On May 18, 1980, crowds of scientists gathered to study Mount St. Helens, an awakening volcano in Washington State.
While geologists prepared for an eruption at the summit, the North face of the volcano simply blew out without warning, transforming into a churning liquid.
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While geologists prepared for an eruption at the summit, the North face of the volcano simply blew out without warning, transforming into a churning liquid.
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St Helens gave us EVERY kind of warning scientists look for days ahead of time
Mount St. Helens eruption: See rare footage of the 1980 eruption from KGW archives 45 years after the Mount St. Helens eruption, KGW releases rare archival footage. Experience the dramatic events that shaped the Pacific Northwest’s history.
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very impressive place
https://pauldorpat.com/archivepage/mount-st-helens/st-helens-sidebar-grateful-dead-song-fire-on-the-mountain/
That morning, I went with my father to Salem to pick up some trees and didn't know that it had blown until our way back when we could see the plume while driving up I-5.
Sure, they couldn't know the exact time or date, but they knew it was about to blow.
That was 45 years ago.
I was a teenager.
In seconds, the scalding gases melted centuries-old glaciers, and boiling hot water scoured the hillsides, uprooting entire forests.
As for the mountain, its majestic crest was gone. Before the eruption, Mount St. Helens was 9,700 ft high. After, it measured 8,400 ft.
There is an awful lot of volcanic activity going on lately. Currently, an underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon is reportedly about to blow
The USGS has all the info if interested.
https://patrickwitty.substack.com/p/the-eruption-and-the-pinto
I remeber the ash falling from the sky, and coating my parents cars.
It was wild!
Then watching it over and over on TV, that was pretty wild, never seen anything like that before.
I remember the boom and everyone scrambling to the TV for news...
The closest thing to compare it to is a sonic boom. We were over 200 miles away. Lake Stevens.