Mt. Rainier Eruption ?

[pw72]

Perhaps a lot of the towns in the river basins around Rainier have not grown as fast due to the mountain. However, people ARE still building there.

If Rainier erupts there will hopefully be warnings and many lives could be saved.

You want a real nightmare scenerio? Think about Yellowstone National Park. The whole park is basically a super volcano, that if went off, would probably bring a volcanic winter for years, and destroy most agriculture not only in the US, but the world. Now that wouldn't be pretty.

[vagabondher]

I live in South Hill. All the articles I've read where Puyallup was mentioned seemed, to me, to only refer to downtown where the river is. What kind of dangers are there for me, living on the hill? Would a lahar reach here? Ash is a given and maybe some debris, but I'm moreso worried about lahars and floods.

[frenchymd]

I'm researching a move to Puyallup, and this is one of my concerns too. Found this hazard map on Wikipedia http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ard_Map-en.svg

South Hill should be ok.

[Alyssa88]

I live above Orting and we are 875 up we ARE the evacuation route, when it happens I know my acre will be tent city, but hey what are friends or not friends for!!!!!!!