Daily Survival Guide

[macdobhran]

Today in Survival History
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On this day in 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in the Cascades region in southwest Washington. At 8:32 a.m. the mountain exploded, blowing 1,314 feet off of its top and littering ash across 22,000 square miles. The resultant smoke plume could be seen throughout much of western Washington and Oregon. Dubbed "the Smoking Mountain" by local Native Americans, Mount St. Helens has erupted periodically for 4,500 years, but prior to 1980 its last active period had been between 1831 and 1857. The volcano remains active today.

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I remember that day

[im-geva.livejournal.com]

We were having breakfast when it blew, we heard the explosion, 90 miles away in Seattle.

[reggiemental.livejournal.com]

And we didn't hear about any ash clouds ruining flights then did we?


Wolverines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[im-geva.livejournal.com]

Wellll.....Not so many major international airports in that ash-path across Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas...

[pinkribbonwench.livejournal.com]

My two brothers-in-law had been there the day before she blew, taking pictures. Timing is everything.