What do You Remember About Mt St Helens' Violent Eruption?

tags: What do You Remember About Mt St Helens' Violent Eruption?, volcano, Mt St Helens, earth science, earth science Mt St Helens eruption, as photographed by NOAA GOES-3 satellite. Image: NOAA, US Government (public domain) [larger view]. These videos provide a glimpse of what I (and other people in the area) experienced in the aftermath of the Mt St Helens explosion: Ash that I collected off the hood of the neighbor's car: A jar of Mt St Helens Ash from the 0832 eruption on 18 May 1980. This explosive eruption sent ash 24,400 meters (80,000 feet) into the sky, generated an…