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[Veritable Quandry]

I watched it from about 70 miles away from my bedroom window in North Portland. My first job was shoveling it off parking lots.

 

[Maggy Hazelnut]

When Mt. St. Helens blew up I lived over 200 miles away in a tiny town called Newhalem, WA, in the North Cascades National Park. I heard the explosion but it sounded muffled & more like someone banging hard on the walls of the house. I yelled at my son (8 yrs old then) to stop banging on the walls. He was always into mischief so it made sense to me that it was his fault. haha He swore he didn't do anything & a few minutes later I heard on the tv that Mt. St. Helens had exploded. I couldn't believe that we'd hear it when we were so far away. Later some scientists explained that because of all the mountains in between that the sound bounced off & echoed all around Washington & Oregon with some living far away like we did hearing it loud & clear while others much closer didn't hear a thing.

Now I live right between Mount Baker & Glacier Peak - both of which are active volcanoes in the "very high threat" category. Washington state has 5 active volcanoes in that category - Mt. Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mt. St. Helens & Mount Adams. Oregon also has 5 & California has 3.

 

[Essence Lumin]

When St Helens blew up I was living around Boston. They sold little vials of the ash in the Store 24 convenience store. This was a little after pet rocks and pet garbage came out.

 

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