This guy told me that his grandson was really pissed that the news reports preempted The Muppet Show

[humandoodad]

Livejournal, 30 years ago today, this happened. And Mt. St. Helens went from looking like this:





To looking like this:



Look, a dramatically narrated informational video! I like this one too.

And you should seriously check out some of the photos and things here! I love the USGS. Possibly more than I love NOAA. Because I'm a nerd.

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[honooko.livejournal.com]

I had a plastic model of the Mt. St Helen's caldera when I was a kid that had space underneath for you to put baking soda and vinegar to make your own little eruptions. Super. Cool.