I have family in the Tacoma-Puyallup area. They've told me about the volcano 'escape routes' and there are signs all along the main highways showing which way to go to escape it if it blows. What a joke. Those highways already have immobile traffic during rush hours. If Rainier was to blow, all their escape routes would do would be to allow a million people to die in their parked cars instead of at home.
The first blast sent scalding ash and debris 300 mph down the slope! I know what you mean. That's like telling kids when they see a flash at ground zero to " duck and cover."
