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Mt. St Helens
Mt St Helens has been dormant for 100 years. -
12:30
small explosion heard -
12:40
the USGS gets word of explosion -
10:30 am
people still working -
12:30
monitoring equipment installed -
2:00
roadblocks put in place and 40 citizens evacuated -
Discovery of bulge
scientist discover the bulge in the mountain. -
Bulge grows
the bulge continues to swell -
5:00 pm
trembles are felt -
Bulge still growing
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Issues with residents
residnets gather near roadblock wanting to go in -
8:30 am
plane flies over to observe -
8:32 am
whole mountain explodes due to 5.1 earthquake -
8:33 am
two more huge blast -
8:34 am
huge cloud seen -
8:38
people everywhere lost in ash -
8:40 am
shock wave hits -
8:55 am
ice caps melts (lahar) -
9:01 am
ash is 20 miles in the air -
9:06 am
helicopter fly over looking for people to rescue -
9:45 am
ash cloud blown east -
10:10
ash cloud reaches a farther city in Washington -
12:00 pm
mountain has been erupting for 3 hours now -
5:30 pm
200 square miles of forest now destroyed -
Aftermath
ash is now as far as Oklahoma -
Another eruption
Mt St Helens erupts again but not to the degree before -
Rescue
bodies are still being found and rescued -
New Beginnings
first tree is planted