Mt. St. Helens Erupting Again

Here's the latest webcam from the Johnston Ridge Observatory located five miles from the mountain. Fox News is reporting a minor eruption at the volcano, which has been actively spewing steam and some ash since October 11, 2004.

As they say in the business: developing.

HT: Anonymous emailer.

UPDATE:
There hasn't been much in the way of seismic activity in the area, which differs from past eruptions. Here's what has been happening inside the rim since October 2004. Here's a photo I took of Mt. St. Helens (June 2005):



Here's a photo that gives you some idea of the sizes involved.

UPDATE:
Via wiki:

On October 22, 2006, at 3:13 p.m. PST, there was a magnitude 3.5 earthquake that broke loose Spine 7. There was a collapse and avalanche of the lava dome that sent an ash plume 2,000 feet over the western rim of the crater; the ash plume then rapidly dissipated.

That explains the minor eruption reports.


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