09-29-2004, 01:06 AM
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Please note that 4 items follow:
(1) Mt. St. Helens cam
(2) Video : KOMO 4 NEWS
(3) Energy 'Boiling Out' Of Mt. St. Helens
(4) Surah 67. The Sovereignty, Control
Translation of the Meaning of the Holy Qur'an by
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Video : KOMO 4 NEWS
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Seismic energy releases have been increasing for days,
cranking up to a level not seen since 1986, when the
volcano's last dome-building eruption occurred.
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Energy 'Boiling Out' Of Mt. St. Helens
By KOMO Staff & News Services
September 28, 2004
http://www.komotv.com/stories/33274.htm
SEATTLE - Seismic energy releases from Mount St.
Helens have been increasing for days now, cranking up
to a level not seen since 1986, when the volcano's
last dome-building eruption occurred.
"Since this morning, the energy releases have been
slowly but steadily ramping up," said Jeff Wynn, chief
scientist at the Cascade Volcano Observatory operated
by the U.S. Geological Survey in Vancouver, Wash. -
about 50 miles south of the 8,364-foot peak and 140
miles south of Seattle.
"We're furiously setting up new GPS stations all
around the place," Wynn said Monday, adding about six
to the dozen or so already there. Using Global
Positioning Satellite data, scientists can detect tiny
movements by the earth.
Swarms of small earthquakes have been recorded at the
mountain since Thursday. On Sunday, there were more
than 10 larger events, with magnitudes ranging between
2 and 2.8.
By Monday, the quakes were moderating - with
magnitudes ranging between 0.5 and 2-plus - and
occurring at a rate of one or two per minute, Wynn
said.
"Energy is just boiling out," he said.
The quakes are occurring less than a mile below the
925-foot dome of hardened lava inside the volcano's
gaping crater - created when Mount St. Helens erupted
May 18, 1980, killing 57 people, leveling hundreds of
square miles of forests, spewing mud and debris for
miles and spreading volcanic ash across the region.
Early tests of gas samples collected above the volcano
by helicopter Monday did not show unusually high
levels of carbon dioxide or sulfur.
"This tells us that we are probably not yet seeing
magma moving up in the system," said Wynn.
Scientists used a helicopter to collect gas samples
and to check for ground deformation.
They want to know whether the quakes are the result of
water seeping into the mountain or magma moving under
its crater.
In either case, scientists will continue to watch the
volcano.
Observatory scientists are working 12-hour days, he
said. "This is just a hoot to them. This is what they
live and breathe and now it's walking and talking to
them."
The USGS issued a notice of volcanic unrest on Sunday,
citing "increased likelihood of a hazardous event."
U.S. Forest Service officials closed hiking trails
above the tree line at 4,800 feet. The visitor's
center and most other trails at the Mount St. Helens
National Monument remained open.
Hiking about the tree line is by permit only and
limited to 100 people a day. This time of year,
weekday numbers tend to be low while clear weekends
draw near capacity, said U.S. Forest Service spokesman
Tom Knappenberger. The more accessible Johnston Ridge
Visitors Center draws as many as 110,000 visitors a
month in late summer, dropping to about 90,000 in
early fall.
In the event of an explosion, survey geologist Willie
Scott said concern would be focused within the crater
and on the upper flanks of the volcano. A five-mile
area, primarily north of the volcano, could receive
flows of mud and rock debris.
In October 1980, five months after the volcano's
devastating eruption, the lava dome began building in
the crater. The last dome-building eruption came six
years later, though steam explosions have periodically
rocked the dome.
Earthquake swarms in 1998 and 2001 did not result in
any surface activity.
On Monday morning, a helicopter lowered geophysicist
Michael Lisowski onto the lava dome to replace a
failed GPS instrument, Wynn said.
While the chopper was near the dome, the pilot was in
constant radio contact with geophysicist Bobbie Myers,
the observatory's aircraft manager, who during the
1980 blast learned to detect subtle changes in seismic
monitors.
"She's known to be able to predict explosive events up
to a couple of minutes ahead of time," said Wynn, who
confessed to being a nervous wreck while the device
was being swapped out.
For More Information:
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Surah 67. The Sovereignty, Control
Translation of the Meaning of the Holy Qur'an by
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/rel/islam...overeignty.html
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
1. Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion; and He
over all things hath Power;-
2. He Who created Death and Life, that He may try
which of you is best in deed: and He is the Exalted in
Might, Oft-Forgiving;-
3. He Who created the seven heavens one above another:
No want of proportion wilt thou see in the Creation of
((Allah)) Most Gracious. So turn thy vision again:
seest thou any flaw?
4. Again turn thy vision a second time: (thy) vision
will come back to thee dull and discomfited, in a
state worn out.
5. And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest
heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as)
missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have
prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.
6. For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is
the Penalty of Hell: and evil is (such), Destination.
7. When they are cast therein, they will hear the
(terrible) drawing in of its breath even as it blazes
forth,
8. Almost bursting with fury: Every time a Group is
cast therein, its Keepers will ask, "Did no Warner
come to you?"
9. They will say: "Yes indeed; a Warner did come to
us, but we rejected him and said, '(Allah) never sent
down any (Message): ye are nothing but an egregious
delusion!'"
10. They will further say: "Had we but listened or
used our intelligence, we should not (now) be among
the Companions of the Blazing Fire!"
11. They will then confess their sins: but far will be
(Forgiveness) from the Companions of the Blazing Fire!
12. As for those who fear their Lord unseen, for them
is Forgiveness and a great Reward.
13. And whether ye hide your word or publish it, He
certainly has (full) knowledge, of the secrets of
(all) hearts.
14. Should He not know,- He that created? and He is
the One that understands the finest mysteries (and) is
well-acquainted (with them).
15. It is He Who has made the earth manageable for
you, so traverse ye through its tracts and enjoy of
the Sustenance which He furnishes: but unto Him is the
Resurrection.
16. Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will
not cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it
shakes (as in an earthquake)?
17. Or do ye feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will
not send against you a violent tornado (with showers
of stones), so that ye shall know how (terrible) was
My warning?
18. But indeed men before them rejected (My warning):
then how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)?
19. Do they not observe the birds above them,
spreading their wings and folding them in? None can
uphold them except ((Allah)) Most Gracious: Truly
((Allah)) Most Gracious: Truly it is He that watches
over all things.
20. Nay, who is there that can help you, (even as) an
army, besides ((Allah)) Most Merciful? In nothing but
delusion are the Unbelievers.
21. Or who is there that can provide you with
Sustenance if He were to withhold His provision? Nay,
they obstinately persist in insolent impiety and
flight (from the Truth).
22. Is then one who walks headlong, with his face
grovelling, better guided,- or one who walks evenly on
a Straight Way?
23. Say: "It is He Who has created you (and made you
grow), and made for you the faculties of hearing,
seeing, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is
ye give.
24. Say: "It is He Who has multiplied you through the
earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered together."
25. They ask: When will this promise be (fulfilled)? -
If ye are telling the truth.
26. Say: "As to the knowledge of the time, it is with
Allah alone: I am (sent) only to warn plainly in
public."
27. At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved
will be the faces of the Unbelievers, and it will be
said (to them): "This is (the promise fulfilled),
which ye were calling for!"
28. Say: "See ye?- If Allah were to destroy me, and
those with me, or if He bestows His Mercy on us,- yet
who can deliver the Unbelievers from a grievous
Penalty?"
29. Say: "He is ((Allah)) Most Gracious: We have
believed in Him, and on Him have we put our trust: So,
soon will ye know which (of us) it is that is in
manifest error."
30. Say: "See ye?- If your stream be some morning lost
(in the underground earth), who then can supply you
with clear-flowing water?"
