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> ...Did you have any idea what had happened?
At first I thought it was local blasting. It was more common back then.
As soon as I rowed ashore the preliminary reports were starting to come
in. No one had any idea of the magnitude of the event except that it was
obviously huge. At the time Mount St. Helens was the most studied
mountain on the planet and they knew something big was imminent. A
friend of mine had access to a small plane and we had a standing plan to
take off as soon as something happened. However while the morning of the
blast was clear the weather quickly moved in which together with the
ashfall made sightseeing by air a really stupid idea. Our region was
never impacted by the blast since the weather here is mostly from west
to east. One morning after one of the many post belches we did get
enough white dust to write your name on a vehicle left outside. One trip
down our road produces more dust. East of the Cascades it's a different
story. Ash layers from the many volcanic eruptions provide a convenient
way to date archaeological finds. Glacier Peak and Mt Mazama being
notable past events.
Your trip inspires me to go dig out my old slides.
Mike
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