Adrian D. Shaw wrote:

From what I have been hearing, it is not believed that this eruption will
be anything like the size of the previous one. I suspect the reason it is
getting the coverage it is, is simply because of the devastation caused
by the last eruption.

I hope so! I might be going to a conference in Portland (50 miles to the
south) soon...

Certainly a magnificent sight when I saw it in the distance behind Mount
Rainier when flying from Seattle earlier this year.

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Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.jstott.me.uk/weather/