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The day the sky darkened: Mount St. Helens erupted 45 years ago
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:12 pm
What a historic natural disaster. I was in Washington a few months after it happened. The devastation was unreal.
45 years ago today
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On May 18, 1980, the United States experienced the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in its history. After more than two months of rumbling, Washington state's Mount St. Helens erupted with a force equivalent to as much as 50 megatons of TNT.
The massive blast and subsequent landslides, flooding and ash cloud killed 57 people, caused more than $1 billion in damage and destroyed at least 200 homes, and was heard more than 200 miles away.
45 years ago today
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Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:17 pm to Yellow Truck
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I was in Washington a few months after it happened.
Could have been you
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:21 pm to Cosmo
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Could have been you
No way in Hell I live in Washington as a permanent resident..
Even though I did spend three weeks a month there for several months in a work capacity.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:21 pm to Yellow Truck
One of the dead was a photographer on a mountain a few miles away. I think they were able to develop his film.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:22 pm to Yellow Truck
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Mount St. Helens erupted with a force equivalent to as much as 50 megatons of TNT.
That's more than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:38 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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That's more than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
Thats Tsar Bomba
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:41 pm to Yellow Truck
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The day the sky darkened
What a historic natural disaster.
The devastation was unreal.
Absolutely. How did you know today is my ex wife’s birthday?
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:42 pm to Figgy
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Absolutely. How did you know today is my ex wife’s birthday?
First she blew him...then she blew him away.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:51 pm to Yellow Truck
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First she blew him...then she blew him away.
She was freaking bipolar among other problems. So yeah, you’re about right.
Fellas, never stick your dick in crazy and no you can’t fix her. They don’t want to be fixed. Run away as fast as you can.
I got a daughter out of it though so that was cool.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 6:03 pm to Figgy
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She was freaking bipolar among other problems. So yeah, you’re about right.
Fellas, never stick your dick in crazy and no you can’t fix her. They don’t want to be fixed. Run away as fast as you can.
I got a daughter out of it though so that was cool.
I have the EXACT same story.
Bipolar loon, got my youngest daughter out of the deal.
She is 30 now, but still my baby girl, and she is not bipolar, but looks and acts so much like her mama it is unreal. I tell her, "I divorced your mama, I can't divorce you...but I can put my foot in your arse."
One of the greatest days in my life was when my baby girl called to inquire about my 2 year old grandson's attitude. "Daddy, was I this stubborn?"
KARMA!!!
Posted on 5/18/25 at 6:09 pm to Yellow Truck
I'm still waiting to see photos of dead Bigfoots being carried off on and loaded onto military vehicles.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 6:13 pm to Yellow Truck
One of the last photos of a photographer who was found deceased in his car partially buried in ash and debris days after the eruption.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 6:17 pm to ChestRockwell
Sasquatch, being in tune with nature, knew to leave the area before the eruption.
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 5/18/25 at 6:49 pm to Yellow Truck
Remember vividly the interview with 84 year old Harry Truman who refused to leave the mountain when warned. He was one of the victims.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 7:06 pm to zippyputt
Robert Landsburg was the photographer killed who had recoverable film.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 7:13 pm to Yellow Truck
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Mount St. Helens erupted 45 years ago
Posted on 5/18/25 at 7:35 pm to Wally Sparks
quote:Landsberg’s last photo, taken minutes before he died in his car of asphyxiation (and exposure to the heat of the ash):
Robert Landsburg was the photographer killed who had recoverable film.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 7:49 pm to Allyn McKeen
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Remember vividly the interview with 84 year old Harry Truman who refused to leave the mountain when warned. He was one of the victims.
I was like in 3rd grade and remembered hearing this on the news everyday. They kept up with him until he refused to leave and died.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 8:22 pm to Yellow Truck
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