Using St. Helens 1980 VEI 5 as a reference point, we see that recent previous big eruptions (over VEI 5) average every 34 years and are:
Tambora 1815 VEI 7, Krakatoa 1883 VEI 6, Santa María 1902 VEI 6, Novarupta 1912 VEI 6, Mt. Mt. Pinatubo 1991 VEi 6.
Each step in the VEI is 10 times. A VEi of 6 is 10 times larger than a 5. A VEi of 7 is 100 times larger than a 5. We are not due for a VEI over 5 for some years yet - around 2025.
When Rainer blows it will have a VEI much bigger than St Helens, and certainly do far more damage, and kill more people. It was once predicted that such an eruption would remove the mountain in its entirety since Rainier is so high. That would also have the effect of removing Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle in their entirety, as well as all the local LIVs and lefties glued to their tablets and TVs to watch the big event.
The rest of us would just break out the popcorn and forfeit summer for a few years ...
These horrible polluting events are due to the capitalist exploitation of the working classes, women, and select minorities by gender normative, patriarchal, hegemonic, eurocentric, imperialist, colonialist, racist white men.
But all is not lost. We have partially atoned for this by electing a gay disbarred Kenyan with a disbarred wife to the Oval Office, now we must elect a gay woman with a disbarred husband. One can only hope we are in time.