Mount St. Helens shows signs of Volcanic unrest

The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network:

Seismic activity at Mount St. Helens has changed significantly during the past 24 hours and the changes make us believe that there is an increased likelihood of a hazardous event, which warrants release of this Notice of Volcanic Unrest. The swarm of very small, shallow earthquakes (less than Magnitude 1) that began on the morning of 23 September peaked about mid-day on 24 September and slowly declined through yesterday morning. However, since then the character of the swarm has changed to include more than ten larger earthquakes (Magnitude 2-2.8), the most in a 24-hr period since the eruption of October 1986.

I take volcano's very seriously having lived through two of them now (the 1980 St. Helens eruption and the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption). Happily, I am far enought away from Mt. St. Helens that even another major eruption is unlikely to do more than give us a nice coating of volcanic ash.