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First site of life in volcano
The volcano has been 123 years since last major eruption but on this date a small eruption occurs that shows signs of bigger one coming later -
Cracks and craters
Sites of cracks and craters on volcano which hints that a big eruption is coming. -
Evacuation
Washington state orders for everyone to evacuate the area. -
Bulge
Large bulge sited on the side on the volcano from blockage of lava and magma. -
Bigger Bulge
The bulge grows even bigger, established red zone. -
Coldwater 1 and 2
The bulge grows even more and coldwater 1 and 2 have scientists and geologist set up at locations to keep watch of volcano. -
Watching and waiting
Geologist keep watch of volcano at coldwater 1 and 2 -
Return
Month and 1/2 since first eruption and people start to ignore evacuation and come back home back in danger. -
The Big Eruption
At 8:30 AM earthquake hits then eruption finally goes off bringing huge ash cloud with it. -
More Blasts
At 8:37 AM 2 more big blasts occur, clouds of ash sweep ground below for miles and miles moving at 300 MPH -
Ice Cap Melts
At 8:55 AM an ice cap on the mountain melts and creates mudslide -
Covered Spokane
At 11:55 AM ash cloud reaches city of Spokane, after 4 hour of the eruption it is still going strong. -
Subsiding
The Mountain finally starts to subside at 4:30PM -
Cold water 1 destroyed
The cold water camp was destroyed by ash cloud -
Last Eruption
There was 1 last eruption but very small and travels 230 square miles. The total deaths was 57 -
Planting
People start planting tons of trees were MT ST Helen's erupted and multiple forests in the near by area.
