Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens is a volcano in the Cascade Mountains in southwestern Washington. On 18 May 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with a force exceeding 27,000 atomic bombs. The blast killed 57 people and devastated the surrounding area.

Mount St. Helens the day before the 1980 eruption, which removed much of the northern face of the mountain, leaving a large Volcanic crater

Quotes

• Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!
  • David A. Johnston. Associated Press, "Family Unhappy with Film Portrayal of Son", The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 1 December 1980.

• If the mountain goes, I'm going with it.
  • Harry R Truman

• Gentlemen, the uh, camper and the car sitting over to the south of me is covered. It's gonna get me, too. I can't get out of here ...,
  • HAM radio operator Gerry Martin. Andre Stepankowsky, Memories, lessons from mountain's fury, The Daily News, 17 May 2005.

References

• Harris, Stephen L. (1988). "Mount St. Helens: A Living Fire Mountain". Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes (1st ed.). Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. pp. 201–228. ISBN 0-87842-220-X.