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first explosion
At 12:30 pm a small explosion on the mountain causes a crater -
dispatched someone
At 10:30 am they dispatch someone to fly over Mount St. Helens -
observation posts
At 12:30 pm they installed observation posts for Mount St. Helens -
road blocks
at 2:00 pm they put up road blocks to keep people out -
people are urged to stay away
10:15 am people are urged to stay away but instead it attracts more tourists -
bulge forms
A bulge on the side of Mount St. Helens forms from magma blockage -
bulge grows
The bulge enlarges from more magma -
more observation posts
The bulge enlarges and the move the observation posts -
earthquake
5:00 pm an earthquake shakes the ground -
people want to go home
8:00 am people who've evacuated the red zone they live there have believed the crisis to have passed and they want to go home -
it erupts
8:32 am An earthquake shakes the mountain causing to start shaking and crumbling then it erupted -
gas and ash shoot out
8:33 am 2 huge things of gas and ash shoot out of the mountain and lighting forms -
ice caps melt
8:55 am ice caps on the mountain melt -
sirens
9:00 am warning sirens sound for people -
thick ash
10:10 ash gets so thick and heavy that it causes roofs to cave in and difficulty breathing -
3 hour eruption
12:00 pm a 3 hour eruption, tons of ash over Virginia -
ash thickens
2:00 pm ash becomes so thick to the point you can't see the ground -
eruptions subsides
5:30 pm the eruption begins to subside -
everyone evaded danger
7:45 pm everyone has been rescued from danger -
jimmy carter flies over the mountain
1:00 pm Jimmy Carter flies over the mountain and surveys the area -
it erupts again
the mountain erupts one more time and sends ash all over