Mount Rainier ERUPTION as 45,000 in DANGER of Cataclysmic Failure

Mount Rainier isn't dangerous because it might erupt. It's dangerous because it might not have to. Towering over the valleys south of Seattle, the most glaciated peak in the lower 48 holds nearly a cubic mile of ice — and that ice is the threat. Geologists fear a lahar: a wall of mud, rock, and meltwater that moves like wet concrete with a mountain's weight behind it, fast enough to outrun a car and deep enough to bury a town. More than 60 have come off Rainier in the last 10,000 years. The Electron Mudflow, just 500 years ago, came down with no eruption at all — and the town of Orting now has as little as 50 minutes of warning. That's why 45,000 schoolchildren rehearse running uphill every single year, and why one town has spent decades fighting to build a bridge meant to outrun a mountain. This is the story of that mountain, those 50 minutes, and the children racing a clock that may never start — or may start this afternoon. #MountRainier, #Lahar, #NaturalDisaster, #Volcano, #Geology, #Orting, #PacificNorthwest, #USGS, #DisasterPrep, #CascadeRange, #Washington, #sciencedocumentary Chapters: 00:00 Why Thousands of Children Practice Escaping This Mountain 00:34 America's Most Dangerous Volcano 01:14 The Killer Threat Nobody Talks About 02:25 When Mount Rainier Destroyed Everything 03:15 The Disaster That Could Happen Again Tomorrow 03:43 No Eruption. No Warning. No Escape? 04:51 The Town With Just 50 Minutes to Survive 05:51 Inside America's Largest Volcano Drill 06:55 The One Obstacle That Could Cost Lives 07:13 The Bridge Built to Save Children 08:05 The Terrifying Odds Scientists Calculate 08:49 Living in the Shadow of Disaster 09:21 The Mountain Is Still Waiting