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2naSalit

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4. I lived in...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu May 18, 2023, 08:22 AM

May 2023

Madison, WI and 24 hours later there was a layer of fine, glass ash on everything, including my Volvo. Had to go wash that off. There was a strange haze too but I was not in town long enough to see how long that lasted. A friend of mine was in Kelso, WA during the eruption, well they left in a hurry. Problem there was static electricity, he was delivering a load of gasoline, static will ignite fumes and make a large explosion. It takes about two minutes to end a delivery and leave, even in an emergency. He said it was pretty tense.

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On this day, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 OP

i was right in the middle of it..on a freeway. The ash came down and it was pitch black.. samnsara May 2023 #1

It rained ash in central oregon. clouds May 2023 #2

I was driving down 82nd ave in Portland Or. When St. Hellens blew it's top. Prairie_Seagull May 2023 #3

I lived in... 2naSalit May 2023 #4

Looking at it right now over morning coffee. Thunderbeast May 2023 #5

What a fantastic place to have a cuppa or 5. haha, Prairie_Seagull May 2023 #7

Saw it with my own eyes utopian May 2023 #6