May 18th is 30 years since Mt St Helens blew up...

[Archae]

Anyone anywhere near there at the time, and see the eruption?

I have a jar of Mt St Helens ash, in my "stuff."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Archae...

No, I was already living in SoCal then...

How'd you come by the ash?

:hi:

[Archae]

7. By making an ash of myself.

:D

Seriously, a guy I knew who had been in Yakima had it, and he gave it to me.

[pokerfan]

2. we received some of the fallout

Couple of inches worth.

[hfojvt]

3. 30 years???

You sure know how to make a guy feel old.

[LeftinOH]

4. Some day in the distant future, archaeologists will discover Harry Truman

and the home that he refused to leave. I was nowhere near the eruption, but I remember Harry Truman.

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

[Iggo]

5. Goddam I'm old!!!

[Rosie1223]

6. I have a jar of ash, too

My aunt lived near Spokane at the time.

:hi:

[MissB]

8. I was visiting my Grandparents in Chewelah

which is near Spokane. I lived north of Seattle, so either way I missed seeing it. But it was kinda fun to wake up to the heavy dusting of ash. And yes, I have a jar of it.

That other volcano may be putting a bit of a damper in my summer travel plans. First damned international vacation I've planned for over a decade.