We live in Bellevue (a city right next to Seattle), and our science teacher is obsessed about it, and gets up at 5 a.m. every day to see what the news is on it. She says that there's a bulge that's risen 4 cm in 24 hours (That is EXTREMELY significant because most movement like that is 1-4 cm a YEAR), and is going to blow any time now. The bulge is the result of magma pushing up on it. I can't wait to see what happens! Also, the eruption in '80 only killed 57 people that were stupid enough to stay next to the mountain when it was going to blow. It wasn't like it was dangerous or anything, but cities and towns next to it withing about 100 miles got covered with blankets of ash. I'm a Boy Scout, and we were planning to take a hike to the summit of Mt. St. Helens this weekend, but we've had to relocate the trip because of the current volcanic activity. It kinda sucks because I was looking foward to it, but at the same time it's awesome that we'll be able to witness the mountain erupt right from our own homes.