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> Dr. Johnston, seeing the north face fall from Coldwater II, jumped on the radio. “Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!” he cried. Moments later, the blast engulf
by macintux 6y ago
> Dr. Johnston, seeing the north face fall from Coldwater II, jumped on the radio. “Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!” he cried. Moments later, the blast engulfed the 30-year-old scientist. On another ridge two miles behind him, Gerry Martin, an amateur radio operator who was observing the volcano for the Washington Department of Emergency Services, saw the annihilation of Coldwater II. His last words were: “It’s going to get me, too.”
Haunting stuff.
- mc32 6y agoThere was a story about a husband and wife team[1] who got permission to fly over the volcano as it was thought it wasn’t going to erupt immediately. On their last flyby as they were taking pictures it erupted and they barely escaped having put the plane in a nosedive to gain speed. They took some pretty amazing photos from the air of the event. [1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/05/mount-st-helens-isnt-where-should-be-scientists-may-finally-know-why/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/05/mount-st-...
- skunkworker 6y agoLink for the images shot from the air https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/msh/debris.html https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/msh/debris.html
- trwhite 6y agoHere's that recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fBxCrglvts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fBxCrglvts