NietzschesGhost

• As a very small child, I was mildly traumatized after seeing interviewed on TV the few folks who refused to evacuate and knowing afterward there was no way they could have survived. Why weren't they forced to leave?
• What caused its eruption/explosion to be so one-sided? Was that one-sidedness predicted or anticipated?
• Is Mt. St. Helens over its own "hot-spot" or does it share an area with Mt. Ranier & Mt. Hood?
• How likely is another mountain erupting in the Pacific NW during the next 25-50 years?
• What is the next, most likely place for an eruption in the lower 48 states?
• Do Vulcanologists/Seismologists have a way of measuring pressure beneath a mountain prior to obvious external indications of impending eruption? How early in the process of pressure building are seismic indicators useful?

Yes, a three or four year old child feeling shock and sadness for those who were just violently immolated is clearly the one with the problem between the two of us.