Mount St. Helens Disintegrates in Enormous Landslide
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Length: 1min 49sec (109 seconds)
Published: Fri Jul 09 2010
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Local news cameraman Dave Crockett's video of his escape from the eruption:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njV9ski1gB4
David A. Johnson managed to radio out "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" before the ash cloud reached his observation post, killing him and burying his trailer.
Gerry Martin, an amateur radio operator in the vicinity of David Johnson, was able to see Johnson's observation post from his own position and radioed out "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 ..." before he too died.
Robert Landsburg was a photographer in the area at the time of the eruption who realized what was happening but continued to take photographs for as long as possible. Just before the ash cloud reached him, he managed to put his camera and film in his backpack and cover it with his own body. He died, but his film was recovered and developed. Here's an article with some of his photos.
In total, 57 people were killed as a direct result of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Chilling.
a good reworking of a composite animation that my father did in 1980.
wheres the rest of the video?
And for all we know from the video it was a perfectly safe place.
I moved to Washington state a few years ago. Going to Mt. St Helen's leaves me in awe each time. There are some awesome hikes where you can really see the damage still.
I was 13 when it erupted, living in Lethbridge, Canada - about 740 miles (1200 Km) away.
The day after the eruption, and for at least a week afterward, everything in our town was covered by a thin film of grey dust from the volcano.
The sunrises and sunsets were also spectacular.
I remember being amazed that something so far away could be affecting us so measurably, and wondering how bad it was closer to the event.
What they don't mention is all the foolish tourists who went to visit the mountain when it could erupt at any time.
Does someone happen to have the link to the full video?