Photos I Took Of St Helens

I have about a hundred more But here are a few sucked having a 5 mile TFR
today but ohh well.

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens1.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens2.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens3.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens4.jpg

"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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I have about a hundred more But here are a few sucked having a 5 mile TFR

Apparently they are having a tough time convincing people that this mountain
is dangerous.

http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/local...227503,00.html

This is not Hawaii. Explosions -- even the small ones -- on these mountains
are measured in terms of many atomic bombs detonating all at once.

Your plane would look pretty silly with a rock the size of a Volkswagen
sitting in the middle of it.

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:57:54 -0700, "C J Campbell"
wrote:


"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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I have about a hundred more But here are a few sucked having a 5 mile TFR

Apparently they are having a tough time convincing people that this mountain
is dangerous.


After reading that article and some of the peoples statements, I
think that maybe they should just open the mountain up and let
everyone that wants to get a good view just go right on up to the top.
Then when the damn thing blows, that will be just that many less
stupid people in this world we would have to deal with.

I dont know, maybe I'm just having a bad day.

Scott D.

Thanks great shots, last time it blew we got approximate 1/4 inch of dust.

Pat Thronson
Babb, MT


"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
...
I have about a hundred more But here are a few sucked having a 5 mile TFR
today but ohh well.

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens1.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens2.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens3.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens4.jpg

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
Apparently they are having a tough time convincing people that this
mountain
is dangerous.

http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/local...227503,00.html

From the link:

"Peter Frenzen, normally a scientist at the Mount St. Helens Monument,
proclaimed himself "chief evacuationer (stated) "We are making a safe and
orderly exit from this location," he said, at first with calm authority.
"There is a potential impending volcanic eruption."

So there is a "potential impending volcanic eruption"? Is that kinda like a
"near miss"? I would assume that to mean there is simply a potential for
impendingness. If there were an imminent impendingness, then I think folks
would listen.

Perhaps the following scale would help folks out there understand
more-better:

1. Vague suspicion of potential eruption
2. Potential eruption
3. Potential impending eruption
4. Imminent potential impending eruption
5. Kablowee

Y'all are still at level three. No big deal.

--
Jim Fisher

"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
Apparently they are having a tough time convincing people that this
mountain
is dangerous.


http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/local...227503,00.html

From the link:

"Peter Frenzen, normally a scientist at the Mount St. Helens Monument,
proclaimed himself "chief evacuationer (stated) "We are making a safe and
orderly exit from this location," he said, at first with calm authority.
"There is a potential impending volcanic eruption."

So there is a "potential impending volcanic eruption"? Is that kinda like
a
"near miss"? I would assume that to mean there is simply a potential
for
impendingness. If there were an imminent impendingness, then I think
folks
would listen.

Perhaps the following scale would help folks out there understand
more-better:

1. Vague suspicion of potential eruption
2. Potential eruption
3. Potential impending eruption
4. Imminent potential impending eruption
5. Kablowee

Y'all are still at level three. No big deal.

Actually, there are levels, and we are at level 3 right now. Level three is
volcanic eruption imminent or in progress.

In article ,
NW_PILOT wrote:
I have about a hundred more But here are a few sucked having a 5 mile TFR
today but ohh well.

"...AT AND BELOW 13000 FEET MSL TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO
POSSIBLE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY."

We wouldn't want to endanger the volcanic activity. Boy, they really
closed the barn door after the horse bolted.

When I asked a briefer about St Helens this morning he only had the,
"don't fly into ash, stupid," NOTAM. I told him I'd seen it from about
40 miles away and it just looked filthy and otherwise harmless. He
said in Wyoming they call that mix of snow and dirt "snirt".

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

"Ben Jackson" wrote in message
news:5m38d.409836$8_6.26683@attbi_s04...
In article ,
NW_PILOT wrote:
I have about a hundred more But here are a few sucked having a 5 mile TFR
today but ohh well.

"...AT AND BELOW 13000 FEET MSL TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO
POSSIBLE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY."

We wouldn't want to endanger the volcanic activity. Boy, they really
closed the barn door after the horse bolted.

There was a TFR in 1980, too. The TFR is not protect the volcano, it is to
protect you. Personally, I am coming around to the opinion that they should
just let anyone in there who wants to see it, including airplanes, as long
as they sign a waiver that they will not sue anyone in the event that they
run into each other or are killed by the volcano.

NW_PILOT wrote:
I have about a hundred more But here are a few sucked having a 5 mile TFR
today but ohh well.

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens1.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens2.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens3.jpg

http://www.warflying.net/helens/helens4.jpg




Nice photos, but that is not really a good place to be at this time.

Actually, there are levels, and we are at level 3 right now. Level three is
volcanic eruption imminent or in progress.

Level four they hand out marshmallows and reallllly long sticks

Tony
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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE