CWU's Nick Zentner presents 'Mount Rainier's Osceola Mudflow' - the 19th talk in his ongoing Downtown Geology Lecture Series. Recorded at Hal Holmes Center on February 15, 2017 in Ellensburg, Washington, USA. www.nickzentner.com
I retire from the Army this year and was unsure of what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to go back to school but didn't know what I wanted to study... until now. Because of you Sir, I want to study Geology. You are excellent at presenting the information that keeps people interested. Thank you!
Right ba humbug history, and here im am at uh a wiser me . And I play in mud ain't afraid to get my hands/ finger nail dirty and Lord sound look and speak like my momma of couse I write like after yrs off Forging her name on school papers ect yep one of those brats lol saved me from plenty a ass whipping.....
Great documentary, excellent teacher. He used many techniques, video, story, humour, other speakers and honouring others in the field. Hard not to like him.
I wish Nick had some more video lectures on here! IF my teachers in my basic education were delivering the information in a fun presentation as Nick does, it would have been a LOT more interesting! Not only more interesting, but I would have been more apt to learn!
My wife and I flew over Mt St. Helens in September 1980, 4 months after the eruption. Every stick of lumber was laid over like a million toothpicks, away from the blast wave, for miles around, and Spirit Lake was a log filled muddy patch.
I can't get over thinking Nick as Al Bundy with a geology degree. Peg! There was a mudflow right here 10 million years ago, about the last time you cooked a good meal!
I want to thank you so much for having all of your lectures here on You Tube. I have been very interested in geology since the age of twelve (Jules Verne got me hooked with Journey to the Centre of the Earth and his vivid description of the eruption of the Mysterious Island's volcano). You have provided me a way to learn more of the fascinating rocks of our planet.
u know there is a inner earth so that flick was like geology 101 for u. and this would be a like 102 and that movie became your prerequisite. lol. cool
That gentleman can really give a lecture. Never seen him interviewed or talked about....very knowledgeable. His lectures are always very interesting. Wished I had teachers like him back in high school.
I lived in Sumner, WA for four years in the mid-1980's. Sumner is built on a mud flow. I managed an apartment complex while there. I could see Mt Rainier out my front window. When a bus went past, my whole building shook noticeably because we were on wet mud. Crazy place to build.
I'm from the UK and just love these lectures, with every one I learn something new. Wish I'd had a teacher like you when I was at school as I now find myself fascinated by Geology. Please keep the videos coming.
It is just absolutely incredible to have anything flowing 600 ft deep flowing from a volcanic mudflow! Albeit, it isn't not too terribly difficult to understand why it was that deep, but that doesn't make it any less incredible! Also, thanks for all the lectures you do, I will go back and re-watch these because there's so much to learn and I guess you know the content is good when you want to go back and watch it multiple times- whether it be two consecutive days or every few months, etc. I definitely hope you guys can you doing these and read new episodes when new research comes out like you have done and so on. This is one of my favorite series on RU-vid 😊
I've learned so much from these! I don't even know where I found them first but I listen to them right before bed and it's awesome. Thanks for making these!
I had a teacher like him while was in Junior College 40+ years ago. He was the best teacher I ever had, and I will never forget him. And, because of him, Minnesota Geography was the best class I ever had, and this video makes me feel like I am reliving that class again today.
I really enjoy watching your presentations. I hope the people of the Pacific Northwest know how lucky they are to have a man like you (and all the others Rocky to you) watching over their geologic happenings, for lack of a better word. I see and feel your passion and at 61 it's renewed my passion to learn how our environment past present and future was, is and will be (kinda). Keep up the good work you're a fantastic teacher
Love these videos; very informative. 76 years old? I would have thought no more that 56 years old? Great genetics?! Please continue to make these videos❤️
Thank you Nick Zentner, you are really helping me teach my third graders about our Amazing Region!!!! The LOVED the video of Dry Falls!!!!! Especially your little RV!!!!
I have always had an interest in Geology and thought about being a Geologist at one time. I was always looking for rocks for my collection, so I always walked around looking down. Then I found out that Geologist don't hunt for rocks per say, so I pursued a different career path, but Geology still fascinates me. Very interesting history of volcanic activity in the Northwest.
The time frame of the mountains is very interesting. I thought I was feeling old. I was in the geology club 40 years ago in Illinois. What a great time watching this class! Thank you.
Nick my husband's name is Jerry. I lived in Enumclaw in the Osceola area from 1955 until 1967 when he was transferred to Kent when Boeing built a plant in the valley. Until you talked about our mountain,s last blow. I didn't know about this until your lecture.
Thank you for an excellent presentation of the mud flows into the area from Mt. Rainier. I remember 25 yrs ago reading about the ancient logs found in the Orting and Puyallup valleys. I did not realize the immensity of these flows. Again, thanks for another excellent presentation.
All I have been doing lately is learning about Mt. Rainier’s activity, history, and geology. I’m regretting not getting my bachelors in the sciences again. Thanks for making science accessible and engaging!
I grew up on Bainbridge island. I grew up as a commercial salmon fisherman. My dad taught me how to run a boat and make money catching fish. I am now working building solar panels, currently in north Carolina. These videos make me feel at home. As a Washington fisherman, I learned to respect the land. Being away from home.... I can say I like experiencing new beauty, but there is nothing quite like Washington beauty. And because of these videos I can actually understand why.
Right. I am a biologist, sitting in central europe, and I still watch these (it´s my third of these lectures now), because its just so interesting. And I learn a lot about geology and scientific reasoning and thinking, even if I never even saw the US Northwest.
Gosh I'm loving these lectures! Nick, you're a fantastic lecturer! Makes me want to learn more! Also wish we had more interesting geology in Australia... I know we've got very old rocks and stromatolites but nothing as exciting as active volcanoes, glacial lake dam breaks, fault lines and such. Please keep sharing these with us Nick!
Sir, you are a teacher's teacher. How I wished you had been my Geology teacher. Your style, passion, enthusiasm and knowledge is impressive ......i will watch this lecture several more times.....I look forward to your other videos.
I feel like the st Helens eruption was a blip on the radar. in hindsight, it is more of a treat than anything that it happened in our lifetime. We may never see another eruption like that again in the cascades for a while. Also not only are they so beautiful, provide habitats and places for snowboarding, it gives you granite when its all said and done
I have watched your videos for about a year. I'm a geology buff. Somehow I've never seen this particular video about the the mud flows coming off of Ranier. Really well explained and visualized.
I am captivated by natural beauty of Washington. I'm from NC and I've visited twice! Wish I could live near all the amazing geology! Thanks for the lectures!
Beautiful pics of Rainier National Park. Wish the weather had been better the week I was out there. And Nick is a great teacher. What an education in geology and volcanology. This is the reason video and the internet were invented.
Love this guy and his lectures - bringing enthusiasm and passion back into geology and science. I don't even live in Washington, just tuning in for my own curiosity and quest for knowledge.
All of your lectures are mesmerizing. This is one of my favorites. It would be great to catch one of your presentations someday when I can schedule vacation time. You may well be the John Madden of Geologic Science.
You rock Nick, no pun intended! I have watched many of your lectures and like most viewers, I find your teaching style and information to be so freaking interesting and entertaining . I hope CSU values you as much as your audience does. I admire and respect your contribution to both teaching and geology! Rock on my friend! 😎
The White River canyon that forms the Pierce/King county line today that starts at Buckley and ends at the Game farm park in Auburn has several visible Osceola deposits. I grew up in Bonney Lake right by the canyon.
Nick your presentations are WORLD CLASS. The way you create interest in every sentence is priceless. Great job. I look forward to recording you in a future presentation. I will be in touch. Thank You!
Outstanding Lecture by most outstanding Lecturer. Value ++. No filers, straight to the information with many easily followed connections. Yes with some comedic bonding, loved it.
I find this and all of your lectures I’ve viewed so far incredibly fascinating! I swear I got into the wrong field! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your magnetic personality with us.
I've been reading about geology and the pacific northwest for about 20 years, and it makes so much more sense now, finally. Of course, now that it makes so much more sense, it also makes me realize just how dangerous it all is. And that it WILL happen ...
Yet another fabulous lecture!!! In my wildest imagination, I can't fathom that ANYONE would get - as you put it - "impatient" with the pace of your presentations. Not possible!! I used to live in Wenatchee, so each one of your videos is like 'going home' and appreciated more than I can say. Can't wait to watch them all. Thank You!!!! Love the PNW!!!!!
One day we will loose this great man. I hope not in the near future. He loved his career and his students and the world loves his lectures. Thank you for still showing them on the internet. I can never get enough of him talking about our earth. Yes I was a rock picker. Only if I knew he was teaching this in my younger days I would have moved to attend his classes. I did end up working in the worlds largest lead smelter. But my heart was with my hands in the dirt picking but had no clue what all I held in my hands. Yap I found diamonds.
I'm in western Wisconsin but have been to Seattle a few times and I never get over Mt Ranier's incredible beauty. This coming from someone in awe of the Driftless region that surrounds me. See more on RU-vid @ Mysteries of the Driftless.
Another one of your excellent videos describing the amazing geology landscape in your area and even though I live in Australia I enjoy so much to watch your very informative lectures. I would be amazed if anybody fell asleep in your lecture hall during your discussions. You are an excellent teacher and lecturer. Thank you again.
Such an enjoyable relief to get a solid and steady presentation like this, instead of the usual overly-dramatic disaster tripe that the networks push out as "educational material". You should think about doing some documentaries.
lilRecon09 I am enjoying these videos. I've had a couple of excellent instructors in my life (geography and lasers). Thing is, I also have memories relating to St Helens from 1980, as I have friends who live in Vancouver WA? But my sister in law was talking to her folks on the phone while that was going on and she teased him about the ash. He poo-poohed her comments until he went to pick up the evening paper from his doorstep and had a modest layer of ash there and on the front walk. They lived in Bozeman MT. That's a goodly distance away. Addendum: my mother waszan avid rockhound, and during the 2 years we lived in Butte, she checked out lots if books from Montana School of Mines (now Monrana Tech), back in the 1950s. We grew up learning geology over dinner and on weekends.
well a. he is a very good teacher .. when I was doing computational math/computing .. the lecturer actually started as a high school math teacher .. but he ended up having an equation in the subject named after him .. and yes Dr Noye was brilliant
What a sight it will be when another giant eruption comea to WA. Each time I think I feel the ground shake in Seattle I think about first the fault offshore, the to Ranier. The area thinks it is prepared, but like St Helens in the early 80s,it will give the State and the country a black eye. Could you imagine a lateral blast toward Tacoma?
This was an amazing lecture! Thank you very much! I love Cascade peaks. One of the most beautiful volcanoes in the world. I did not had a chance to see any of these magnificent peaks. I hope i will one day. My country is far from any tectonic activity. And last ice age glassiers made sure that the horizon here would be almost as flat as a table. Although, I had some luck to see some of the Mexico's volcanic peaks. Such as Pico the orizaba, Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl, many small cones and Nevado de Toluca, which I climbed. It seems that it might have experienced an event, similar to Mount St. Helen's. It had lost it's peak and have a big caldera-like crater with lava dome in the middle and two lakes. I also noticed huge ash and what it seems a lahar deposits in the surrounding areas. Countryside roads are cut deep in these deposits exposing some layers of past eruptions. I wonder how it have looked before it lost it's peak.
Nick thanx again from Idaho...ive been teaching myself geology of my area...and your Lectures have been an intregal part of understanding Idaho by its relation to Wa. I was pleasantly suprised to see and Now "this week" able to watch all your recent uploads...Much Appreciation! For doing such a great job in Assembling and communicating the Info!
If I had you as a Professor in college I would have turned out to be a Geologist. I live in the Tri-Cities, my Grandfather taught me about the ice age floods when I was young and I have always had a thirst for geology. I stumbled upon your RU-vid lectures and have watched every single one I could find. I turned my Dad onto your videos as well and about half the time I see him on his laptop he is watching your videos. Your work is much appreciated Sir! Very enriching information and a very captivating delivery. Thank you Mr. Zentner.
@@BlGGESTBROTHER Personally, I say that if a person wants to hike a volcano, let him/her do it. Living dangerously can add adventure, color, and excitement to one's life. But always, no matter what, take the necessary safety precautions - no fooling around just to recreate a meme!
Awesome lecture and teacher! I'm very interested in geology and your videos gives easy to understand knowledge on this field. Many thanks from Brazil! 😃
Hey Nick! I really enjoy your lectures! Geology has always fascinated me, and I never pass up the opportunity to learn more about things that interest me, especially if it's free. Not only are your lectures informative, they're also fun, an important combination! Keep up the excellent work, Nick!! William in SF
I thoroughly enjoy your presentations! I would love to be a student in a class taught by you. Thank you for your wonderful. Programs. Please do more. My parents grew up in Yakima. I want to know more about the cascades.
I second other opinions here. The man knows what he’s talking about and can make it interesting and entertaining. Wish I had had instructors like him in school. Can you imagine how much more interesting high school and college would have been and how much more we might have learned if more teachers were like him???
Nick isn’t a calculus teacher. I tutor folks in calculus, and I *guarantee* my work. If you don’t end up being able to absolutely master it, you don’t pay. But it’s intensive one-on-one interaction; unless you’re in SoCal, I can’t help you.
@@elizabethjansen2684 Ah...well, I'm not sure Nick has an equivalent, in calculus or elsewhere. Anyhow, in my experience, folks who have a tough time with calculus haven't mastered analytical geometry. Go back and lock that in, and calculus is a breeze. Truth be told, for me the key was taking it with physics. By itself, calculus wasn't making sense. But physics gave it some real-world context, and showed how it's actually useful. 😎
56:54 wow, that was a lot of mud and pyroclastic material dumped into Puget sound, and Tacoma sits right on it, a potential target for another Oseola slide
When I was going through college, I was taught that for Mt. Rainier you didn't necessarily need to have an eruption in order to generate a lahar, you could get a lahar if you had magma move close enough to the surface that the glaciers melt and the meltwater mix with old deposits.
Thanks for another great lecture Nick. I watched the Tsunami vid a few weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it also. CWU students are lucky to have such a great teacher. Keep up the fine work.
