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Where were you when the volcano blew?

May 18, 2020 by Matthew

Photo from USGS of Mt. St. Helens taken during the famous eruption on May 18, 1980 from an airplane flying by. The round mountain is seen with gray and melted snow around the edges and a huge plume of ash rising miles up into the cloudy sky.

40 year anniversary of the Mount St. Helens volcanic blast When I was seven I remember taking an end-of-the-year Sunday school field trip.  My Aunt Barbara was our teacher, and cousin Monica and I played in the back seat of the silver Toyota Corolla as she drove toward a waterway in the dike area of Scappoose. All at once, she stopped the car in the middle of the … [Read more...] about Where were you when the volcano blew?

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