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Aristus

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1. I was forty miles away at a Boy Scout camp out when it erupted.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 31, 2025, 09:30 PM

May 31

But the wind was blowing the other way at the time. So the first I knew something was wrong was when all of these helicopters from Fort Lewis sped overhead on the way to the site.

Just then, someone ran in from the adjacent campsite shouting the news.

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I was forty miles away at a Boy Scout camp out when it erupted. Aristus May 31 #1

Which Mt. Saint Helens Visitor Center? Thunderbeast May 31 #2