ALERT REQUEST any Members Live near Mt Baker USA?

If you live near Mt Baker, or know anyone who does, ESPECIALLY if they have access to or know someone who flies, has a Plane, Chopper please please check something out.

In response to an apparent unconfirmed "Melt" on top of Mt Baker an Volcano in the Cascades Region, which is worrying as it has a LARGE amount of Ice and snow there, close to major population centres.

Now as Mt baker holds more glacial and Snow deposits than the entire Cascade range of volcanoes combined on its own, if such a melt is occurring, and increases it is important for us to know.

Luckily Mt Baker is the most remote of all Volcanoes in the Cascades, SO DON'T WORRY, and REMEMBER THIS IS A REPORT FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY AND WORD OF MOUTH!

The Towns nearby with members, or people friends who may be able to investigate this are as follows:

The Mt. Baker Foothills area covers the eastern part of Whatcom County, in Washington State.
The towns and communities of
Nugents Corner,
Acme,
Deming,
Everson,
Glacier,
Kendall,
Maple Falls,
Nooksack,
Nugents Corner,
Sumas, and
Van Zandt are all a part of the 'Foothills' area.

Mt Baker Chamber

The Closest Major city is Seattle, where the Mountain can be seen from.

We need to confirm if in-fact this is happening now!

THIS IS ONLY SECOND HAND UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION AT PRESENT

However let's find out sharpish if in-fact this is so!

The information states that

I'll tell you one thing though - if you get a chopper and fly over that Mt, there WILL be a bald spot on once side

Source

However this Live Webcam shows this side is normal, though I have no idea which side this is from? anyone?

Mt Baker Webcam

The Thread can be found here, please read and if in the area confirm or not this information!

Impending Earthquake/Volcanic Activity-California Area

Hopefully we can with the wide membership of ATS and readers confirm if this report is correct and is so get the word out!

Kind Regards,

Elf.

100% pure bullplop.

If there was anything unusual going on at Mt Baker it would be all over the local news.

Hmmm.

I read something yesterday about Mt. Baker on the earthquake thread but it was debunked.

I hope someone in the area can confirm this report or let us know if it is in error.

Funny that the report is out of another country.

CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY WEEKLY UPDATE Friday, December 12, 2008 10:07 PST (Friday, December 12, 2008 18:07 UTC) Cascade Range Volcanoes Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL Aviation Color Code: GREEN Activity Update: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range are at normal levels of background seismicity. These include Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams in Washington State; Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Newberry Volcano, and Crater Lake, in Oregon; and Medicine Lake volcano, Mount Shasta, and Lassen Peak in northern California. Mount St. Helens has been at Volcano Alert Level NORMAL (Aviation Color Code GREEN) since July 10, 2008, a change assigned 5-6 months after the late January cessation of its 2004-2008 eruption. Recent Observations: All Cascade volcanoes remain seismically very quiet. Mount St. Helens continues to receive close attention despite its NORMAL alert status. A major winter storm is expected this weekend in the Northwest, and high winds could produce some seismic noise. The U.S. Geological Survey and University of Washington continue to monitor these volcanoes closely and will issue additional updates and changes in alert level as warranted. For additional information, background, images, and other graphics: vulcan.wr.usgs.gov... For seismic information on Oregon and Washington volcanoes: www.pnsn.org... For seismic information on California volcanoes: earthquakes.usgs.gov... For a definition of alert levels: vulcan.wr.usgs.gov... For a webcam view of Mount St. Helens: www.fs.fed.us... Telephone recordings with the latest update on Mount St. Helens and phone contacts for additional information can be heard by calling: (360) 891-5180.

volcano.wr.usgs.gov...

There is a thread about some members dad who is a specialist was called in by the USGS on a top secret mission and his dad is at mt baker.

I think if this volcano were "waking up," we would see some seismic activity:




The area looks pretty dead to me.

According to the official USGS website everything is normal at Mt. Baker. That assumes they're telling the whole story.

volcano.wr.usgs.gov...

Maybe someone can pull up a view on google earth.

I live not far from Mt Baker and can say that the only way to see the entire MT would be ariel.

There is numerous hot springs and vents all over the MT. There has been warnings for as long as I can remember of a long overdue eruption.

The land between Mt Baker to the west, south west all the way to Puget Sound is an ancient Lahar zone (mud flow) from previous eruptions and very populated.

There is also numerous lakes that have dramaticaly decreased in size or turned into swampy land over the last few decades as well as many "warm water" lakes and ponds.

I have hiked, hunted and prospected the area between Granite Falls up thru Barlow Pass all the way to the north of MT Baker and can say it is a very geo thermally active area with lots of sulfer vents and hot springs.



[edit on 14-12-2008 by deepred]

I live in Seattle and I can tell you there are armies of geologists and seismologists all over the Cascades 24/7

trust me if anything at all goes on with the mountain they'll be the first to know and they'll tell everybody

SRSLY

reply to post by deepred


Well get on it, find out whats going on with the Mountain, ask around. I got family in B.C. and some mountains are supposed to be erupting.

You may actually be right, check this link out www.mbvo.wwu.edu...
They have just created a recent eruptions page on the official Mt. Baker Volcanic Study Page. Looks like there has been some activity going on too bad it doesn't give it a date like the others. This site is pretty new hence their Data page isn't even finished yet.

Also just because it isn't currently active or hasn't had any seismic activity for over 2 weeks doesn't mean anything. There was about a month between an earthquake and the one that triggered Mt. St. Helens Eruption.



[edit on 14-12-2008 by asmall89]

reply to post by asmall89


Thanks for the link.

Found some interesting (although very dry) reports and abstracts.

I may make a trip out that way soon just for fun.

This link might help looking at the that volcano from above (zoomable satellite view), in case its not cloudy right now:
www.flashearth.com...
The nasa pics get updated daily

Its located at 48° 46' 52" N / 121° 32' 51" W

Kay

[edit on 15-12-2008 by Kay_S]

I live in Whatcom county, (I have a view of baker from my house), and I haven't noticed anything strange, or have heard anything.

I attend western, and I'll ask around in the future.

I was actually just taking pictures of it this afternoon with my telephoto lens (so north side of mountain) from Canada (I was facing south), I didn't notice anything funny on my photos.

I've put the word out on another EQ-related forum I frequent. Hopefully someone there has some local information or contacts.

reply to post by MischeviousElf


Regardless of if it is active or an imminent eruption is present or not. I personally appreciate the fact that you would be so kind as to offer a warning or heads up call. You did not state it was factual and said it was third party info, so I consider what you have done as a global community service. Thanks for the heads up and please do not hesitate to tell us anything like this you should ever hear. Our government does have this small habit of not telling us the truth or hiding pertinent information from us, so I for one really appreciate your concern although I live almost 2500 miles to the east of there.

Thanks again for your concern.

I haven't seen webbot around here lately looks like his took his shamed ass and ran for the hills before he's lynched for calculating a load of BS. Anywho mount Baker.... mount Baker..... I predict no eruption happening at all through 2008 - 2009. Now I'll apologies if I'm wrong but we all know I'm right.

I'm in seattle.
haven't heard anything.
but the seahawks won today, so I guess anything is possible.....

Actually the closest MAJOR city to Mount Baker
is actually Vancouver BC Canada and from my house
in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada I'm about an hour
and a half drive from it and can see it very clearly
on a clear day and in the morning of Saturday,
December 13, 2008, I saw NOTHING unusual!

There is definitely LOTS of snow on Baker but it looks like
it's normal shape and I see no steam rising out of it
so it looks normal to me in terms of NO OBVIOUS volcanic
activity!

If it's clear enough on Monday to see it from my house,
I'll post a high resolution photo of it on ATS.