I went to see the devastation 10 years later. It looks like it had happened yesterday. And I'm talking five and 10 miles and further away from the volcano all the trees were laid flat. You felt like you were walking on a porcupine's back. There was just the beginning of some growth that was a couple of inches high.
It's important to remember that all the volcanoes in that region are capable and will erupt in the same way at some point in time. It's also important to know that mount Lassen in Northern California already did this about I guess it was 50 or so years earlier I think it was in the 1930s. If you go to mount Lassen Park you see the same sort of situation where half the mountain is blown away and the park itself is in the pyroclastic flow area.
So these things are not infrequent. The ones that haven't gone recently are Mount Rainier which is very close to Seattle and could wipe out a large portion of the Seattle as we know it and Mount Hood.
[ - ] chrimony 1 point 9 monthsAug 14, 2023 12:26:49 ago (+1/-0)
May 18 was a fateful day. He saw the imminent explosion in the distance. Sadly, it wasn’t “distant” enough. He knew that he could not escape the explosion in time to save his own life.
Because of this, he took photographs until the very last moment. Then, he took the roll of film out of his camera, placed it in a case, and put it in his backpack. From there, making his final sacrifice, he laid his body down on his backpack to help preserve things as much as he could.
His body was found 17 days later. He was buried in ash, but his film was intact. His incredible images were featured in the January issue of National Geographic.
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[ - ] Crackinjokes 2 points 9 monthsAug 14, 2023 10:23:48 ago (+2/-0)
It's important to remember that all the volcanoes in that region are capable and will erupt in the same way at some point in time. It's also important to know that mount Lassen in Northern California already did this about I guess it was 50 or so years earlier I think it was in the 1930s. If you go to mount Lassen Park you see the same sort of situation where half the mountain is blown away and the park itself is in the pyroclastic flow area.
So these things are not infrequent. The ones that haven't gone recently are Mount Rainier which is very close to Seattle and could wipe out a large portion of the Seattle as we know it and Mount Hood.
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[ - ] chrimony 1 point 9 monthsAug 14, 2023 12:26:49 ago (+1/-0)