Mount St. Helens Eruption

  • 6:00 AM

    The mountain has been dormant for 100 years.
  • 12:30 PM

    A small explosion occurs on the mountain.
  • 9:00 AM

    The government as well as a local logging company begin to investigate the mountain.
  • 12:00 PM

    Many tourists begin to pour in to observe the Mountain.
  • 9:00 AM

    A large bulge is noticed in the mountain by volcanologists who notify the government of their findings
  • 10:00 AM

    The bulge continues to grow and the mountain gets observed even closer by the government
  • 5:00 PM

    A medium-sized earthquake occurs at the base of the mountain
  • 8:00 AM

    Residents from the surrounding area return in outrage making demands to move back into the area
  • 1:40 PM

    Residents sign waivers to visit their properties for the weekend
  • 7:15 AM

    a plane flies over the mountain for a recon. mission to observe the top of the mountain
  • 8:30 AM

    a small earthquake sets of the first explosion
  • 8:33 AM

    The largest explosion occurs and superfluous amounts of pyroclastic flow are released
  • 8:34 AM

    Two more massive blasts occur and dump piles of rubble over a Nineteen-mile area
  • 8:45 AM

    The heat of the explosion melts the mountain's ice-cap and releases a lahar down the side of the mountain
  • 9:45

    The large ash cloud begins to move east away from the destruction site
  • 12:00 PM

    the volcano continues to explode; releasing surges of magma and hot ash throughout a large area
  • 12:30 PM

    Hospitals fill up with many injured people and rescue operations begin throughout the damaged area
  • 5:30 PM

    the explosions begin to subside and millions of dollars worth of equipment are discovered in the rubble
  • 10:00 AM

    More deaths are tallied and surrounding destruction is fully realized by locals and officials
  • UNKNOWN TIME

    The president travels to view the destruction and FEMA is deployed to help with emergency operations and cleanup
  • UNKNOWN TIME

    Another and smaller explosion occurs and billions of dollars of damage have been totaled
  • UNKNOWN TIME

    The rest of the bodies are discovered and the death count is officially Fifty-Seven casualties.