[Vision2020] Mount St. Helens Website

[Pat Kraut]

It was ash...but a very fine gritty ash that made the sky so gray and dense
that all the automatic lights went on. Everything we touched had the feel of
grit that had not been washed off...but you really couldn't keep up with it.
Each movement brought more to the surface. The automatic doors that we had
then (not many) would not work right for a time. I had a son who graduated
from Troy Idaho high that month and the ceremony had to be changed from the
football field to the gym. All in all a singular experience that I do hope
won't be repeated soon. But I have a son who teaches in Philadelphia and he
shows his students his jar of ash and tells them his story each year in May.
One of the really funny stories was from some friends who were driving to
Seattle the day it happened and suddenly the sun is going out and there is a
ash in the air! They were trying very hard to remember what they knew about
the book of Revelations before someone had the good sense to turn on the
radio and heard what it really was. An enlightning moment for them I assure
you.
PK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Schmidt" <dickschmidt at moscow.com>
To: "Pat Kraut" <pkraut at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Mount St. Helens Website


> Pat,
>
> Was the material fluffy or was it solid like sand? How long did it fall
from
> the sky?
>
> Dick
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pat Kraut" <pkraut at moscow.com>
> To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Mount St. Helens Website
>
>
> > Moscow and the surrounding area had as much as 6-9 inches of a product
> that
> > you cannot even imagine how pervasive it was. It got into hubcaps and
> ground
> > the wheels around here for a long time. We were also directly in the
line
> > the way the wind was blowing that day. I do hope the lady behaves
herself
> > and doesn't do anything big this time. It stopped everything around here
> for
> > days. I was a  telephone operator at the time and considered emergency
> > personnel so got through a lot of roads that I shouldn't have been on.
> > PK
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Dan Carscallen" <predator75 at moscow.com>
> > To: <Vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:26 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Mount St. Helens Website
> >
> >
> > > We were close to the southern edge of the ash here, but we still got
> > > between 1 and 3 inches.  Of course, I was 11 years old at the time, so
> > > my memory could be a little skewed.  I do remember not having to
finish
> > > the 5th grade, though.
> > >
> > > North of us, especially around Plummer (if I recall correctly) was
right
> > > in line for the most ash.  I know people who drove where they weren't
> > > supposed to after the road closures and wished they hadn't.
> > >
> > > Here's a couple more sites:
> > >
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/CurrentActivity/current_upd
> > > ates.html
> > >
> > > http://www.pnsn.org/HELENS/welcome.html
> > >
> > > DC
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> > > [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Dick Schmidt
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:16 AM
> > > To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Subject: [Vision2020] Mount St. Helens Website
> > >
> > >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > There is a website showing the current earthquakes taking place on
Mount
> > > St. Helens at
> > > http://www.pnsn.org/recenteqs/Maps/Mount_St._Helens_eqs.htm
> > >
> > > The most recent is 6:50 AM today.
> > >
> > > How deep did the ash get here in Moscow the last time it blew?
> > >
> > > Dick
> > >
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