Stuart CelarierMay 18

OTD 45 years ago, at 8:32 AM, Mt. St. Helens erupted, displacing a cubic mile of debris, killing 57 people, darkening skies, and raining ash on 11 states.

I was camping with my girlfriend about 150 miles away in the Three Sisters Wilderness and we heard the blast. We heard a second big boom as it echoed off Mt. Jefferson or Mt. Washington. We got back to Portland in the mid afternoon in time to see the huge plume of ash trailing off as far as the eye could see.

Where were you?

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@VisualStuart I am as a kid with my mom driving south from Calgary AB on our way home to BC. The further we went, the darker it got as a wall of ash loomed before us. At the time, we were surprised that the ash was so far reaching.
In the coming days, we would find a layer of ash on everything at home. I don’t remember how long that lasted though.
May 18 at 2:17pmWeb