Dante's Peak Page #2

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This is a smoky

quartz crystal.

I had one just like it

when I was your age.

Very lucky.

Do you know

about this stuff?

Just a little bit.

Dr. Dalton's a geologist.

Volcanologist, actually.

You mean like Dr. Spock?

Mr. Spock.

Kind of, but without the ears, you know?

Mom, drop me off

at Grandma's.

Yeah, me too.

You're not

tagging along.

Stop fighting. No!

No one's going.

Dr. Dalton has been

patient enough.

It's okay to drop the kids off

at your mother's. I don't mind.

She's not my mother.

She's my mother-in-law.

Or my ex-mother-in-law.

My, my.

This is beautiful.

Grandma!

Grandma!

Well, look who's here.

Hi, ace. How are you?

Good.

Keeping out of trouble?

Yeah.

Lauren, my ladybug.

Hello, Ruth.

Hi, Rachel.

Come on, Rough.

Are you Rachel's boyfriend?

No, Harry Dalton. United

States Geological Survey.

Just up here to check

on your mountain.

Bunch of you people came up here right

after Mount Saint Helens went nuts.

There was nothing

going on then.

There's nothing

going on now.

I need to take Dr. Dalton

up to the high lake

and wondered if the kids

could stay here.

Sure. But why don't we

all go? We can go swimming.

Mess around in the hot

springs on the way back?

We've our swim stuff.

I'll get mine.

Come on, Roughy,

come on.

Come on, girl, come on.

Okay, Roughy, come on.

What are you doing there?

Checking the acidity

in the water.

Like a pool man.

Yeah, exactly.

Just like a pool man.

We'll take these

pH readings

and check them against the ones

that we did about 15 years ago.

Where? From here?

And on Mount Saint Helens.

Those trees over there.

Any idea when they died?

No. Maybe from

the winter storms.

Why? You think

we've got a problem?

No. I don't think so.

I do about 25 to 30

of these a year.

Ninety-eight percent of the

time they're just false alarms.

And the other

two percent?

You wouldn't have to worry

about moving up on that

"best places to live" list.

Come on, girl.

You guys be careful.

Watch out for poison oak when

you put your swimsuits on.

They'll be fine.

Hey, wait up!

A man who stares at a rock

must have a lot on his mind.

Or nothing.

These old rocks here will give us some

idea of when this area was last active.

When was that?

About 7,000 years ago.

Give us a smile.

Beautiful.

Take it easy now, okay?

Don't touch it.

Roughy, no. Stop.

What?

What is it?

We found two

dead squirrels, Mom.

That's what this fuss

was all about?

Don't touch them.

It must be some sort of

squirrel epidemic.

They're dropping like that

all over the mountain.

Come on, let's go.

It stinks. I don't know if

I want to go in.

It smells like your room.

You go in there.

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