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March 27, 1980, 6:02am
Many people had to work around the mountain and they felt a small earthquake, but brushed it off as unimportant. -
March 27, 1980, 12:40pm
Some people who felt the earthquake were concerned, so they called scientists to the scene. -
March 27, 1980, 2:00pm
The town put up road blocks to prevent people from going near Mt. St. Helens and President declares that it is an emergency after figuring out that it could be deadly. -
April 13, 1980
On this day alone there was a total of 18 small bursts of ash that came from the "mountain" -
April 24, 1980
The scientists spotted a large bulge on the north side of the "mountain" -
April 30, 1980
Perimeter around the mountain is set to make sure no one goes near Mt. St. Helens -
May 1, 1980
The bulge on the side of the mountain is noticeably larger and growth continues -
May 11, 1980, 5:40pm
An earthquake strikes -
May 17, 1980, 8:00am
People want to go back to their homes that are inside of the perimeter, and they are able to go into their homes by signing a waver, that basically says "if you die, it's not the governments fault." -
May 18, 1980, 5:30am
Scientists plan to abandon current site to go to another one closer to the mountain -
May 18, 1980, 8:32am
An earthquake shakes the ground as the volcano erupts from the north side -
May 18, 1980, 8:33am
@ more puffs of gas come out of the volcano -
May 18, 1980, 8:34am
Ash is travelling 300mph down the mountain -
May 18, 1980, 8:40am
A shockwave shakes the ground -
May 18, 1980, 8:55am
Mudslides begin and destroy everything in their path leaving many people stranded -
May 18, 1980, 9:00am
Warning sirens can be heard throughout the vacinity of the town -
May 18, 1980, 12pm
Rescue teams begin searching for survivors -
May 18, 1980, 9:01am
more than 15 miles of ash is spreading the area around the volcano -
May 18, 1980, 2pm
Ash is so thick that you can't see the ground -
May 18, 1980, 5:30pm
Eruption starts to subside -
May 21, 1980
Federal emergency relief -
May 25, 1980
Volcano erupts again, but this time way smaller -
July 1980
Death toll was 57 (DAY DATE IS SUPPOSED TO BE BLANK) -
March 1981
5 million trees were planted on the site -
August 27, 1982
National Monument for Mt. St. Helens opens