The Cascades run from Northern California up into British Columbia. They’re all fed by the same (very much still-active) geologic priceless.
We monitor the American volcanoes for signs of restlessness.
But in Canada...? Not so much.
We monitor the American volcanoes for signs of restlessness.
But in Canada...? Not so much.
https://twitter.com/eruptionsblog/status/1262441339372929026
I really appreciate all the amazing archival photography, videos, & reports shared on #MSH40, forty years since the last big Cascadia eruption.
But it’s a sharp reminder I live not just on unstable ground, but on young ground. I live not at the foot of mountains, but volcanoes.
But it’s a sharp reminder I live not just on unstable ground, but on young ground. I live not at the foot of mountains, but volcanoes.
On clear days, Mt Baker stands sentinel over Vancouver sunrises.
It’s quiet for now, but depending wind we live within its ashfall radius.
Baker is so close to the border that lahars (superheated mudflows) could snake down river valleys to Abbotsford: chis.nrcan.gc.ca/volcano-volcan…
It’s quiet for now, but depending wind we live within its ashfall radius.
Baker is so close to the border that lahars (superheated mudflows) could snake down river valleys to Abbotsford: chis.nrcan.gc.ca/volcano-volcan…
We don’t think about volcanoes being a Canadian problem, and we have absolutely no justification for that: chis.nrcan.gc.ca/volcano-volcan…
It’s been less than 250 years since the Tseax eruption killed 2,000 Nisga’a in northern BC.
It’s been 150 years since Lava Firk erupted.
It’s been less than 250 years since the Tseax eruption killed 2,000 Nisga’a in northern BC.
It’s been 150 years since Lava Firk erupted.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
