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Welcome, My Name is Kevin. I go to MICDS in St. Louis, Missouri. This page is to show you how volcanoes impact peoples lives in dangerous ways. This page includes what you should and should not do during a volcano to be safe and secure. It will show how a volcano works and the history of famous yet dangerous volcanoes, like Mount St. Helens. Expert opinion will be found on this site. I will also be doing a current event on this site. media type="custom" key="12314480" MICDS Weather
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__**Mount St. Helens**__ Mount St. Helens is a Stratovolcano located in [|Skamania County, Washington], in the Northwest region of the United States. Mount St. Helens Is known for its deadly eruption on May 18, 1980 at 8:30 AM. It was the most destructive volcanic eruption in US history. The power was equal to about 500 atomic bombs. 250 homes, 47 bridge s, 15 miles of railways, and 185 miles of highway were destroyed. about 26,000 people were killed. People evacuated the area when they knew it was going to blow. One man, named Harry Truman (not the former American president), refused to leave his lodge. His body has never been found. once it blew, the poisonous gas went all the way to Seattle and killed about 23,000 people. Now, many community's have cameras to observe the volcano and have sirens to warn citizens.

**__ Current Event __**  "Concerns grow over volcanic eruptions" This article is about concerns of Yellowstone and Death Valley volcanoes erupting. Scientists have known for a long time that under places such as Yellowstone and Death Valley are magma pools that, under the right conditions, can trigger explosive eruptions. Now, research is changing scientists' understanding of volcanoes and when volcanoes will erupt. I personally think that Yellowstone might erupt very soon. Most scientists thought that the Death Valley volcano erupted 10,000 years ago, but by studies they realized that it only erupted 800 years ago, and is still in eruption danger. "The understanding of timing of eruptions and the timing of the building up to eruptions is changing," says Margaret Mangan, the scientist in charge of volcano monitoring in California for the U.S. Geological Survey. Yellowstone is a supervolcano, a volcano capable of mass destruction. IF it erupts, it will result in lava killing thousands, and poisonous gas and ash moving faster than 80 MPH, destroying everything in its path. This ash will spread all though the Earth, then block out the Sun for about 11 years. If the sun is blocked, we will not be able to farm. Without farming, we will not have food. Without food, we will all die. Earthquakes may cause Yellowstone eruptions. No one has reacted to Yellowstone because last time it erupted humans did not exist. I learned that Death Valley volcano erupted only 800 years ago.

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