European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stalagmites form varied shapes a Venus do Milo form is suggested at Center. Giant fish is most famous of drawings which May Date Back 25,000 years. Shasta forecast shrugged of by Jim Allen associated press Alifornia s mount Shasta sister Volcano to mount is. Helens in Washington is bound to Crupl sooner or later. You can bet on it says geologist c. Dan Miller. So what say most area residents. Future eruptions of mount Shasta arc certain to occur eventually and can be neither prevented nor stopped Miller wrote in 1978 in a . Geological Survey preliminary report on the eruptive potential of the Large and Beautiful volcanic Mountain about 250 Miles North of san Francisco in California s Section of the Cascade Range. Since the massive eruptions of mount St. Helens Miller has become even More confident of his pre diction and will publish it soon in the Agency s formal report on mount Shasta which rises 14,161 feet in some of the West s most Scenic territory. But to the several thousand residents of Weed Mccloud mount Shasta City and Dunsmuir located on or near the flank of the towering Peak there s Little concern Over Miller s study which maintains the communities could be destroyed by an eruption. We Don t seem to be Loo worried Here said Joyce Reed a 23-year resident of the area. Most people think it s just there and Don t think about it blowing  mrs. Reed s comment was typical of several residents asked recently about living in the Shadow of a potential killer Volcano. One reason for the apparent apathy is Tinc. Miller said he is convinced the Mountain will blow eventually but it could be tomorrow or a million tomorrows. I would t be concerned about living there either As Long As there were no signs of activity Miller said from his office in Denver. I love the area. It s a neat place. The fact that mount Shasta will erupt in the future is not necessarily a reason for  the Volcano Miller s study said has erupted at least once each 800 years or so for the past 10.000 years and about once each 600 years during the past 4,500 years. Mount Shasta last erupted about 200 years ago Miller found. That s not even a once in a Century occurrence but there is reason not to discount Miller s prediction. He used the same methodology in his study As that of two government scientists who accurately predicted also in 1978, that mount St. Helens would erupt before the year 2000. "1 think mount St. Helens has added Validity to the Shasta study. The Volcano lived up to its forecast Miller said. Dorothy Palfini who Sells insurance and lives in mount Shasta City said the eruptions of mount St. Helens brought a few Telephone Calls from homeowners asking if their policies included Volcano damage cover age. The policies Don to she  country resolve she said it s not what you would Call a common occurrence. If we did have a Volca no eruption Here everything would just get wiped out  Sharer who manages Weed real slate said there s nothing going on with the Mountain among the locals. Of. There s some joking but the concern is mostly Light  Gallows humor i d Call it  Sharer said. One person who is concerned is Ruth Aiello the mayor of Weed. People have to Stop burying their Heads in the Sand and saying it can t happen to me " she said recently. Mayor Aiello has begun a Campaign for assistance from the stale and Federal government for an evacuation plan for her Small Community. The Dunsmuir City Council recently passed a re Solu Tion stating its concern about volcanic activity and forwarded it to the state capital in Sacramento. Things arc Starling to  said Casey no soil acting City manager. Mrs. Palfini said she and others will just Wail and Hope Ibe Mountain gives a warning before it blows. I think we look