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gopiscrap

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10. that's what happened

Reply to Olafjoy (Reply #7)

Mon May 18, 2020, 01:40 PM

May 2020

to us, our car was all scratched up...we had to drive in that stuff for another six weeks and it did a serious number on our paint job

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May 18, 1980 "The mountain has blown!" [View all] gopiscrap May 2020 OP

Woke up to find a coating of ash on my kitchen counter madamesilverspurs May 2020 #1

Wow!!! gopiscrap May 2020 #2

I saw it on the teevee shenmue May 2020 #3

Holy cow! I'm ancient, gopiscrap May 2020 #6

I lived in NYC shenmue May 2020 #11

I was 30. I'm even more ancient! BComplex May 2020 #13

we collected a bunch of ash gopiscrap May 2020 #14

We moved to Portland six months later question everything May 2020 #4

where were you living when it blew? gopiscrap May 2020 #9

Twin Cities, MN question everything May 2020 #15

come back, the Northwest is a great place to visit or live gopiscrap May 2020 #17

Holy shit, When I wrote my recent post I did not know it was the anniversary of MT Saint Helens. shockey80 May 2020 #5

Ash on the cars in Oregon Olafjoy May 2020 #7

that's what happened gopiscrap May 2020 #10

December 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama misanthrope May 2020 #8

amazing gopiscrap May 2020 #12

Story in today's Oregonian misanthrope May 2020 #16

thanks gopiscrap May 2020 #18

Fine ash on our cars in Michigan. roamer65 May 2020 #19

wow gopiscrap May 2020 #23

Was easy to see on my sister's white car. roamer65 May 2020 #24

Also from Michigan GreenEyedLefty May 2020 #33

Full recording of Gerry Martin's last transmission Reader Rabbit May 2020 #20

There was lots of anticipation before the event. LeftInTX May 2020 #21

I don't remember hearing about it at the time. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #22

I do, and I'm about 10 years younger than you Polybius May 2020 #26

For some reason MSH gets mentioned 1st when talking about recent volcanoes Polybius May 2020 #25

because it was the first eruption in continental US for quite awhile gopiscrap May 2020 #27

A local tourist group was complaining to the state authorities... Archae May 2020 #28

yup gopiscrap May 2020 #29

Reading about it right now canetoad May 2020 #30

Somebody shared on my Facebook about a guy named Harry R. Truman (not the former POTUS) Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #36

I remember him... Archae May 2020 #37

Video from 2017 of some of the debris, wreckage, and buldings 37 years later JHB May 2020 #31

I have a genuine I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #32

My family visited MSH 3 years ago. GreenEyedLefty May 2020 #34

It is beautiful gopiscrap May 2020 #35

Michigan. GreenEyedLefty May 2020 #38

that is very cool gopiscrap May 2020 #39