Grayson


 * //EVERYTHING V O L C A N O E S //**

**Hi my name is Grayson. I am a fifth grader at [|MICDS] in [|Saint Louis] Missouri. The purpose of my page is to say how our geography effects our lives. This page will tell you everything you need to know about volcanoes. This site will have a historic event, a current event, some science, and some safety tips, and some experts.**

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 * Historic Event **

My historic event is Mount Saint Helens. In 1980 earthquakes started happening around Mount St. Helens and caused small eruptions. Officials closed of the area within 15 miles of the volcano. People who lived in the area were forced to leave. By late April the volcano started to bulge quickly. May 18 there was a 5.1 earthquake and at 8:32 it erupted. 57 people died

The people who were injured or killed when Mount Saint Helens erupted might have lived if they were prepared and did not just sit in a corner, crying waiting for it to happen. They could have an emergency kit, an emergency plan to be safe. During an eruption you should beware of mudflows because they can move faster than you can run. After an eruption have a weather radio and go to a shelter.

Grayson 5B1 7/17/11 EBSCO Newspaper Source Indonesia Volcano Spews Ash Mount Lokon had one of it’s worst eruptions in days. It spewed ash and smoke high into the air sending scared villagers racing to government shelters. One of the eruptions before that gave a woman a heart attack as she fled. A volcanologist said that eruption was the strongest of a few that just happened. The eruption sent debris flying 11,400 feet into the air. Lots of people who were near the volcano sped away on motorcycles to shelters. Mount Lokon is one of about 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia. The last time it had a big eruption, in 1991, it killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes. Indonesia is on the pacific ring of fire. It is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes. The ring of fire is a horseshoe shaped fault line. People reacted by fleeing their homes and going to shelters. Something I learned was volcanoes erupt a lot more often then I thought, but a lot of times they are not big. It is important to science because it tells scientists that volcanoes happen often around the ring of fire.

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//From: Swanson, Cameron, Evarts, Pringle, and Vance, 1989, IGC Field Trip T106: Cenozoic Volcanism in the Cascade Range and Columbia Plateau, Southern Washington and Northernmost Oregon: American Geophysical Union Field Trip Guidebook T106// //From: Michael P. Doukas, 1990, Road Guide to Volcanic Deposits of Mount St. Helens and Vicinity, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1859, 53p.// [|FEMA] Caroline D. Harnly, Caroline D., and David A. Tyckoson. Mount St. Helens : An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1984. Carolyn Bronstein/ C. W
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