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Blue_Tires

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

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Thu May 19, 2016, 07:32 AM

May 2016

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(!)

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Happy Mt St Helens eruption day [View all] uppityperson May 2016 OP

So it is! Mike__M May 2016 #1

Johnston Ridge almost had another name except the couple who were supposed to be uppityperson May 2016 #2

Not something I'd want to remember Mike__M May 2016 #3

I'll hoist a glass to Harry Truman ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #4

"They ended up having the day off..." Shankapotomus May 2016 #5

Yes, they had the day off so did laundry. Once the mt blew they tried to head to work to uppityperson May 2016 #8

I remember. leftyladyfrommo May 2016 #6

I'm not so sure this is a "happy" occasion Blue_Tires May 2016 #7

It's not Happy at all, just my expression. Sorry if it was inappropriate uppityperson May 2016 #9