RAW VIDEO: MOUNT ST. HELENS. MAY 18TH, 1980. TORRENTS OF MUD.
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- Опубликовано: 7 май 2020
- MAY 18TH, 1980
Day of the eruption
Toutle River
As the sun began to fade on the day of the eruption the effects of the event were being witnessed throughout the region surrounding the mountain.
The heat of the explosion and eruption melted the glaciers on the face of the volcano. As the people of the area watched in awe of the mountain continuing it's expulsion of steam and ash 30 miles away, they stood on the banks of the Toutle river as it became a torrent of mud and debris of collapsed hillsides, cut timber and parts of entire forests that were slamming through the river system.
This is newly restored video from the KGW archives converted to full HD.
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The clarity of this video is amazing
Like it could've been filmed yesterday.
On May 19 of that year, I drove across the I-5 bridge and they were snowlowing mud and debris from the bridge deck. The railroad bridge next to it had logs sitting on it.
Thanks for posting this.
Two friends died at Fawn Lake. Their dad looked for them for years. Very little ever found.
Was they the Killians?
Yes, I worked with their uncle at the time.
Wow, this is great footage. I've seen bits and pieces of this over the years, but not like this. I love seeing raw video of the MSH eruption. Post more if you have it! Is this the I 5 bridge?
That's the Toutle River,
I-5 and BNSF bridges 3 miles north of Castle Rock and about a half mile from the mouth of the Toutle River.
That was interesting to watch!
There was a tragic video of 2 horses caught in the mud flow and people watching helplessly from the land it broke my heart and pains me greatly even to this day
What a cool video thanks for the upload!
It was absolutely unbelievable. And it could have been a helluva lot worse. According to our, USGS, “United States, Geological Survey”, USGS.
liked video 👍🌋😮
Wow! Didn’t seem all that bad....at first. Then it gets worse. And worse! Like a scene from an apocalyptic movie.
Lahar
As bad as this was, when (not if, but when!) Mt. Ranier erupts, the lahars it will create from its glacier snowmelt will be even worse, and will flow directly into heavily populated areas.
I'm curious, where did all of the debris in the rivers end up? Did it all eventually flow into the ocean?
Just like herculaneum and pompeii