How do you get necessary information about a current eruption, if
the homepage is overloaded or turned off because of the number of
requests? I'm assuming this is the scenario because presently the CVO is
turned off, while Mount St. Helens has been active lately.
Anonymous
Dear Reader,
You raise some interesting points. It is true that if the computer
server is overloaded by requests that access may be denied. I don't know
if your assumption about the CVO homepage is valid. We provided similar
activity about the gradual increase in seismicity at Mount St. Helens
and the significance of this activity. This has been a gradual increase
and does not warrant any alarm by local residents. The CVO homepage is
turned off because of the government wide shutdown (starting November 14,
1995, all government computers were ordered to be turned off). I'm sure
that they are happy you noticed. If activity at a Cascade volcano did
increase other sources of information (TV, radio, newspaper) would also
be available.
Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota
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