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September 27, 2004

Mt St Helens May Explode « Stuff Important to Me »

Those of us alive and old enough to be aware in 1980 remember the eruptions of Mt St Helens. My sister said the ash fall-out made noon look like it was snowing at night. We were far enough east that we merely had gray days and a dusting of gray powder on the ground (and a few ruined vehicle paint jobs from the acidic ash...).
Still though, it was an important moment in US History, for various reasons.

Well, it looks like that might happen again.

Here is a site with bunches of pics, before/during/after.

Posted by Nathan at 08:36 AM | Comments (3)
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I remember this as my mom and step-dad were in Montana late May of 1980 (Bozeman, I think). They said they had to pull over and have a mechanic clean the engine (very fuzzy memories here as I was a mere 10 y/o) because the ash had settled so thickly.

Posted by: Rae at September 27, 2004 08:42 AM

MT and I have been reminiscing about this as well, growing up in the Pac NW. I'm kinda excited to see what develops. (So long as nobody gets hurt of course!)

Posted by: Jo at September 27, 2004 09:08 AM

Rae--

I grew up a stone's throw from Bozeman, and it seems like we ended up getting about 1/2" of ash covering everything.

I don't remember that it got so bad we had to clean out car engines, but something like that would have probably been under my radar.

Posted by: Craig at September 27, 2004 09:39 AM
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