LESSON 4: Mount Rainier Now
Here are some great links to see what is going on around Mount Rainier right now. You will be leaving the learning module when you go to these sites, so you'll have to use the BACK button to get back to the lesson.
Mount
Rainier Cam - from the University of Washington's Red Square.
On a clear day you can see Mount Rainier in the background.
Puyallup
River Basin Stream Gauges - from the United States Geological
Survey.
Look at the gages above Orting on both the Puyallup and Carbon
rivers. Are they near flood level today? Be sure to look at the
graphs - as they're much more interesting than in table format.
Seismicity
Information - from the University of Washington's Geophysical
Program.
There are several things you can look at here - be sure not to
miss the "Latest Earthquakes at Mount Rainier." Was
there an earthquake today?
Tacoma
Weather - from The Weather Channel.
Here you can see what the forecast is, as well as, view Doppler
radar and satellite images.
Washington
Rivers, Warnings, Tides, etc. - from the US Army Corps of
Engineers.
The have links to stream gauges, food warnings, tide datums,
earthquakes, etc. for Washington.