Chino Hills saw its first use back in 1771 as land used for grazing cattle that belonged to the San Gabriel Mission until being sold to Richard Gird in 1848 after Mexico ceded it to the United States. The city began to see a population growth in the early 1920’s when both a mineral springs and a country club were both built in the city. The mineral springs were built in an area of the city known as sleep hollow otherwise known as carbon canyon. The springs became a getaway from the big city and soon saw small dwellings being built around it. In the 1960’s the springs became a constant hang out for hippies and many permanent houses were built during that time to accommodate those that would hang out there. Unfortunately today they springs are no longer open but many of the houses still remain. The Los Serranos country club was opened in 1925 which allowed members to buy small lots of land around the club on which many members would build cabanas or casitas for weekend getaways which led to future more permanent housing.…
Helens, a stratovolcano, is located in Southwestern Washington. It is ranked 5 on the explosivity index. The eruption at Mount St. Helens was triggered by an earthquake that occurred at 8:32 am on the eighteenth of May, 1980. Scientists had been monitoring seismic activity for months before the eruption. When the volcano erupted, over 230 square miles were within the direct blast of the eruption. All 230 miles were completely totaled. Hot mud, which was moving at over 90 miles per hour, which cleared away everything that was in its path. The volcano, which used to be a symmetrical cone that stood at about 9,600 feet tall, is now horseshoe shaped and only stands at 8,300 feet tall. The landscape has been permanently altered since that day. More than 200 homes were destroyed in the blast. Over 185 miles of roads and over 15 miles of railways were also destroyed. Ash was blasted out of the volcano at over 650 miles per hour. Nearly 540 million tons of that ash drifted and settled over 2,220 square miles, reaching across seven states before finally ending in Minnesota. The cost to repair all of the damage caused by the eruption cost well over 1.1 billion dollars. It is considered to be the most destructive volcano in the United…
It was one of the most deadly eruptions in America. Mt. Saint Helens height used to be 9,677 ft making it the 5th highest peak in Washington. It’s height was reduced to 1,300 ft after it exploded in 1980. Mt. Saint Helens is almost 53 km west of Mt. Adams and approximately 80 km Northeast of Vancouver, Washington.…
Beginning in the year 62 CE, violent earthquakes rocked the region, warning of volcanic activity. The eruption, beginning that fateful August morning, lasted over 24 hours. The eruption was the first one ever recorded in history. An explosion came from the mountain and fine ash fell on the…
First, we will discuss Mount St. Helens Volcano. Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States within Washington State. A stratovolcano is also known as a composite cone, which is “a large symmetrical structure that consists of alternating layers of explosively erupted cinders and ash interspersed with lava flows (Lutgens, 2012.)” Due to the cone shape of the volcano, stratovolcanoes are known for creating large explosive eruptions that can eject vast amounts of pyroclastic material. Mount St. Helens is a part of the Pacific Ocean Ring of Fire that spans across the ocean along the shorelines of continents that are located along the ocean. Within the Ring of Fire the mountain range which Mount St. Helens is a part of in the United States is called the Cascade Range. Of the 13 active volcanoes that are a part of the Cascade Range, Mount St. Helens is one of the more active volcanoes with its last major eruption occurring in May 1980 (Lutgens, 2012.)…
Mount Saint Helens, an active stratovolcano, is located in southwest Washington State. The volcano erupted on May 18th, 1980 at 8:32 a.m. The eruption was triggered by a 5.1 earthquake centered beneath the mountain (Mount). People 200 miles away later said they heard a thunderous roar (St.). Mount St. Helens was 9,677 feet high before the eruption and 8,363 after (Eruption). Because of the eruption, the largest landslide in recorded history swept down the mountain as speeds of 70 to 150 miles per hour and buried the North Fork…
An 11th century teenage skeleton found at Mount Lykaion in Greece is drawing up the perfect fantastic mystery novel, complete with Greek god Zeus, possible werewolves and a missing head suggesting sacrifice. The remains were discovered this summer, but recently announced August 10, at the site of a sanctuary dedicated to the King of Gods, Zeus, according to Live Science.…
On Sunday, May 18, 1980, at 8:32am, Mt. St. Helen’s erupted. Most people don’t realize how the eruption affected our economy. It affected Washington’s forestry / forest production, trade, transportation, topography, fisheries, and wildlife. Our Economy lost millions of dollars. Let’s see how it affected our economy.…
Helens Eruption: Washington, May 1980.” Published in Popular Mechanics on July 31,2007. Writer (Galvin, John) discusses the weeks, days and hours leading up to the eruption of Mt St Helens and the aftermath of the devastation. It goes into details about the amount of loss to the forest, the devastation to the terrain, and survivor’s accounts of how they survived. Bruce Nelson, a survivor, discusses how he was steelhead fishing when the eruption took place. Nelson, explains the overall disbelief of the event and how his girlfriend and himself survived when they fell into a hole that had been created by a tree being uprooted. The article is more of a historical account of the events. However it provides detail information on what changes have taken place in monitoring volcanoes, the devastation of volcanoes and how technology is used today to observe volcanoes for better preparation techniques…
Mount St. Helens, in Washington States, violently erupted. At 8:32 A.M. a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck about one mile below the mountain, causing the largest landslide in history. The snow and ice moved at speeds of more than 175 miles per hour and removed over 1300 feet from the summit, sweeping away almost the entire North side of the mountain. The landslide raised temperatures about 60 degrees higher than usual. There was a lot of ash that came out of the volcano when it erupted as well. The ash caused a major problem to the townspeople because it contaminated the oil systems, clogged air filters, and scratched any moving surfaces, like cars and other vehicles. Particularly small, finer ash particles caused electrical shorts in transformers. This caused town wide blackouts. Also, the elevation of the mountain dropped from 9677 feet to 8363 feet. It decreased more than 1300…
Has anyone in your family every been in a natural disaster? If you have how bad was it, do you think it was as bad as hurricane Katrina. Or was it a small disaster. In the past 4,000 years, Mt. saint Helens has erupted more than the other Cascade Range volcanoes. 3,600 years ago the Native Americans had to abandoned their hunting because of the enormous eruption that was four times as enormous as may 1980’s eruption. When it erupted in 1980 the ash rose over 80,000 feet.…
On May 18th, 1980 in the state of Washington of the United States Mount St. Helens erupted sending volcanic ash, steam, water, and debris to a height of about 60,000 feet. Fifty-seven people were either killed or went missing after the eruptions. Before the big eruption in 1980 there was minor eruptions in 1898, 1903, and 1932.…
Would you rather be by Vesuvius when it erupted or be by St Helens when it erupted?. Some people ask this question because both eruptions seemed pretty bad . For example , pompeii was covered in ash because of vesuvius. Although, there are many differences between the two volcanoes and their eruptions they also have a lot in common. These are some ways they are alike and different.…
The most recent eruptive period was in the 1980’s. Due to USGS (United States Geological Survey) geologists observations of a large bulge measuring 140m on the north face of the volcano. Using modern laser and radar technology they were able to track the movements of this bulge in order to predict when the volcano was in danger of erupting from a an observation tower 6 miles away. With this data collected the authorities were convinced to shut off the volcano to the local populations who make use of the volcano’s fertile soil for a large logging business and many recreational users who walk dogs or come to enjoy the views. As will be shown later, the shutting of the volcano saved many local thousands of tourists, workers and locals lives alone.…
Though there are many people that have summited Mount Everest, only a few have made it with the disability of Type 1 Diabetes. Two of these men are Will Cross and Sebastien Sasseville.…