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leftyladyfrommo

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9. Did it just erupt with no warning?
Mon Sep 29, 2014, 10:23 AM
Sep 2014

That ash kills everything in it's path. Remember Mt. St. Helens? That caused a huge ash problem all the way to Spokane and beyond.

But they had warning that Mt. St. Helens was going to blow so most people were able to get out of the way.

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Was there no monitoring for "warning signs" for this? BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #1
According to this Japanese newspaper article, Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #2
Okay. That's scary BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #3
There's a lodge right in the caldera pscot Sep 2014 #8
A somewhat different video than the one posted below: freshwest Sep 2014 #6
This is a youtube from the mountain OnlinePoker Sep 2014 #4
that is amazing footage n/t secondwind Sep 2014 #5
30 hikers found dead on volcano muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #7
Did it just erupt with no warning? leftyladyfrommo Sep 2014 #9
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