NICE PIC!

We were visiting Moses Lake (Eastern Wa) when Mt. St Helens blew her top 25 years ago. Sure hope it doesn't happen again. We had about 8" of volcanic ash on everything, it moved like mercury in the gutters when you pushed off the roof (it was very heavy and there was concern about rain making it worse) and then down the driveway to the street. It was piled in the streeets for weeks like snow until they managed to haul it away. the perch and crappie fishing is just now coming back to the lake. Farming was the pits that year. when they cut a bank for a new road you can see see a 3-4" compressed layer of ash in the cut. It is just lurking down there. I also lived in Anchorage AK through 3 coverings. 1 in the 50's when I was a kid and 2 in the 78-98 time frame. One was in the winter and made a mess of everything as it worked into the snow. For years our dogs would run in the woods by our home and come back with the ash in their coats. Had to have the plummer clean the drain from the ash that go washed off and settled in the pipes. As some of us have a ride scheduled for June 12th, lets hope this is only a drill. The ash was very hard on engines, had to move (emergency type) vehicles converted 5 gal vacuum cleaners to precleaners mounted on the bumper. auto parts stores machine shops lived well for years afterward.  After 4 days we were in the first convoy to leave and followed 3 snowplows and a water truck NW out of here to the road to Wenatchee where it was not a problem. The auto parts stores even had air filters in stock there.

ok  ok ok,  now i'm breaking my arm patting myself on the back.    

i submitted the photo (less thumper) to the local paper.

made the frontpage above the fold.

i'm excited. and am committing one of the seven deadly sins,  hubris

Nice picture, Sluggo.

For me it was disappointing because I work on the southern side of Portland, and it blew 5 minutes before I got off at 5:30 and I was stuck in traffic when I heard the news.  By the time I got to high ground for a look, it was too dark.

I took this one on Sunday night as she was letting off steam.  Kinda dark though

Real nice picture Sluggo, 180 miles is just around the corner when it comes to a volcano. Changes perspective on the way we look at everything.
 Stilled snowed in here in NE Pennsylvania, it was a toasty 16 degrees F this morning while walking the dogs. Hoping that this will be my last winter with snow. Planning to be in Florida just south of Daytona by the fall, just left my job and am packing the garage/shop over the next couple weeks. I'm amazed at how much stuff(junk) I have collected over the last 12 years.
 Looking forward to more pictures of mount Saint Helen, your shots are better than most shown on the news here on the east coast.

Oh, I might add that the first one is from the west side and the second is from the east at different times of the day.

Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:


in the case of moses lake, it's more like  "it's coming  back".  as stated in max's post