Josh

=**Volcanoes, they're Hot Stuff** =


 * I'm Josh and I'm from MICDS in St.Louis MO. This site is about Volcanoes and how people's geograp **** hy impacts their lives. The site will feature science, disasters in the news, a historical event, safety tips, a current event, and experts. **

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**__Historical Event__**: On May 18, 1980 the Mount St. Helens volcano in southwestern Washington, near Portland Oregon, erupted with a force comparable to 500 Hiroshima atom bombs. At 8:27am an earthquake caused the bulge on the mountain to collapse. When it collapsed the magma was exposed and it exploded outward in a blast of gas, steam, ash and rock. When the volcano erupted it destroyed the Mount St. Helen's lodge and parts of Spirit Lake. It also destroyed everything in a 212 square mile area and killed 57 people. It destroyed the forest on the mountain and killed thousands of animals. It sent a cloud containing millions of tons of ash 15 miles into the air. The cloud spread across and dropped ash on 22 square miles of land. Scientist knew an eruption was going to happen but they did not know exactly when.

The community around Mount St. Helens evacuated homes on and around Mount St. Helens, closed roads, and closed the park to prevent people from going into the danger areas. The community would still evacuate people in the danger areas and people have learned that they need to develop disaster plans. The disaster plans help people know what to do about food, shelter, and what supplies they need to have to deal with the results of a volcano eruption.

Current Event

Josh Indonesians flee new volcano eruption on Sulawesi 17/7/11    __  []  __ BBC News Reporter

On July 11th 2011 in Indonesia Mount Lokon erupted sending and ash cloud 11,500ft in the air. The eruption caused villagers to flee their village. The villagers reacted by fleeing their villages and most were afraid. Other villagers & some scientists reacted by deciding it was the biggest since late June and saying “It was huge” & “Awesome.” After & during the eruptions airports within 6 miles had to reroute their flights. The eruption also killed a woman who had a heart attack a she fled. I learned that there are dozens of volcanoes on the Indonesian islands which are on the Ring of Fire. I also learned that the Indonesian islands are on the Ring of Fire. This is important to science because it is about tectonic plates. It is also important to science because tectonic plates have to do with Geology.

**__Thanks:__** "Mount St. Helens." //Environmental Encyclopedia //. Gale, 2011. //Gale Science In Context //. Web. 2 Feb. 2012 FEMA "Volcano." //U*X*L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters //. Vol. 4: Optical Effects to Wildfire. Detroit: UXL, 2008. 587-615. //Gale Science In Context //. Web. 2 Feb. 2012