40 Years Ago

On May 18th, 1980 at 8:30 AM Pacific, Mt St. Helens erupted. Please remember the 57 people that lost their lives that day.

https://365project.org/byrdlip/365/2012-09-18

https://youtu.be/6xd4m0ZthZ0

I wish I could present you with a current picture, but information shows that the road into the national forest remain closed. Older pictures were lost in an external hard drive crash.

[FBailey]

I have no recollection of this event but watched the video (and some of the following one) with awe

[J A Byrdlip]

@fbailey I wasn't into state until the year after (81), and drove down the tuttle river, the road was still being rebuilt and the "A" frame was easy to access and another house was visible from the road. The muck/debris was about a foot short of the eave of the house (film era for me)

[FBailey]

@byrdlip It was a real eye opener

[MamaBec]

I lived in Lynden at the time. Lynden is four miles south of the Canadian Border, due north of Bellingham. I stepped out into the backyard and heard a “boom, boom, boom!” Didn’t know until a couple of hours later what had actually happened.

[J A Byrdlip]

@mamabec I was in Everson for three months, from June 81.