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28. A local tourist group was complaining to the state authorities...

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 02:38 PM

May 2020

They were demanding the reopening of resorts and campgrounds, because they were losing money.

Two days after the group delivered their demands to the state, the mountain blew.

Sound at all familiar?

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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