‘Nick From Home’ Livestream #45 - Mt St Helens 40th Anniversary
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- CWU's Nick Zentner from his home in Ellensburg, Washington on Sunday, May 17, 2020 during the global coronavirus pandemic. Dwight 'Rocky' Crandell's personal items shared (on loan from daughter Jane), Dave Johnston, Mt St Helens lead-up, May 18 main event, aftermath.
YOU are a role model for would-be geologists and current and future teachers. One couldn't go wrong following your lead. TYVM!
I got the chills when you pointed to Dave Johnston’s signature.
Nick, thank you for giving us such a beautiful tribute to Rocky Crandell. Really wonderful.
For my memories of that time, I was thirteen, playing in our driveway at the family home in Northern Wisconsin, when I noticed that the station wagon was dirtier than normal. I mentioned it to Mom, who up to that point had seemed to always keep our cars clean. She pulled a finger across the hood, and a surprising amount of gray dust came up on it. Her mouth open in amazement, she turned to me and said, “I think it’s ash from Mount St Hellen’s.” I felt an immediate connection to the mountain which has persisted to this day.
I had to choke back tears several times. I was in Moses Lake WA. We got 2 3/8 inches of ash in our yard. Once ash started falling it fell for 12 hours. As the sun set in the east at 10:30 am the birds were singing night time songs. All day we could barely see the street light across from our house. It was pitch black. While the ash fell we watched live TV reports from Seattle. We were glued to TV reports for much of that week. My husband at that time had climbed st Helen's a few years before. I had spent a day at the parking lot on the mountain that was the place David Johnston gave several interviews with Jeff Renner (sp). So the shock of the pictures that showed the near moonscape the mountain became was physical for us. There are stories I won't give of the process of removing ash from the house and yard. We couldn't leave town because of ash at all for a month. That was the beginning of a personally difficult year. I was 32 in1980, I'm 74 now. It was a life changing year. I discovered your videos in May of 2021. I have put off watching this one. Thank you for sharing a great geologist's notes.
My Dad was a ham radio operator, and I was a radioman in the Navy. My Dad had volunteered to help Gerry Martin man the observation post on Coldwater Ridge. I had volunteered to drive him down and camp with them in a van for the week. But I was told that I had to be aboard the ship because we were visit ship in Seattle for Armed Forces Weekend. Gerry said I could bring my Dad down on Sunday night or Monday morning. If it hadn't been for my not being given permission to leave that weekend, there would have been 59 victims of the eruption instead of the 57 there were. I have heard Gerry's recording of his transmissions many times, and it always touches my heart. I was almost afraid you would include it, but glad you did.
amazing!!!
Clear as a bell. I really enjoy your presentations. Thank you.
One of the things that makes Nick's lectures such a pleasure is his salt of the earth, conversational style of delivery. Which is pretty good for a geologist...
4-5 years after the eruption I was a medic in the WA State Nat Guard, 116th AHT, flying out of Ft Lewis. The pilots flying those choppers were many of the same pilots who flew those rescue missions. My eternal respect to those brave people. Flying blind in an ash cloud that was going to ruin your engine in 20 minutes, the courage is inspiring.
I was in the 513th Trans Co at Ft Lewis. We were involved with evac.
@@henriettawight5216 Needless to say this was mid 80's. 116th was an Attack Helicopter unit flying Cobras and Hueys.
Those pilots were also, many times, Vietnam era Vets.
Big stones, very big.
Mad respect.
You're a wonderful teacher and a REAL person ... Don't worry abut what other people tell you... They're not perfect either... You know that... but sometimes we all need to hear the truth and get the encouragement... I don't know why some people love to impose their negative concepts and make themselves look small
Keep doing what you do ... thumbs UP!
These backyard lessons are perfect. They are warm, community oriented, personal and entertaining. If there are some who are critical or censorious please ignore them. They are NOT part of this community.
I think they are part of the community. If they hang around long enough, they might improve as I have done over the years.
Well said. Watching from Australia - such fascinating material.
@@neemtreebark I did and thanks 😊
Nick, thanks so so much for sharing all this info. I was stationed at Ft Lewis at the time. I had arrived at Ft Lewis on January 2nd. I heard all the news reports amd friends and i explored the St. Hellens area a month before the eruption. On May 28th i was awakened by my radio saying the mountain was in full eruption. My friends and i got in my carcandcstarted drivinecto the mountain. We got as far as Tumwater when the State Police stopped us and turned us around. Even at Tumwater all we could see was a gigantic wall of ash. The next day we were all deployed to aid the the search and rescue. Unfortunately Dave's camp was gone and nothing remained on that hilltop except ash. As was the case with so many acres of timber. I am 61 years old now and i remember it better than my 21st birthday. This info you shared today has filled in a lot of blanks for me. Thanks again, professor.
So powerful to hear those last words...
As always, thank you Nick.
Nick asked about what the eruption sounded like. I was a Camp Bonneville, WA, NE of Vancouver, WA, about 15 miles, and about 45 miles SSW from Mt. St. Helens. My unit and I were in the mess hall when it went off. It sounded like a sonic boom. After a momentary pause, we didn't give it a second thought until we saw the cloud an hour or two later which was awe-inspiring.
These lectures are even better than your auditorium lectures...which I love. I can't wait to watch all the "Nick at Home" videos.
Thank you Jane for sharing . Honor to father’s work. He was definitely ahead of his time. Blessings
A most enjoyable and fascinating presentation, Nick. I was a sophomore nursing student living in the NY metro area of northeast New Jersey when St. Helens blew. I often hear it said that ash from the eruption "fell as far as the midwest", but I distinctly remember waking up to ash on my car in Rutherford, NJ three days after the eruption. That was an eye-opener. I should have kept some of it!
Thank you so much for the effort you put into these streams. It's truly a thrill to be sitting in on the classes I'd so wanted to attend forty years ago.
Thanks for this excellent retrospective.
Nice presentation Nick. Thank you Jane Crandall for sharing your father's personal notes from that time. What I remember at the time when I was 24 living in Vermont was how quickly it went from growing concern to cataclysm to the aftermath and how grateful I was that it wasn't happening where I lived.
40 years ago,wow,seams like yesterday, i was near st helens when she blew, had to run for my life, never ever forget, the day mud fell from the sky....
Thank you Nick.
gotta love it
@@scottroberts9317 Thank you, thank you very much! :-)
I remember waking up in Salem, Oregon the day after with ash everywhere. This is how stupid I was… I drove from Salem, Oregon to Spokane in my VW 1963 bug to visit my old high school sweetheart. I was wondering why I didn’t see any other cars on the way up to Spokane. Luckily my 63’ Bug didn’t die until I was safe and sound back in Salem.
Hi Nick, I unfriended everyone on Facebook, Left all groups and signed out forever! I hate Facebook. But still love your lectures!!!
You've made a wise move breaking from the sheep.
I'm in the process. Such hate and many not willing to think for themselves and have a conversation. Some comments on RUclips are aggressive. All this does is prevent problem solving and even respect for others. Politeness has disappeared from many people's social skills. Nick is a wonderful example how people can enjoy information even when they question it. Nick's lectures and most comments are a breath of fresh air.
It's been a month and I'm still awe-struck by this event. I was 23 and just out of the army, and other pursuits had my attention in 1980. I thought, "Eh, a volcano." back then. I've watched many videos and documentaries since Nick gave this lecture. I am just now realizing the magnitude and hazards of volcanoes. Thanks for the enlightenment, Nick! :)
I'll not forget the morning of May 18... I was 12, at home in Poulsbo WA, at the breakfast table with my family. We felt, more than heard, a thump, as if someone upstairs had stomped a foot on the floor... We all looked at each other wondering, what was that? We knew there was no one upstairs...
What a wonderful review of the time before the eruption ... and a wonderful tribute to Rocky Crandell and Dave Johnston. Great look at how field geologists work.
So wallowing your lectures to fill in gaps in my COVID LIFE. Learning so MUCH! Jerry Long Arl Va
Nick, I just stumbled upon your channel this evening because of my long lasting love of Mt. St. Helens as a photographer! I was living in Grants Pass, Southern Oregon when the Mountain blew and we had ash clear down there. Big thumbs up for 14 Hands wines as well, I love that area. Just realized that you were involved in the geology videos I have watched from CWU for the past couple years, thank you for that! I'm a photographer and geology geek from Oregon.
A great video. Reminded me that 40 years ago "today", I was in Marine Corps recruit training and woken up in my "hootch" on Camp Pendleton California by the earthquake caused by the eruption. My folks all captured ash in the Spokane and Flatehad Valleys, which I saw after I graduated. Even watched one of the ash clouds from one of the mini-eruptions that followed in July. You are an entertaining and great public speaker, Nick. I have really appreciated all the knowledge you have shared.
AND i was 50 miles off shore San Diego, on the USS Cleveland. Catching some rays on the helo pad,when someone asked me"your from WA state,MT Saint Helens just eprupted,are you worried about your family? I said "no ,they live in Puyallup.
2hrs north by car" . Years after, i hiked up south side of st helens,and looked down ,into the crater . Then i was scared, im affaid of hights,it was "surreal view, unimaginable! Small world "shipmate"
mike blubaugh Indeed it is. A beautiful sunny Sunday morning and the DIs letting us sleep in after our first hump. The world keeps turning.
Great stuff Nick. Thanks.
Thanks so much!
Enjoying your lectures to learn.
Awesome as usual! I rarely get to watch live as I am an essential worker doing the night shift thing but rest assured i watch them all and love them. As a geology hobbyist, I've learned more from your presentations than I could have imagined. everywhere I travel in the PNW, I see things with a new perspective. Keep up the great work and stay safe!
This was an AWESOME video! I loved all the context, stories, cozy fort videos and the walk to the ash layer at the end. I remember the eruption very well and how closely I followed it back when it happened, even though I didn't live anywhere near it. I remember being very sad about Dave Johnston. I look forward to everyday that you podcast. I have also seen some of your Nick on the Rocks videos before all this craziness in our country happened. Thank you.
This is a great vid!! Im seeing it a year later but really great job!!!! Still watching!
Thanks for these videos, Nick. I had no real interest in geology, but found myself watching all of your lectures at the Central Washington Channel. Thanks for making geology interesting to a midwest farmer like me.
I was a grade school kid in Massachusetts when this happened. It’s very moving to see these news videos and listen to the last words of some of those scientists and radio operators.
It has been a real pleasure enjoying your videos during this mess. THANK YOU!!!
That’s so awesome that you have that little publication with Dave johnston’s autograph.
I love these videos!!! One of my earliest memories (I'm 44) is of my mother sitting me in front of the TV news that had interrupted normal programming and saying "remember this... this is history being made!". I'll be honest I don't remember much of the news report other than the pictures of smoke coming from the mountain... hey I was only 4!... I also remember about 3 weeks later a massive hail storm here in the south UK. Still the biggest hail I've ever seen. Each hail stone was about the size of a golf ball and when cracked open at the core was a dark spot... ash from Mt St Helens. Funny the things from your childhood you remember.
Thank you again for a wonderful presentation. I’m watching late this evening but My Brother and our Mother were with you live . Blessings to you and yours clam!👍🙏
Just watched this today - my favorite episode. I’m obsessed with St. Helen’s and have been there numerous times since 1980.
Hi from Victoria, BC, Canada. Thank-you for doing the live streams and letting them be posted after. Although I can not make it to all the live streams I do watch the videos after. I was on Hornby Island BC camping with my family and friends when Mt. St. Helen blew 40 yrs ago. I was 19 at the time. Although we are not really that far away from Washington, we never heard or felt anything. Although I never went into a career in Geology but now I wish I had. I watched every live broadcast I could find after since Mt. St. Helen's erupted. Now, 40 yrs later I still find natural events around the world facinating and watch what I can find. Your live streams and videos are something I look forwards to. Again Thank-you for taking the time to do them even though you do not have to. Sadly there are always those who criticize will find something (big or small) any streamer even if the streamer is completely family friendly. There are way worse streamers out there who stream drunk or curse constantly out there that young kids and some Adults watch. Those who criticize seem to think they have the right, which they don't. If they don't like what they see or hear they do not have to watch. Period! Don't let the haters bother you Nick. So what if you Maybe have a "Adult" beverage or Maybe occasionally curse. It does not mean you are a bad person or "have a drinking problem". If my boys were still little kids I would certainly still let them watch you because of the Education you present. That is the main point of you streaming these. It shows how much you love teaching and your passion for geology. I know I will be sad when you go back to work and will not have the time to live stream 5 days a week. Thank-you for being such a awesome Teacher and person. And for those who will criticize my comments, and there probably will be some, I say to them .. "to bad if you don't like what I say. I am almost 60 yrs old and don't care what you think" Anyone who gets really nasty will be reported and blocked! Have a wonderful day :D
And sorry that was so long. I moderate for a couple of streamers, one who is totally "family friendly" and know first hand about the "haters" Sadly No matter what one does "haters got to hate" is the saying many use :(
A AWESOME live show NIICK , I was in Clarkston Washington , it was getting dark a 1pm that day ,I worked for Zirble transport in lewiston. The owner spent boco bucks on air filters and slick fifty oil additive it had just come out . For the fleet . It helped . We did not get a lot of ash .but even a little in a engine would have been detrimental .
Like Nick, I'm from Wisconsin. I was a high school junior in the spring of 1980 and I remember the national news build up before the event. We didn't get ash this far east, but the sunsets were incredible after the explosion.
wow! instant classic. so much good stuff! -How have i not seen this sooner?
This was an excellent presentation on Mt. St. Helen, especially Rocky's perspective. Thank you.
Glad to run into these -- I've caught up on all the long lectures and was bummed when I realized it. Just discovered these livestreams and am looking forward to them.
I ❤️loved ❤️the field trip! Thanks for taking me along!
Beautiful little movies of the inside of Mt. St. Helens. Loved seeing the ice glacier’s beginnings. How and why does a glacier form inside a volcano’s exploded crater? This was a very interesting talk you gave. Thank you!
My parents were climbing Mt. Rainier when Mt. St. Helens exploded. They had their skis on their back, so they put on the skis and skied down to the parking lot. My dad took a photo of my mom, standing next to our car that was covered in ash. She had written Mt. St. Helens, May 18, 1980 on the windshield. The only way they could drive down the mountain safely was to follow the tail lights of the car in front of them. When they got to Longmire, it was dark as night at 9:30 in the morning.
I’m late to this presentation. I enjoy the recap of what happened, but don’t it’s painful to see the loss of so many who wanted to learn.
I also recently discovered your live lectures (thanks Covid) and enjoy them a great deal! Never too old to learn.
Great review of St. Helen's fateful day Nick.I'll never forget having moved some things from Pullman to Seattle on Saturday and getting stuck on the west side for over a week. WSU ended up being cancelled. my neighbors were on top of Mt Adams when it blew. Lucky for them the devastation was headed the other direction. they got some amazing photos and a lifetime tales to tell
I was finishing up 8th grade middle school in NY when the buildup to, then the eruption was all over the news. It was definitely an event.
Loved every minute! Thanks.
Those papers are gold! Please keep them safe! Was just wondering about this topic this morning, and this video popped up.
Good morning from Ridgefield, Washington. Looking at Mt. St. Helens. She's a beauty. She has on her lovely soft winter coat.
Hello nick... I’m a fan. Did A level geography... which stated me off on plate tectonics, I’ve watched many of your lectures and travelled extensively in Pacific Northwest. I’m aiming to get to Yellowstone next year. I was 14 when St Helens blew....I’ll never forgot it, it was big news in London. Take care, wishing you and your family safety in these troubled times. 👏👏👍🙏
I watch this over and over. I was a paramedic in Chicago attending nursing school. I can remember wondering if I should fly out and help with search and rescue.
Thank you again for your time and effort in making this yet another excellent talk. Cheers from Jane in England.
As always Nick, your vids are all Class! You are awesome, and so happy to get to see your stuff.
Great presentation on Mt. St. Helens. Really liked the new material, stories, and personal connection to geologists. Thanks for being sensitive to young people regarding intensity of videos.
Wonderful episode! Thanks for the thoughtful remembrance and for the lovely walk!
Another wonderful topic and presentation, Nick! Now, go enjoy the day with your beautiful wife!
It is so amazing that the knowledge gained in hindsight made it obvious that the north face was going to blow out, and had before, but so regrettably was not discerned before. I've spent many a day at Johnston Ridge contemplating the events of that day.
Your narrative of the events leading up to the eruption, from the geologists involved perspectives, would make a fine feature length documentary film! I would buy it.
Thank you for this prospective. I think I can relate to Mr Crandall’s situation. I work at a hospital. During Covid 19 we are sending home over 65 and immunocompromised staff. So with less staff we were trying to deal with massive amounts of reporting to local, regional and state levels. We are also getting massive amounts of email, massive amounts of official announcements and updates. It is mind numbing. It is emotionally, mentally and physically draining. And the public has so many questions and fears. Some thankful for what you can do or provide, the other half angry that’s its not enough or overkill. Just trying to do the job. You feel so inadequate.
I remember this event well. I live a long way away but I remember seeing the devastation, hearing of the losses, and just crying for everyone effected. Earth science was my favorite subject in high school. I became even more deeply interested after the MSH eruption. I’m so glad I found your lectures and recording several years back. I’m learning so much! Appreciate you and the service you provide. Thank you and love you 😉
KATHY ROBERTS Thank you so much for your dedication and hard work. You are so appreciated by all of us! My dad said this experience at Mount St. Helens was one of the most stressful times in his life. I’m not surprised that you see a correlation. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks for taking the time to do these streams. Very interesting!
Hi there! I took Geology 19 years ago and your lectures have been a lot of fun to listen to as review. My husband and I stay up late to watch your streams! So much more enjoyable than what's in Hollywood. 😊 Question for you: DO VOLCANOES EVER ERUPT MORE THAN ONCE AS PART OF THE SAME ERUPTION? DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES? Thank you for all of your time and thought put into these streams! ♥️ -Sarah, The Tuttle Family
It seems like just yesterday. I was 9 years old, almost 10. Time flies.
An outstanding live stream! Thank you for the insight on some of the people working to understand and study the mountain! I will definitely watch this one again!
Hi Nick, for the MSH memory box: In May of 1980 I was a grad student at the University of North Dakota. On May 18th I was in the field working on a project for the ND Geological Survey when I heard about the eruption on the radio (NPR). A couple of days later as I set up camp at a city park in Ellendale, ND I was treated to what is probably the most beautiful sunset I’ve ever seen as the stratified layers of ash had reached there by then. I felt very lucky when years later, after having moved to the PNW, I got to spend a summer working with Gary Rosenquist as a volunteer with the MSH Institute 🙂.
I remember the day Mount Saint Helens erupted. I rode my bike out 2 a friend's house, didn't know about the eruptions till I got there, it was all over the news on the TV.
Again,iam new to this channel and watching previous videos,my only personal experience with volcanic ash fallout is in the Philippines in 1991,i was in the Navy and my ship the USS TRIPOLI went there just after Mount Pinatubo erupted as part of a rescue/relief operation,the damage to property,humans and animals was Horrific,i was a young man then from the hills and woods of E Tn and honestly had a hard time believing what my eyes were seeing,it's different when it's not on TV some place far away.
Watched St. Helens go up from the back porch! Took 10 minutes for it to start raining ash at my mom and dad's house!
Your well meaning toasts and occasional sip of wine are not offensive to me.
This was great as a sad but accurate retrospective.
Love you and your channel. From grand Junction Colorado
Been watching you for years just seen your recent vids awesome
I missed the live stream, but really enjoyed the whole presentation. I was 22 at the time going to college in Manhattan, Kansas and (vaguely) recall there being the slightest bit of ash on cars after the eruption. Was glued to the news just about all day.
On May 18th 1980, we were having morning coffee at home on the North Shore Mountains in Vancouver BC - not Vancouver, Washington.
Our home faced south in the direction of Mt St Helens and we were looking out across the City of Vancouver, when there was a massive bang.The glass in our windows moved in and out and a door slammed shut.
We ran to look into our back yard, assuming there had been a rock slide down our mountain.
We were 234 miles north of the mountain - impressive!
Thank You Professor Zentner. My husband and I have been following your series for weeks, and find the presentations both entertaining and thought provoking. Congratulations on mastering the media! We watched this morning's 'cast, and the comment about the use of well bores with regard to volcanology caught our attention, as such a thing may be useful in preparing Washington for an eruptive event, but may be of exigent value in Hawaii. As indicators, much in the way a turkey pop-up button works, it could warn of activity in the lava tubes by releasing a visual object, such as a flag or balloon, or actuate a radio or satellite signal. Residents can be warned in time to take avoiding action. Deployment of a device this simple could be accomplished within 1 to 2 hours, and may save lives by providing days, hours or by even minutes of warning in areas constricted or limited roadways. May we speak further with regard to this, or can you direct me to a correspondent? Best to you and yours, and take good care of your Bijou.
How many of us would love to read Rocky Crandell's Biography?? I know I would!
It was his autobiography, but I'm with you.
I was stationed at ft Lewis. That was an incredible thing to see.
I am a Portland resident and I remember the 1980 eruption. I was 19. At 8:32am on Sunday, May 18 my fiancé and I were traveling to Seattle and had stopped for a bathroom break north of Kelso and I heard the gas station attendant holler, “Look at the mountain!” We had had 2 months of small eruptions so we didn’t think anything of it and continued on our way. This was before the internet and smart phones so we didn’t know about the eruption until we saw the news. We were to return to Portland that night and I-5 was closed due to the mud flows and trees that came down the rivers to the bridges, until they could check the integrity of the bridges. We did make it home. Daily we looked forward to reading the papers for the amazing stories of rescues.
Funny, here we are 40 years later wearing face masks again. In 1980 there was a bumper sticker of George Washington on the Washington flag wearing a surgical mask.
My parents in Gresham didn’t hear any noise at the time of the eruption whereas I’ve heard that it was heard as far as Saskatchewan! I’ve heard this phenomenon is called “acoustic shadow” - look it up.
Thanks for doing these!
I’m a local tour guide and I take tourists to MSH, as well as Mt Hood, the Columbia River Gorge and Portland. Not working this year - yet!
Okay here me out. Instead of a drilled hole in the side with a pop off plug why not put a gigantic plug in the top of the Volcano made out of flex seal? I've the seen the infomercials and you can pretty much just slap it on there. I've ran the calculations and you would only have to spend about a million dollars on flex seal to make the right sized plug. I demand an explanation from every geologist who has ever lived as to why this would work. Don't tell me it can't! I have an associates degree in non verbal animal communication from ITT Tech.
I was 13 and remember watching the coverage of Mount St. Helen's on NBC nightly news (starting in March 1980) and CNN (starting June 1) . My mom was 8 months pregnant when it erupted, and my dad insisted we not bother her with any details in case it upset her. Once the eruption did occur, we just sat and stared at the tv. I think we were in shock that such a thing could happen and do so much damage. We were used to hurricanes, which you know is coming and can get out of the way of. It was so scary to think we could witness such distruction even via tv and know that people could not escape in time. (Edited for typo)
We had the ash in Rochester, NY. The local news reported , “If you have gritty deposits on your window sills, that’s from Mt St Helen’s”. I checked and yep…we had it…very cool. I believe that was during the summer.
I have been fascinated by Mt. St. Helens and have wanted to be a vulcanologist since I could first utter the word "volcano," when I was about 4 years old. My dad got me a book called "Volcanoes of the world" by Bill McGuire and Christopher Kilburn, I highly recommend it for those of you who have little ones that love volcanoes like I do. Lots of big pictures, and information on interesting volcanoes from around the world (for them to read once they get older). My book's binding is literally holding on by a thread, and I still use it for when I want to do paintings of ash clouds and volcanoes XD
Thanks Nick, I was hoping you'd do an anniversary special on St Helens. I was living and working in Portland during that time, and remember coming over a hill that Sunday morning, and seeing the mountain just after the main explosion, with the enormous cloud of ash and steam.
Yup i can put myself there, because, i was.
You make me smile as you drill things into my brain. I tried to channel the Nick-ness into my recent video, but can’t quite do it justice. Two thumbs up from a former U of W grad student (in art).
I was 4 and remember this, my grandfather kept watching it on the news.. he seen bombs in the ww2 and said that was bigger than anything he ever seen and that was on an old 20' tv. we build rockets bombs dams and stuff like that but we wil never beat the Earth Mother when she's doing her thing. we have learned alot snice then but we still got ways to go :) you help make it fun, keep teaching, :)
We had ash-fall from Mt St Helen's in Northern Alberta, Lac La Biche Pronounced (Bish). A fine layer of ash fell for a while after. I had to clean the ash off the helicopters at the company I worked at.
Great information, I am learning so much.
Thank you,
Green serpentine rock can be an indicator of Jade -as I understand -
What is the difference between green serpentine rock and Jade?
I had family in Castle Rock, Washington ("Gateway to Mt. St. Helens") at that time. They got a good blizzard of ash that shut the town down for a bit. Lots of vehicles ruined because ash got into intakes, kids staying home from school, lots of businesses closed for a bit, and everyone wearing masks when they went out. Gee, sounds familiar....Thankfully, all were fine after their adventure, and lots of crafters started making ash soap (think Lava Soap) for the tourists.
I had a geology 101 from professor Hinthorne when I was an English major. I loved it so much I wanted to double major, but couldn’t manage it. This is ever so satisfying to get to fulfill that desire now. From Cashmere. 🙏🏼🥰🙏🏼
My parents and some other people had climbed Mount Adams to the north and west of Saint Helens and watched the eruptions in real time.
Where you then? I was flying down to San Diego State to apply for graduate school in geology when I heard the News… Then that summer of 1980 I was a seasonal Park Ranger at Lassen Volcanic National Park. Given the St. Helens eruption it was the Summer of Volcano vacations and many were traveling with ash in there trunks. I still have a labeled ziplock bag sample given to me by a visitor. Guess Mt. St. Helens was for geology/geologists as the Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was for inspiring Rock Bands.
1:01:16 these last words are going to haunt me for the rest of my life 😿
My uncle, Tom Senior, was a videographer working out of Hood River and shot some St Helens video in the Yakima area (I don't recall the exact location).
Nick on the Walks! You gotta love it!
This was just great. I was in Portland that morning in a hotel along the river and remember figuring out that it wasn't fog I was seeing before hearing the news. I think the veterinarian I worked for and I drove back to Boise that day or the next. A couple years later I remember seeing ash in Moscow ID at the university where I picked up a MS degree in '83. Beautiful shots of the neighborhood and valley at the end of this.
As always, fantastic!