths because these fucknuts are doing it for the clicks.

 

[futureman 22444]

4 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

in the near future we are going to hear about a shitload more Darwin Award deaths because these fucknuts are doing it for the clicks.

 

[Doze 1322]

10 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Travis Pastrana is not impressed.

 

 

[crash_davis 23101]

 

[TrashMaster G 17547]

50 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

He's in the woods. Why is it unexpected?

[markstanco 12571]

If I saw a bear I would be the one doing the shitting in the woods. 

[Incredulity 11654]

 

12 minutes ago, markstanco said:

If I saw a bear I would be the one doing the shitting in the woods. 

give or take 48 hrs you become shit.