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Does river foretell eruptions of Mount St. Helens?
After the Kalama turns white, residents say, volcano acts up
2004-Oct-25
from The Seattle Post-Intellegencer
KALAMA RIVER -- Forget the seismometers.
The global positioning systems, infrared cameras -- chuck all that new-fangled gadgetry, too.
For out here, along this wild, winding stream, the locals know something the scientists don't: Sometimes, this river speaks. And when it comes to Mount St. Helens, its waters tell the future.
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Experts Discuss Health Impacts Of Volcanic Fallout
2004-Oct-28 05:59
from KING (ch.5) Seattle
SEATTLE -- When Mount St. Helen [sic] erupted in 1980, it created a living laboratory for scientists -- notably specialists in volcanoes, affected forests, river systems, wildlife -- and human health
But health experts "looked in the wrong place. We basically missed the boat," Dr. Dorsett D. Smith said Wednesday during a discussion of volcano health effects at the 70th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians.