44 years ago today, Mt St. Helens came unglued!!!

[68Gold/white]

2 years ago I was nearly killed in an auto accident. I had a lot of time on my hands, recovering....

I had seen the picture of that pickup, before. I dug around and found articles, and videos on the internet. That's a 69-72 3/4 ton Chevrolet pickup. (If any of you can identify it closer, please post). A rescue helicopter landed by the truck, one person got out and checked its contents. Sadly there were 2 people in it, sitting in it, as they were. The driver had his hand on the steering wheel, the passenger with his hands in his lap. Life must of left them in a second....
There's pictures of the melted dash on the internet, I didn't look for them, right now..

I wonder if the truck is still with us???

[GOPAPA]

There are a few items that are kept and in a building for anyone to see at locations up towards the mountain,, I have seen them but forgot what vehicles there are to view.. I lived around 35 miles from Mt St Helens for years and was home that morning it blew , ,I did not hear the blast like people heard it at further away.. When I took my shake roof off and replaced it with asphalt roofing I found a lot of the ash within the heavy cedar shakes,. I have a jar of ash from my home and also a jar from north of me some 90 miles and the ash is grittier in that jar than the one from my roof shakes I took off.

[CAMAROBOY68SS]

I know there are a couple cars that have been pretty well stripped but still along some of the old roads around there.

Its finny how people still have ash in bottle around here. My one grandpa had buckets of it that he collected right after the blast. He was a heavy equipment operator and was one of the first ones into the area after the blast and worked to clear debris and get the rivers/streams flowing again and it was fresh ash he brought home. He never talked about finding anything like a body, they were all somewhat looking for ol Truman after he had made his stance to not leave the lake.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by CAMAROBOY68SS

I know there are a couple cars that have been pretty well stripped but still along some of the old roads around there.

Its finny how people still have ash in bottle around here. My one grandpa had buckets of it that he collected right after the blast. He was a heavy equipment operator and was one of the first ones into the area after the blast and worked to clear debris and get the rivers/streams flowing again and it was fresh ash he brought home. He never talked about finding anything like a body, they were all somewhat looking for ol Truman after he had made his stance to not leave the lake.

More stories and there a lot of them .. I was fishing on the Columbia river for salmon and this was days later after the Mountain blew ,, I pulled boards out of the river from houses that had been swept away ,,one had the metal track for a sliding closet door ..I got around 15 --2x4's nails and all. The boards came down the Toutle river into the Cowlitz river and then into the big Columbia River and then out to the Pacific ocean ..then after that the tides brought debre in and left a lot on the ocean beaches,, I cast my hook out and reeled the boards in as it was slack tide ..

[Accelo]

GOPAPA
I live in Longview. You had to be very close to where I live as Longview is on the Columbia River. On the 17th, the day before the eruption, I flew, a private plane, over the mountain leaving from Kelso WA. Within 1000 feet of the mountain. Rather be lucky than smart as timing is everything. I didn't hear the mountain either but my friend who lives just over the Canadian border heard it. I have a video of the Cowlitz River with so many logs in it you could have walked across the river on them except for the fact they were traveling at maybe 15 mph. The mountain-blowing suppressed the real estate market for years here.

I have included a recent picture from the crater of St Helens. I think it gives a better idea of the amount of earth that was moved in a single day.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by Accelo

GOPAPA
I live in Longview. You had to be very close to where I live as Longview is on the Columbia River. On the 17th, the day before the eruption, I flew, a private plane, over the mountain leaving from Kelso WA. Within 1000 feet of the mountain. Rather be lucky than smart as timing is everything. I didn't hear the mountain either but my friend who lives just over the Canadian border heard it. I have a video of the Cowlitz River with so many logs in it you could have walked across the river on them except for the fact they were traveling at maybe 15 mph. The mountain-blowing suppressed the real estate market for years here.

I have included a recent picture from the crater of St Helens. I think it gives a better idea of the amount of earth that was moved in a single day.

I lived in Oregon about 3 miles up the hill from the Longview Bridge headed west on highway 30 (Alston Corner) lived in my home on old highway 30 from 1967-2012 then moved to Idaho..

[tutone]

Old Harry Truman. The news media interviewed that fellow and he just wouldn't budge. I doubt he had time for regrets when it blew.

[farmall]

I was coming down the Columbia on aproach when it vented the secon time. Pretty cool to see from about 1500'.