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May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupts, triggers largest landslide in recorded history
After the eruption, ash poured into the atmosphere for nine hours
On this day in history, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupts, triggers largest landslide in recorded history | Fox News
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Washington's Mount St. Helens erupted for nine hours on this day in history, May 18, 1980 — killing 57 people and triggering the largest landslide in recorded history.
"It stood out handsomely, however, from surrounding hills because it rose thousands of feet above them and had a perennial cover of ice and snow," said the site.
That changed on May 18, when the volcano erupted for the first time in more than a century, says the USGS.
Once the dust literally and figuratively settled after the eruption, it was discovered that Mount St. Helens had lost roughly 1,300 feet from its cone.
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That darn Mother Nature – she must be a Republican, she just doesn’t care what the EPA and Gore, Kerry and Greta say.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2006/01/alaskan-environment.html
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