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Small Eruption
There is a unexpected small eruption that causes cracks to show in the mountain and an ominous bulge appears. -
State of Emergency
The government starts a state of emergency and establishes a red zone around the base of the volcano -
18 small bursts of ash
A little bit of ash starts coming out of the volcano -
Blockage of magma
The magma gets blocked, so it starts rising out the side making the bulge bigger and bigger. -
Evacuations start
Bulge keeps on getting bigger and red zone is expanded to 3 to 8 miles around the mountain. People start getting evacuated. -
Site is Set Up
Scientists site is set up, bulge grows about 5 feet per day. -
Ground begins to Tremble
Ground starts to shake a little bit causing the scientists to be afraid the eruption is near -
Evacuated people come back
Everyone who was evacuated is unrestful and starts to argue with the police to let them in to their homes. -
5.1 Earthquake at Base of Mountain, 8:32 A.M.
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale occurs at the base of the mountain. This causes an enormous fracture to open up. -
Glacier caps melt and send water down mountain, 8:55 A.M.
The glacier caps of the mountain had melted from the intense of the eruption and sent 46 billion gallons of water down the mountain in a mudslide. -
Mountain erupts, 9:01 A.M.
Mountain erupts sending scorching hot ash into the air. -
Ash cloud reaches Yakima, WA, 10:10 A.M.
Ash cloud reaches Yakima, Washington, 97 miles away. -
Magma escapes from the volcano, 12:10 P.M.
Magma is still rising and escapes from volcano -
Eruption starts to slow down, 5:00 P.M.
Eruption starts to slow down; 200 square miles of forest have been destroyed by this point. -
Federal Emergency Relief is on the way
President Jimmy Carter flies over the area to see the destruction, and Federal Emergency Relief is on the way. -
Mountain erupts again sending ash into the air
Mountain erupts again sending a blast of ash 8 miles into the air. -
First tree is planted in the blast zone