26 MOTORCYCLE MOJO MAY 2019
TRAVEL WASHINGTON
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The Paradisearea at MountRainier(elevation1 , 6
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m) isknown foritssnowfall.
Paradise onceheldthe world recordformeasuredsnowfall inasingleyearin19
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BothMount Rainier andMount St. Helensareranked as some of thehighest-riskvolcanoesinthe UnitedStates, alongwith twoother nearbysites, MountBaker andGlacier Peak. “Highrisk”
refers to the probabilityof catastrophic eruptionand damage to persons andproperty.C
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lthoughMount St. Helenshada majoreruptionin 198
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ativeAmerican name forMount RainierisTi’Swaq’ (“touches thesky”); M
ount St. Helensis referred by theCowlitztribe as Lawetlat’la(“the smoker”).
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Itisn’tjust asong recordedbyJohnnyCash.
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hehorseshoe- sh
apedPacific Ring of Firestretches40 ,
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0 kmfromNew Zealand northtoJapan,east toN
orth Americaandsouth tothe AndesinChileand has452
volcanoes.
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oughly 90
percentofallearthquakes occuralongthe Ring of Fire,and includes75
percentof theEarth’s activevolcanoes.