Double-A wrote:
FLOOD WARNING for CALIFORNIA

In the state where they used to say, "It never rains," continuing
torrential downpours have put almost the entire area between San
Franciso and Los Angeles on Flood Alert! Residents of the San Joaquin
Valley beware! South Bay, CA has boulders lying on coastal roadways,
washed down by the storms.

This may be the most rain they've had in California since the days of
Noah! Speaking of Noah, ... er ... NOAA, here are the official
warnings:

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ca/flood.html

Here in paradise its over 60 for the first time this year! I guess
that means that spring is finally here.
What's up with Mt. St. Helens?
Any predictions on when it will blow ...
Do people have 'pools' betting on it?

March 2006
via Daily Update, March 2, 2006: The new dome?s summit altitude
currently is about 7,550 feet, towering about 400 feet above the 1980s
dome as seen from the U.S. Forest Service?s Coldwater visitor center.
But that?s still below the 7,770-foot altitude reached last July,
before collapse of a previous spine, and well below the crater rim,
which is mostly above 8,100 feet except at Shoestring Notch or
northward where the crater opens outward toward the roadheads.

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/...imensions.html


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The following link is just too *tantalizing* to let slip by, Double-A.

It is unquestionably, a 'Non sequitur '. Regardless ... "use it or
loose it".

"Loyal" donkeys better than wives, says textbook ...
See http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060404/...india_books_dc

Cordially,

RL