Yikes. Yeah, I’d evacuate if I were them. Interesting they say earthquakes had nothing to do with it.
From: UTS [mailto:uts-bounces@starmanet.com] On Behalf Of Effie in the desert Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 7:05 PM To: uts list Subject: [UTS] The earth is alive
Or at least Rattlesnake Ridge
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/watch-aerial-video-shows-rattlesnake-...
If you read the articles listed below the video you'll get more detail.
I've had email conversations with Steve Reidel. Nick couldn't answer my question so he told me to ask Steve. 😉 He is a local expert on our "Big Black Boring Rock", i.e. the basalt that covers much of Washington & Oregon.