All of the dome-building that went on after the 1980 big eruption didn't have earthquake activity the way we're seeing it now.

There isn't a consensus of exactly what is going on with this deep tremor. There's a lot of unanswered questions.

Something's driving this train, and I think there is a growing consensus that at least fresh gases have reached older magma that is shallow in the volcano, activating it.

I've lost a dear friend; and, the guy I depended on for so many different things, here in the lab. He's irreplaceable. I don't know where we go from here.

Cycle after cycle, like the ticks of a clock, we get closer and closer to the point where one of these mega-thrust earthquakes are going to occur like happened in Indonesia last year. You can almost look at these slip events as ticks of that clock.

At the end of the day, it's got to have effective technology, which means it has got to shave.

At no time since the pre-1980 buildup to the eruption on May 18 have we seen earthquakes like this,

Unlike soap or deodorant, which can be placed by marketing, shaving is very much performance.

The ash plume can travel, and the hazard to aviation is real, ... To individuals, it's more of an annoyance -- could be an extreme annoyance if a lot of ash comes out.

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