St. Helens: Out of the Ash
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- It was the "perfect mountain", a shapely peak dubbed "The Fuji of the West". 9,677 feet of snow-capped grandeur in the heart of the Cascade Range. On May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens captured the attention of the world with a volcanic display unequaled in modern times. This is the story of the cataclysmic events of that day, and the miraculous resiliency of Nature as life returns out of the ash.
Produced in 2005.
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I watched it erupt from a hilltop viewpoint near Olympia. The prevailing winds blew most of the ash east towards Yakima, but we definitely got a dusting. I collected a bunch of the ash and, as I was doing a ceramics class in high school, used the ash to make a glaze for some of my pots. It came out of the kiln with a deep earthy dark green flecked with black and gray accents. Still one of the better souvenirs of the event.
My uncle lived around their and sent me some of the pumice rock (I think that's what they called it) and I thought that was the coolest thing. And a book that talked about the guy who refused to leave his home and ended up dying. I think their was a song about him or something.
I was living in Lacey off of College but was in Longview that morning. Within minutes I was I-5 North on my motorcycle trying to outrun the ash cloud but it overtook me a couple miles before the Toutle River bridge and traffic just stopped. I said screw this and drove on the shoulder... When I got to the Toutle River it was insane, the shoulder ended at the bridge so it took a bit to get over it and it was scary as Hell...lol. Finally got out of the cloud at Centralia... Hell of a morning...lol
@@kummakummakummakummakummac8606 Yes, Harry Truman. I was in 6th grade, and we all sent him cards. They're all buried under the ash and mud now.
Theres an idea.
Would have love to have some ash from that baby.
Beutifull glaze
I was 20 and I knew this was something most human beings will never see.
I was 23 going to college in Flagstaff, AZ. I'm really happy to have found this film. Thank you.
I was 12, living out in south Salem, Oregon, we received a lot of ash and I remember the sky getting dark, it was crazy!
I was so amazed that the ash traveled that far!
Yep, you sure did.
@@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206you guys got way more than we did, in Seattle. We only got it in the rain, for months. It would coat the trees and leaves, but no where near what those of you, just south of it, experienced. I could see the ash clouds from every eruption, on a clear day, however. That day, was cloudy, as per usual up here, as you well know. I’m a “Missy” too, by the way. I was 9 when it blew. I was in Hungary the day of the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and I saw the exact same phenomena, with ash coating cars, awnings, and even the streets. I couldn’t understand why it felt so familiar until I realized it must be ash coming in the rain, from the bombing - aka - ash. It was so weird. I never saw it again, however. I was there for a few months.
Amazing how nature repairs in ways we can't comprehend.
Very profound. 🇬🇧👍
The human body too
All we have to do is get out of the way, nature will do the rest.
I was living in Vancouver WA. In 1980. I was 12 yo. I remember before the May 18th eruption there was an earthquake and it made them close school for the rest of the year. On may 18th we were helping a friend move and could see the full ash plume from the freeway. Never forget it. It was such a crazy day.
Thank you so much for sharing your firsthand experience during the Mt. St. Helens eruption in 1980! Moments like these truly leave a lasting impression. We appreciate you sharing your unique perspective and being a part of our community!
You were right in the firing line, weren’t you? Wow. I was on Mercer Island, and we would see ash, when it rained, coating the plants, trees and cars, just a bit. But you guys, wow, you really got it. I was 9.
I'm watching this 43 years later, 9/5/2023 this is a very interesting and educational video. I was only 4 ½years old when it erupted.
Really excellent documentary. I was in my senior high school year when Mount St Helen’s erupted. We had ash falling in out east central Alberta town. It made a big impression on me. God bless all of those poor souls that perished in the eruption.
I wasn't born until 1985 after Mt St Helens erupted.
Anyone living or at Spirit lake was gone within mins…the heat plus ash and such. I can’t imagine
Thanks...history lane for a 75 year old
I was living in Japan when my Dad sent me a polaroid shot of the dark ash cloud heading in the direction of Thorp, WA where our farm was. This was an excellent documentary. Very well done
in all aspects of a very important event in Washington State's natural history.
Did you get to see sakurajima?, what a beautiful scene the pictures from the lakeare
"I pay my taxes!" Say no more, we'll tell the mountain not to blow.
😂lol
What she meant was we are adults and we don’t need the government making choices for us…. My land my choice.. they want to stay. Tyrants have no right to stop them from getting killed their own way.
🤣
Boomers gonna boomer.
I'm sure the government was using those tax dollars in very relevant areas and very responsibly. 🙄
I love the segment about reforestation, both the natural and the manmade.
Kudos to to Alison Kartevold. A fine documentary. And, a perfect example of how the quality of information and the consumable but not flamboyant way it is relayed to the viewer by public broadcasting is far and away better than commercial television.
Nature at it(s) most powerful-and in no big rush to share it(s) plans!
MoaSize, yes, I second your assessment, bloody good quality documentary! So much better than many commercial, quickly produced, so called documentaries.
This type of documentary is far better than the sensationalist, dramatic garbage that in this subject instill more fears than the scientists who make their comments in these documentaries would want to.
When Mt. St. Helens exploded, I was stationed at Ellsworth AFB, SD (Strategic Air Command (SAC)). The base sent all the bombers and tankers to other SAC bases out of harms way...It was amazing watching all those planes take off....NATURE WILL ALWAYS WIN.....
We are fleas, a nuisance, to be easily disposed of.
George Carlin
I was stationed there too. Except for Sturgess and Mt. Rushmore, that is one boring place.
About how many planes? Are bombers and tankers both planes?
@@lisamariemary We had B-52 bombers and KC-135 air-refueling planes: a bomber would take off followed by a KC-135 - it was known as a "minimum interval -take off"...around 20 combined - might have been more or less....
@@garydavis5703 Thank you so much for telling me about it, I appreciate that. Must've really been something to see.
I was 10 years old and I lived in Medical Lake, Wa. Which I'd 15 min outside of Spokane. Wa. And 200 miles from Mt. St. Helen's. I was outside playing with my grandmother's dog. It was a gorgeous Sunday and about 12pm I watched the ash cloud roll in and it went from day light to midnight black. I will never forget going to the Tuttle River after the eruption with my other grandmother and what was left of the river was indescribable.
I was 10 also and remember watching it on the news in California
I was in Lewiston ID, day became night and the temp went up 15 degrees. 2 inches of glass fiber ash.
@Mike Ray drugs are bad ummm k
I was 9 and lived on Mcchord AFB at the time. we didn't get nearly as much as as eastern Washington did.
I was an undergraduate student from California at WAzzu. I will never forget this moment in time. ❤
May 18th 1980 I was 18...in The military in Germany...I remember hearing about it.
Great storytelling. I liked the voice of the female narrator. The Mount Saint Helens eruption has fascinated me ever since I knew about it. From the Philippines
You got taal, what a amazing area up on the cliff in tagaytay, looking down on volcano island, that was my honeymoon 3/23
On The day of the big eruption, 5/18/80, I had a massive car wreck that put me in the hospital for 8 days. Much of that time was spent watching the drama of the eruption unfold in real time. I've always felt connected to that mountain! I enjoyed this
I was 10 years old when Mt St Helen's eruption. I'm 49 now, its been almost 40 years ago. My family and I were living in Olympia Washington. Cars stopped working, I remember we had to cover our mouths. It was terrible. Everything covered in ash. Very eerie feeling I had back then.
I actually own some of that ash in a pill bottle that the old owner of my house bottled. He was actually at St.Helens when it blew. He told the story perfectly.
I can also see how it would be harmful. The ash is very fine so it could be inhaled very easily
@@kevinjohnson7300 And then turns to concrete in the lungs. Ouch.
@@lhaviland8602 my daughter told me that's called pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
@@2ManyGoats yep
I don't think Harry thought there was nothing to fear at all, I think he was willing to become part of the universe once again on his terms, which if that included the eruption, so be it. Definitely admire his logic and emotional perception.
Go Harry!
I am very excited to go visit this area this summer. My uncle was working there and sent us a little baggie of volcano ash. I was about 12. When I visited Mt Etna 35 years later and it was erupting rock that was like instant coffee, I swept some up and sent it to him. He’s gone now but he definitely fed my sense of humor, and my sense of curiosity. RIP Uncle Wayne.
Thanks for sharing your story with us! We're glad that our documentary on Mount St. Helens could bring back some memories of your uncle and his connection to the area. We hope that your upcoming visit is full of new discoveries!
A fine example of what television programmes should be like! 👍🏻👍🏻
I have watched a few documentaries regarding Mt St Helens. This is my favorite. Well done. This is a gem.
Mine too, and I was 90 miles north of the event on that date, and ready to help my brother celebrate his 38th birthdate anniversary.
That's the miracle of PBS! They *never* cease to make excellent content!
This truly is a realy good made documentarie,I was amazed by the intelligenze and knowledge of all those spezialists,mark this one or make a copy,those kinda great material is really hard 2 find online.
I think I might like the Minute by Minute doc by A&E better from back when they used to actually make real docs rather than just reality tv
Tho this does go deep into the after effects of and life after the eruption that others don’t
@@billofjazz i live up north
A+ documentary, very well done; one of the best information rich science documentaries I've seen. Mt. Saint Helen's is a beautiful mountain and amazing how she literally rose from the ashes and created such amazing natural features. Plus, she is a living breathing science laboratory and she's very talkative, from a nature point-of-view.
Today is May 18, 2020. It's been 40 years since the eruption. I watched it with my neighbors in the Kent valley. It's still the most bizarre thing I've ever seen. A very sad day for those who lost their lives....
Was very young in Spokane. Left that hole years ago, but deeply miss the nature of the PNW. I return frequently
Mastashake oof Spokane is Rough! West side of Washington is best side
@@thebeasters I left the 42% annual sunshine near Seattle for 83%+ in the desert SW nearly 20 years ago.
@@perrydewitte5837 All the western WA transplants I've met here in the SW all left because of the spring of 1999 when we had 93 straight days of rain. We didn't see more than 2 days of sunshine in a row until the summer of 2000.
Feeber Izer to each their own 🤷♂️ the cloudy weather is one of the biggest highlights for me personally, I think everyone that lives here should take vitamin D daily though.
Volcanic eruptions are fantastic. They make for great television.
The most interesting takeaway form this documentary is how quickly and efficiently nature repairs itself.
Everyone always underestimates nature. Over and over.
@@jovetj Indeed So in other words Nature warns us all not to do that. Funny enough younger children have been known to be more in tune with nature than older people. In other words nature is the greatest teature to young kids of the younger generation and in time is slowly starting to teach us all.
Mother nature laughs at humans...I do too.
The problem is not nature.
Despite what liberals tell us
I just totally loved this video. I can't thank KSPS enough for this incredible PSA re: volcanoes and St. Helens in particular. Well done.
Great documentary. The last one I watched didnt say anything about the animals so I respect them for giving numbers and time to discuss wildfire coming back.
I flew over St. Helens the Sunday before it blew from a meeting in Anchorage… Grew up in the GNW… then we left for Atlanta Georgia… eventually landed in Orlando Florida. My Children have flown by helicopter into the Mt. St. Helens crater… flown over the devastation of the eruption… but still do not have concept of what took place on that Sunday…. This Preso will help!❤️
*My father and I collected grass with ash on it in the state of Western Kentucky. Watched it on our television back then.* 😊
if you have any interest in Volcanos then this is for you both the massive destruction and the nature of repair excellent watching!
Love the Northern Cascades. Planning on going to visit them again when this lockdown in England is over, So probably in 10 years 🌋😂, (Hopefully sooner than that). Always wanted to be a Volcanologist.
L-i am a civilian and have history in live for over 100 years of time never end world please communication in appropriate manner . thankyou echo Leena badewitz
Also see videos on Krakatoa and Tambora.
mkikm
I distinctly remember a thin coating of ash covering my dad's cars a few days after the eruption... in Wichita, Kansas! And due to the enormous quantities of volcanic aerosols that were ejected into the atmosphere, the sunrises and sunsets were eerily spectacular for several weeks afterward.
Lefty Stratocaster Player, Kansas kid here too! I too remember the ash.
And I left a comment on the "30th Anniversary" documentary, that 3000 miles dead east, in the village of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, we had fine grey ash over our vegetable garden & verandah
Ditto in mid-Missouri. I wondered why it was "snowing" in May.
I was a freshman in high school in west Texas, a few days after the eruption I noticed ash on our car, there wasn’t much but it was there.
@@Bozbaby103 p0
I was 11 years old in West Michigan in the late spring of 1980. I remember seeing some of the ash cloud floating in the sky, almost 2,000 mils away. Interesting times.
Ok
I was 6 and living in Montana. It looked like a dirty snowstorm had hit our town. I still have ash from the eruption.
@@jackycook64 it's ok
I was only 8 but lived in Raineer when it erupted. We could watch it blowing and there was ash everywhere. My mom collected some
Those first assistance army hospital tents also took care of some injured BFs on this occasion.... Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching our video!
It's always fascinating to learn more about historical events like the eruption of Mount St. Helens, and the role that various groups played in responding to the disaster.
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Yep!!
Nature can make anything man can create look trivial.At the same time when man respects the lessons nature has to teach they can prevent and solve many problems.
I lived in Yakima and Actually from the distance got to watch it happen. In 20-30 minutes Yakima was Dark red and orange haze.
I've never been there, but I heard that in Yakama they dozed/swept all the ashes into one place and built a park or ball field or something on the ash.
This was amazing to see. I haved lived in the Pacific Northwest all my life and I will never forget seeing on the news and dealing with all the ash. I cannot wait to visit Johnston Ridge observatory
Ya left the shithole Spokane 3 years ago, but the beauty of the PNW is unparalleled
I remembered when Mount St Helens erupted, we felt the explosion 250mi north in Delta B.C Our house shook
I lived in north delta at the time, I was only 7 years old at the time, but I remember my older siblings talking about it...
I was in Vancouver, BC and I just remember hearing a loud boom.
I was 10 and in TN and I remember it. Finally got to visit in 2023. Absolutely amazing. The distances are so deceptive.
I was born and raised, (and still live,) just North of there, in Everett, Washington.
Where "Weyerhauser," is headquartered.
In the shadows of Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier.
The next two peaks to the north on the Cascade mountain range section of the ring of fire.
It was a month and two weeks after my 4th. birthday when Mt. St. Helens blew, but I remember it VIVIDLY.
I remember the News reports every night, naturally, but mostly I remember ASH.
Ash that covered EVERYTHING around here.
Ash that hung in the air and made the full moon deep red at night, and caused the strangest orange-yellow sunsets.
You're a brave soul. I prefer less risky WI.
Nancy Thorgaard
well, I didn't exactly have a choice at that age.
but, once you've experienced most of your life up here, it doesn't matter where you go, you'll always come back.
The danger is only matched by the absolute beauty
Gotchya!
I was at NOAA HQ on Lake Union talking to the NOAA Ship Oceanographer just entering Shanghai, China at about 8AM on that morning of my brother's birthday. Roger, friend and relief radio watch, first asked me about MT. St. Helens. I had no information to give the crew (all from WA) until I closed up shop and heard KIRO AM radio news going crazy. I was living in North City (near Exit 220) at the time, my brother was in Aberdeen and cousin Connie, a flight steward for UA, was aboard a SeaTac flight bound flight near the explosion. Passengers asked her to take photos of the event on the premise that she would receive copies. Never happened.
This video captured the moments beautifully. I left the Pacific North Wet in '89 for warmer, more temperate climes. I still have family ties in Aberdeen, Bremerton, Centralia, Silverdale, and Tacoma.
I forgot to mention that, while fishing from a small boat on Silver Lake in '74, I watched the early morning fog lift from in front of the north face of Mt. St. Helens and creating a vista that still haunts my memories of that beautiful area to this day.
We enjoyed that. From WI living in Japan. Home during the corona virus outbreak
Blew up on my birthday turned 17 and was in boot camp!
Talk about omens.
I love in Alberta Canada and remember I was 9 at the time and cars outside being covered in ash from the eruption.
On That Sunday, I was sitting in bed, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper when my two children excitedly ran inside to tell me that
Mt. St. Helens was erupting. There had already been many steam eruptions and two small ash eruptions that necessitated clean-up, no easy task. As. I had not heard a thing, I thought that one of those was what the kids had seen but I was dead wrong. From my bedroom window the peak of the mountain was hidden but that day I didn’t need to see it. An immensely huge roiling column of black and dark purple ash rising from it and reaching incredibly high into the sky was awe inspiring and frightening. I had loved St. Helens the first time I saw it years earlier. It was a gorgeous mountain known as the Fujiyama of the West but locally and lovingly called The Lady. The views on a drive up the mountain in winter felt as though we were moving through various paintings such as might be seen on Christmas cards. One of my first thoughts that day was a question-what is going on under my feet right now? When the excitement finally died down and life began to go back to normal, I felt bereaved. For so long I had watched and visited Mt. St. Helens in all seasons. For me, she was a presence, always there and only rarely without a gleaming white cap of snow. Early winter was special as the mountain slowly lost her snow coat, the weather changed, the rains came, dripping gray skies, lingered for weeks. We waited
I first saw Mt. St. Helens in 2007 after I had moved to Wa. state from the east coast. It blew my mind. I had never seen anything like it. I'm retired now, so I'm going to visit this site again in the near future.
Nice production. I enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for making it and showing it here.
I totally agree with you on that count.
Another KSPS gem. Thank you for uploading this.
I used to fish Silver Lake and visited Harry's camp ground many times..he was a pretty nice guy once you got to know him and he told me "This is my home, and I'm not leaving" well he is still there..RIP Harry..I saw this happen from my house in Vancouver, Wash.
I remember reading an article in popular science magazine several years before that eruption, about volcanoes in the northwest which may erupt, like Mt. Shasta and Mt.Hood and others. The article didn`t mention Mt. St. Helens. When they started talking about Mt St. helens, I had never even heard of it.
I was sitting in a parking lot in Portland OR with my friend. Actually it was Beaverton, but it had just gotten dark and we could see something in the sky walking back to the house. We walked in and my friends mom said, St Helens just blew! It looked like a rocket or something had taken off or something from our view. I was 16 yrs old. Then the tragedy unfolded each day after. I'm 55 now, and worried about America in general!!
Crazy how something man made can be worse than what nature has thrown at us.
Today, 18th May, is the 40th anniversary of the Mt. St. Helens eruption.
Boom!
Hard to believe it was that long ago
And coverup anniversary as well
How do you get harry saying there was nothing to fear out of his comments? He clearly said death was preferable to moving.
Somehow I sent my comment too soon. We waited and before long a bright shining sunny day would break and the mountain would be completely covered in white again. I am so glad to know that The Lady is making a comeback.I missed her then and miss her now from the other side of the continent.
I was a young father in May 1980, living in Wilsonville,Oregon.
I remember the events leading up to the eruption.
I recall a young female Portland news reporter, prior to the eruption, asking a geologist "what do you believe will happen to the mountain"
The geologist apparently bewilder by such a stupid question said [very profoundly] "well...the mountain is either going to stay the same,get worse, or get better".
I remember she was very impressed by the supreme wisdom of the silly answer. Lol.
I happened to be driving down I-5 when it erupted.
I saw it in my rear view mirror and pulled over on the freeway to watch it broil over the Toutle River
One of my customers was Weyerhaeuser, who owned much of the land surrounding Mt.St.Helens.
I got to drive up the road to Camp Baker, with Weyerhaeuser employees sometime after the event.
Seeing logging equipment, cars, houses,etc covered with the gray volcanic ash.
The ash is a fantastic possolan for making high strength concrete.
This ash is one of the reasons Roman buildings are still standing 2000 years old, as Roman cement gets stronger by the centuries ,instead of modern Portland cement ,which is only good for 50 years or so.
I was amazed at the resilience of the flora and fauna and how quickly nature came back, much to the chagrin of the local environmentalists, who declared "it would take a hundred years for animals and plants to restore the landscape".
Within a year or two plants and animals returned ,slowly at first.
We were 83 miles away in Wilsonville, and we had to remove volcanic ash from our roof.
I learned recently that the Grand Coulee Dam was made with ash in it to make it stronger.... a site with 30 feet of ash was where that ash was quarried from... and that ash was from a super volcano that went up in Idaho... got the details from one of the Nick Zentner livestreams... a CWU geology professor teaching the public from home via RUclips...
@@lethaleefox6017 Thanks for the update.
That's good to know.
I used volcanic ash in developing ultra high strength concrete.
It is extremely hard.
Roman concrete grew in hardness as we know, over centuries, but it took sometimes a year to fully cure.
The Romans it appears, took a longer view of building construction.
Modern Portland cement cures in days or weeks, but is good for maybe 50 to 100 years at best.
@Nyree Harris Possibly in retrospect, you may be correct, by affording the reporter the benefit of the doubt, as she was required to ask obvious questions.
But as I watched the endless parade of geologists talking with news people for many weeks during that time, leading up to the eruption, it was still a comic sideshow of experts postulating what could, would or should happen if the mountain blew, in front of a camera, never to be repeated again.
The reporters contributed to the absurdity of asking innumerable questions to the geologist.
In the end, as with most great natural events, my point was, nobody had a clue as to whether the mountain would return to low activity, remain static, or massively erupt.
It was therefore a huge opportunity for the geologists and the reporters.
Not so much for people who lost their lives,and people in the forest products industries.
Volcano Ash is the best fertiliser ever
Really enjoyed this! I had the opportunity to visit 10 years ago and was so fascinated by it all! This recap had just the right mix of personal stories and science
Gods speed Harry. I worked on a drillhole over Harry's Lodge in 1983. He is 525 feet down if memory serves.
May Harry Rest With the Angels...never to be Forgotten. And to all those who died.
And Harry's cats...😥
I think it’s said he let the cats out before the eruption because he didn’t know it was going to blow for good
Alison I was so very very impressed on how you presented Mount St. Helen's 'Out of the Ash' it was spectacular, very well put together and presented. Thank you for that Amazing watch.
In the 1960's during my Jr and Senior years of college at Willamette U in Salem Oregon I worked as a camp counselor at the Longview WA YMCA boys camp on Spirit Lake. A wonderful place. During both years I took my boys on a overnight camping trip on the Mountain. It is great to see the mountain and the lake coming back.
I had a dream that there was a volcanic eruption, and an earthquake also a possible Dam break. This was a year BEFORE the eruption. Where do I live? In the UK nr Liverpool, in a little town called ........ST: HELENS.
Holy crap!
Just went to the mountain this summer, things are finally growing back in the red zone, pretty incredible!
Some of my parent's friends were just out of college and driving around the area, and stopped on a hilltop and watched the eruption
I was not even one year old. I've done all kinds of research on this event and many others involving volcanoes splits in the Earth where magma / lava pours out. I couldn't imagine being anywhere near something like this.
That's the one thing I really love about New England.. well I should say the several things I love about living in the middle of New Hampshire in New england. The only thing we really have to worry about here are the winters.
There are the remains of two volcanoes here in New Hampshire but they are long since extinct.
"Hike down into Spirit Lake." Ppl just *have* to ignore warnings from people who have more knowledge than them. It makes them feel powerful.
This was fantastic to see the recovery, as well as all the new information. Thank you!
"We're paying taxes and we'd like to use our property. I'm not afraid."
Famous last words.
Reminds me of what some people are saying about the current situation.
If that moron is still alive today she's probably a Branch Covidian.
The amazing ignorance comparing this to a virus. A absolute threat compared to one with a small percentage of fatal consequences. Sheep disguised as humans.
@@dcpack See you at Spirit lake!
@@dcpack Your right. Going to the red zone only put yourself at danger. Spreading the virus puts lots of people in harms way. Thanks for pointing this out.
I've spent an inordinate amount of time in the bush. Since I was 12 and was allowed to go in by myself. I can't count the times I've seen an Osprey catch a fish, struggle to fly well with it, then ended up dropping it into same/different waters. Nature never stops teaching.
Nature recovers faster from disaster than humans.
I moved out here from west Michigan back on June 6th 1987 (36 years ago today!).
One of the first placed I wanted to see was the blast zone. Even after 7 years it was already starting to come back.
May all who lost their lives R.I.P. Mother Nature is beautiful but scary at the same time.
i watched the documentary and noticed 547 had made the thumb-down sign. i wonder what they didn't liked about it... poor people.
Maybe those who lost everything, including family, and don’t like the remembrance
If you look at the smoke you can see faces I also remember that day my wife saw the house hit the bridge at that time we had not met each other I am glad God spared her so I could meet her
Wake up, god had nothing to do with it, he does not exist.
Black Ice just because you don’t believe doesn’t mean others can’t.
@@ashleeparsons2467 The main problem with believing in any god is that there is absolutely no good reason to do so. God was created by mankind to fill in gaps in knowledge, most of those gaps are now gone...
Black Ice opinions 🤷🏼♀️
These people were warned many times. But these kind of people say, " We're going to do what ever we want to do ".
Vickie Dutton natural selection 🤷🏽♀️
Luv to ask that lady that same question on that day !! Lol
Darwinism at work
Yep Vickie, that's what freedom looks like. Off you go now, mind the gap between train and platform. BUH-Bye.
And, “I refuse to believe you experts.” The ones I find totally irresponsible are the couple who camped with their babies and barely survived.
I was 10 yrs old in 1980 and lived in Lima, Ohio. We got 1/2 inch of ash all over the place from that eruption. I can remember hearing it as well as feeling it so far away from it.
Nature … No greater power on earth 🌍🌏✨ thanks for the memories
I was 9 years old when this happened but I remember being taken outside at school to look at the ash cloud as it came over Ohio. It was impressive and amazing seeing how far away it was, but the ash did make it here high in the atmosphere.
This is a chilling video. Ever so often mother nature reminds us who the boss is. JANIE
Thanks for telling this history of this volcano as we know it
Was a kid in 1980 , but vividly remember watching on tv the eruption. As an adult now it amazes me the stories of survival, those who were in the wrong place at the wrong time who tragically lost their lives, to the rebirth of the forest and surrounding areas , lakes, rivers, streams. Absolutely remarkable what Mother Nature can do, at its worst and at its best ! . Very good and detailed documentary! Thanks to everyone who made it possible!
Would love to visit this mountain.
I remember visiting Mt St Helens about 1984 and all these people were talking about how all the animal life and vegetation is never coming back. Went there again 10 years later, animals everywhere, trees etc. Went back two years ago, can't even tell where it happened if you never knew. To think that nature can't handle a volcano.
Nature is amazing. Plants and wildlife have returned to Chernobyl too, though I imagine they're radioactive.
They didn't know what they were talking about. Ash is a fertilizer, after forest fires, assuming enough rain, the forest recovers within a few years. The island in Iceland that blew up turned into a lush and beautiful island within 3 years after just by birds carrying seeds there.
You’re so full of crap
Volcano Ash is the most fertiliser natural place in the world 😂
What i find fascinating is them finding trout a few years later in the lake where all the fish had been killed and no one could trace where they came from!
I was watching my neighbor 's cats while they were out of the country visiting relatives in Norway. When the news reached them, through translations, the state of Washington did not exist anymore. They had to call their adult children to find out how bad it was.
The eruption occurred during National Carpool Week.
WOW! Really well done. Thank you for sharing.
This documentary is awesome, God bless you all,i was grade 11 in 1980.🙏🇨🇦
Question St Helens the volcano does it still exist right up to this very day from Perth Western Australia.
@@maxineclark5086 yes
this documentary is really give to me more knowledgehow also learn for me how to long distance eruption and
how many casualty with damage to out side city and another Area,
also the rebuild wood was so awesome! thanks you for whole worker USFS!
I was 15 when this happened. I vaguely remember it. Don't mean to sound mean but I feel so sorry for Harry Truman's cats that died along with him than I do for him dying. Those poor cats didn't have a choice. He could have at least gotten someone to evacuate them (however, I get the feeling that he didn't believe the eruption would happen). As you can tell, I am a cat person, not a people person, lol.
I had the same reaction.
I get it, but if he didn't want to leave his home ("I'd rather die than leave my home", etc.), then I'm guessing he didn't want to lose his cats, either. Those cats were probably his companions and what he looked forward to each day. I understand why you're disappointed his cats died with him, but that was probably unavoidable at that point. If he was going down, everything he owned was going with him.
I thought it was the president.
The epitome of crazy cat lady.
The poor cats still piss me off; Harry was an irresponsible alcoholic arsehole who didn't deserve a single pet.
People just don't see the danger and suffering associated with a deadly volcano eruption.. it fried them all.
...Thank you for posting. Thank you Mr. Hagerman for your service.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this detailed article. Wonderful. Thankyou.
I was living in Battle Ground, WA. back then. It's very close to the Mountain. Enough that a light dusting of ash coated everything in neighboring areas. Residents here had varying reactions, but were cool and calm. Mr. Truman had no where else to go and refused to leave, as you see here. Stubborn to the last! He had hundreds of cats that died with him. I swam and camped at Spirit Lake when I was a kid. The mountain was really beautiful, once upon a time. It looked like an ice cream cone. Now, you can go there and visit the monument and the center at the crater, see a film and related objects and learn more. Bring a camera to take photos of the crater and buy a Tee shirt, and some things local artists made from the ash. (Ceramics, blown glass, jewelry etc.) Worth the drive up to the top...er, I meant what's left of the top. There's a Big Foot museum on the way up to the crater.
It's the greatest motorcycle ride i know. Spirit lake hwy
41:17 "If we are patient and try not to interfere too much"
An important lesson for all of mankind
I was 20 yrs. old and lived on Chilliwack BC we had ash falling on us Iike snow I remember we had to stay in unless we really had to be somewhere so we all stayed home and watched the events on TV no Internet back then no cell phones we didn't have even the most primitive desk top computers. lol not even Donkey Kong. WOW how things have changed. ☺
I love chilliwack, it's so beautiful! Greetings from Winnipeg
Excellent documentary....Thank you. Nature is amazing!
May 18. 1990. Stationed at Ft Lewis took my 5 month old baby, Jon and other kids yo the Toutle River. All the trees were down. Houses were inundated with mud.
Great documentary -- thanks! A pleasure to hear the nice people talking as opposed to a bunch of noisy sound effects :-) Terrific job on the narrator's part too!
Exactly! Bunch of A/V geeks get a hold of some of these documentaries and simply ruin them with their bells and whistles.
I heard that Harry refused to leave his wife's grave that was near his cabin. He was mind settled about passing and hoped to be with his beloved.
I can only hope for his sake that his passing was swift, and too swift to be painful.
The mountain blew at 8:32am, and Harry was probably gone by 8:34. He went down with ship, like he wanted.
Maybe. Maybe he just was stubborn and did not believe scientists. History proved him wrong.
@@adamabele785 With all respects, I watched TV and heard him on the news stating that. What is more, he invited one inside and showed the 2 letters and pictures of Presidents that stayed there with him. His Daughter and grandson were doing well. He was living in a different decade and went fishing when the volcano blew. He was stubborn with being taken from his lifetime home and his beloved. That was not going to happen.
@@peterussell673 The mountain blew at 8:32, and Harry was atoms 15 seconds later.
I see OLD HARRY TRUMAN Walking around up there once in awhile..... It's nice to see Him.
I was only 4 years old when Mt. St. Helen’s erupted so I remember very little of that day.
"cast an ashy shadow" - Say it out loud. It sounds like a fancy Japanese sports car :D
I really, really liked this documentary. It wasn't targeted toward an idiot audience, I learned a great deal, and it really took me back. Anybody remember merchants selling small plastic bags of ash for $5? I was such a science nerd I'd have bought one too if I wasn't so poor :(
I remember this vividly. Ash everywhere. People in masks. We were camping with the family. I remember being so angry with my parents not letting me go outside and play in the snow. Hard to believe it's been 40 years.