Gesundheit

For the first time in 18 years, Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted today, sending a plume of ash and steam thousands of feet into the sky. The eruption was short lived and probably won't be the last:

Jeff Wynn, a scientist with the United States Geological Survey called the eruption a "throat-clearing."

"It's dead — bone-still right now," he said. "There's nothing happening at this stage, so this may have been a single event. But the history of the volcano suggests it could be an opening salvo and we'll see more events like this."

You can read about it here.