Mt. St. Helens has erupted for the first time since 1980 and we could see it from Portland, although it was rather small. I didn't personally see it, but a bunch of my co-workers climbed the stairs to the 5th floor where you could see it from the stairwell at work. Apparently they (whoever "they" is) expect to see more eruptions before it is "done" but they aren't expecting anything big.
We've been chatting about volcanoes in the hallway this afternoon, but it's kind of interesting to be near a phenomena like this. Or at least a safe distance away anyway. Neato.
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