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Mt. St. Helens gave warnings that went on for months: tremors, puffs of steam, ash, landslides and minor eruptions. It was a great topic of conversation and comedy. Somehow that gorgeous conic mountain we lived with wasn't really going to explode. The fifty-four people who died up there didn't believe it would blow while THEY were there. (Afterward the rest of us wore dust masks and dusted ash off early blooming roses.)

Thanks for your observation.

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Michaelrupp - I have the same question. Have contacted NW Natural periodically but never gotten a clear answer. I don't know if emergency management planners have addressed the issue or if it is presently being studied. 

Maybe someone will kindly post more info.

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I've been concerned since the mild quake of 92 shook my hillside. Have been trying to get information from NW Natural in particular about fire hazards from natural gas pipelines and standing pilot lights. 

In a quake, will NW Natural cut all gas service instantly??? Can they???

As I understand it, the damage in the "great San Francisco earthquake" was primarily from fire from gas lines.

We are a region of wooden houses and commercial buildings. They might well stand through a quake...but begin burning immediately.

I can't listen live today, but hope you will address this question. Haven't been able to get an answer since '92.

Thanks.  

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And why has this not been clearly addressed by the "Columbia Crossing"

advocates??????

Thousands of us live downstream from this big new fast bridge. 

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