Steelhead's Mount St. Helens Expected to Blow Today

Sheriff Fuzzball Ortega relayed to Second Life Newser that their nearby dormant volcano, Mount St. Helens was expected to erupt sometime today, "maybe twice." By some errie coincidence, it's also the birthday of Tensai Hilra. There will be a party held in honor of both the birthday and the "bewm" at 7PM SL time near the mountain. The scientists (or madboys and madgirls, depending on who you ask) assure nothing will go wrong.

The mountain is at the Steelhead St Helens sim (128, 131, 38)

(In real life, Tensai Hilra's birthday on May 18th is the date the real Mount St. Helens erupted)

Steelhead Community: Mindy and the Sasquatch

The Steampunk-themed community of Steelhead is noted for it's variety of characters, from elves, to mad scientists, it's werewolf sheriff, and others. Today we look at two of the people in the roleplays there: one of the local children, Mindy, and one of the quieter but more unique residents, her friend in the woods "Mr. Sasquatch." So what does a Sasquatch do in a place more noted for it's steam engines than it's trees? We went over to ask him.

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Mt. St. Helens to Blow this Friday, Says Steelhead Scientist

Following a town meeting at Steelhead (more on that later), I met with a few of the locals, human and otherwise. One of the elvenfolk, a TotalLunar Eclipse, told me his partner Tensai Hilra planned to do a controlled explosion at the nearby Mt. St. Helens, in order to prevent or postpone a much larger eruption predicted at a later date. However, he suggested there might be alterior motivations, "I think people just want a boom."

Tensai, who was nearby, seemed to grin manically, "Yesss... something must blow up." TotalLunar commented, "It is called the 'smoking mountain' for a reason." A Rockandroll Michigan who was nearby suggested that "bewm" was a "state hobby" of the area.

Checking St. Helens for myself, it was calm and peaceful for the time being. Birds were chirping. Horses happily grazed in a nearby pen. There was no hint of what was to come later.

The controlled explosion/eruption is scheduled for this Friday at 7PM, at Steelhead St Helens. The scientists (or madboys and madgirls, depending on who you ask) assure nothing will go wrong.

They mean it, really, stop laughing.

Steelhead St Helens (128, 131, 38)

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Master Shipwright SimplyAmy Iwish

Grey Lupindo recently took a trip to the Victorian Age as she traveled to Caledon. There, she met up with an airship builder, Master Shipwright SimplyAmy Iwish. Chatting with her about these large aircraft, Grey had in store for her quite an experience.

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