Happy Mt St Helens eruption day

[uppityperson]

You were such a pretty softly rounded mountain, St Helens. It was quite a time.



36 yrs ago we didn't know if our sibling who was guarding the gates going up to the mt was alive or not. They ended up having the day off and rushing to bring in the laundry from the line before the ash hit.



Oh, the ash!
http://bgr.com/2014/10/10/mount-st-helens-space/
?w=624

Trees, mud, water washed down. Boulder filled mudflows.
Logging camp

A river


After the lahar, scientist in yellow standing on bank after the muddy river went back down.




http://educatoral.com/msh_facts.html

Lots of photos
http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/mount_st_helens_30_years_ago.html

Harry Truman, coot or codger? Stubborn and decided how he wanted to die

[Mike__M]

1. So it is!

I didn't even look at the local news today until your post.

http://tdn.com/news/local/mount-st-helens-at-a-spring-awakening/article_c9ae4057-c38d-5590-bec9-8d32f899317a.html

LOL - the guy is right in the last sentence: it's not a selfie-friendly crater.

[uppityperson]

2. Johnston Ridge almost had another name except the couple who were supposed to be

there switched shifts to attend a wedding. They survived and he didn't.

[Mike__M]

3. Not something I'd want to remember

every year on my wedding anniversary, lives saved, lives lost..
The consequences possible from harmless everyday choices!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. I'll hoist a glass to Harry Truman ...

An exploding volcano and a glass of whiskey. There are worse ways to go out, I suppose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Randall_Truman

[Shankapotomus]

5. "They ended up having the day off..."

You think?

Because I would have thought it would have been "back to work" as usual.

[uppityperson]

8. Yes, they had the day off so did laundry. Once the mt blew they tried to head to work to

do whatever, but got ashed out of going anywhere and ended up at the office in the town they were in. A couple days later they were part of the search and guarding the roads again from people wanting to see the themselves.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I remember.

My family lives in Spokane and the ash covered everything. Years later there was still ash everywhere.

[Blue_Tires]

7. I'm not so sure this is a "happy" occasion

but I appreciate the historical retrospective...

I saw the movie as a little kid and it scared the shit out of me... I was worried the lava was going to flow cross-country and kill me in Virginia(!)

[uppityperson]

9. It's not Happy at all, just my expression. Sorry if it was inappropriate

No lava but massive mudflows and big winds knocking a lot of trees down.