Carter Glacier

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Where were you when Mt. St. Helens blew on this day back in 1980?

 

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[jjc2009]

Where were you when Mt. St. Helens blew on this day back in 1980?

I was a kid but this was maybe the first big news story I remember from childhood.

I also had an aunt that lived in Tacoma so this hit close to home a bit.

 

[DraftNerd]

I was a kid but this was maybe the first big news story I remember from childhood.

I also had an aunt that lived in Tacoma so this hit close to home a bit.

That might just be me as well….as first news story from childhood goes.

No…wait….three mile island was first. Considering we lived an hour from there. But, I do remember very light dusting of ash on cars on day from Mt St Helen’s….even though we were thousands of miles away.

Better ash from that than three mile island I guess lol

 

[jjc2009]

That might just be me as well….as first news story from childhood goes.

No…wait….three mile island was first. Considering we lived an hour from there. But, I do remember very light dusting of ash on cars on day from Mt St Helen’s….even though we were thousands of miles away.

Better ash from that than three mile island I guess lol

I don’t really remember 3 mi island other than my parents telling me about nightly news reports on whether any radiation migrated towards our area. Mt St Helens was the first story I independently remember

 

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45 years ago Mt. St. Helens blew her top and Crater Glacier is still growing.

 

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45 years ago, we were fishing at Lake Jameson just NW of the Sun Lakes that sunny morning and as we cooked breakfast, we heard explosions that sounded like dynamite up on the hillside. Being down in the coulee it was just an echo of the blast. We didn't think much of it at the time, and we left to go home just be before noon. On highway 2 north of Wenatchee we could look south and see the ash cloud and once again we didn't think much of it. It was only when we stop at Blewett Pass that we turned on the radio and found out the mountain had erupted. We made our way to Cle Elum only to encounter ash falling. There were times we couldn't see more than 30 feet in front of us. We finally made it through the ash and came across where the WSP blocked 97 at old highway 10 just outside of Cle Elum. The trooper was surprised to see us as they blocked off 97 on the other side of Blewett Pass shortly after we got off highway 2 and onto 97. It was eerie traveling along 97 with no one else on the road and we saw several dead deer as well. I'll never forget the day Mt. St. Helens blew her top.