June 22, 2007
June 22, 2007
On a whim we stop at the Mt St. Helens Washington State Visitor Center we passed by yesterday. Aimee is glad we did, as she likes this one best. It focuses more on the human element of the eruption: from those who barely survived the fury and those who didn’t, to the effects of the ash fallout on the lives of nearby residents.
I don’t remember much about the St. Helens eruption and its aftermath. It happened on May 18, 1980. My mind was not on current events at the time. I had just finished final exams, graduated college and taken off on a short vacation out to the East coast with a friend. It would be a few weeks before I was tossed into the real world, working everyday and watching the news.
The big eruption caused a lot of local damage, but that wasn’t the end of it. St. Helens erupted a few more times in the ensuing months blanketing the region in ash that covered everything, clogged up every car, and shut down most transportation. Even ships in the Columbia River ran aground from silt filling the channel.
On a whim we stop at the Mt St. Helens Washington State Visitor Center we passed by yesterday. Aimee is glad we did, as she likes this one best. It focuses more on the human element of the eruption: from those who barely survived the fury and those who didn’t, to the effects of the ash fallout on the lives of nearby residents.
I don’t remember much about the St. Helens eruption and its aftermath. It happened on May 18, 1980. My mind was not on current events at the time. I had just finished final exams, graduated college and taken off on a short vacation out to the East coast with a friend. It would be a few weeks before I was tossed into the real world, working everyday and watching the news.
The big eruption caused a lot of local damage, but that wasn’t the end of it. St. Helens erupted a few more times in the ensuing months blanketing the region in ash that covered everything, clogged up every car, and shut down most transportation. Even ships in the Columbia River ran aground from silt filling the channel.
The mountain is still in the clouds so we take off north on I-5 towards Seattle. The traffic is pretty heavy most of the way. We stop at a private RV park in the Tacoma area for the evening.
posted by Mike and Aimee at 9:28 PM
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