Echoes of the Blast - Mount St. Helens (1990)

[@karenengelhardt1610]

That case the anchor was discussing (the 14 yr old murder victim) is something I totally forgot about until right now. And the burn victim they transported to Emanuel is lucky to be alive; not just the severity of the burns but that inept hospital. No offence to anyone who might work there but at least three of my close friends who were lodged there ended up dying because of human error.

[@macattack14778]

That guy eating the pickle saying he isn't afraid, whatever happened to him??

[@YorkVid]

On the right day, they say you can hear the sound of crunching pickles around the mountain.

[@420chaiguy8]

He became afraid....he became became very afraid!and then he ate another pickle

[@We_All_Seek_Truth]

Yuh, he made me sick and laugh at the same time. He's at about 2:40 to 2:50. The way he says "EX-plodin" made me laugh. What an Einstein. I wonder if he was there or if he survived and what he said THEN.

[@Stereostupid]

Its sad because Dave Johnson knew and almost eerily predicted everything the mountain was going to do perfectly..from the landslide to the projectile eruption and the mudslides! Being so clairvoyant im shocked he stayed so close on observation post cold-water 2

[@aprilrichards762]

My mum's friend almost was blown off Windy Ridge in a Port-a-John! Lol!!

[@alexandersupertramp7353]

😂😂😂😂

[@fandoria09]

To think, she erupted 42 years ago as of this past May 18th. Gosh, I feel old. I just turned 9 years old that January of 1980. Mount Ranier is going to erupt again just as she did some hundreds if not thousands of years ago, just like Helen's did, she had a landslide that took 400' of her top when her north-western side gave way now her north-eastern side is showing erosion.

[@inevitable7079]

Mt. Rainier used to be 16,000 ft. The landslide removed the top 2,000 ft. This created the sunset amphitheater. This landslide was caused by erosion and hydrothermal alteration (turning hard rocks into a soft clay like material weaking it). Hydrothermal alteration happens when water comes into contact with hot materials , such as magma. This ,in turn, caused its largest known mudflow. (Osceola mudflow/lahar.) The weakest part of Mt. Rainier is its NW side. It is currently going through the hydrothermal alteration process today. It will erupt in the future. MT. ST. HELENS landslide was very different. Magma was already in the volcano from its last eruption in 1857. The landslide was caused by magma moving into the volcano pushing the existing magma that was already there outwards. Hence, the bulge. The last eruption came from the Goat Rocks lava dome which fell away on May 18, 1980. Interesting to note that Mt. St. Helens has had at least 3 other Lateral Blasts and Landslides before May 18th. That is how Spirit lake was created. The 3 Lateral Blasts came from the sugar bowl dome, goat rocks dome (removed by the May 18th eruption/landslide), and the east dome. Mt. St. Helens will erupt again ,most likely within the next 3 years. MT. RAINIER not likely to erupt anytime soon. And for comparison, Mt. Rainier is between ~500,000 -750,000 years old. Mt. St. Helens is between ~35,000 - 40,000 years old.

[@Majora_2010]

I was watching kgw 8 irl like 20 mins before watching this lol

[@dwizzleusa4202]

At 2:58 you see that face in the cloud on bottom right..damn

[@88997799]

Imagine how bad the Yellowstone super volcano eruption will be

[@chadsmith66]

Not sure its to smart to build visitor center that close, Ya nvr know

[@timothylampel815]

2:37 boy was he wrong lol

[@macattack14778]

Like to know whatever happened to that guy.

[@DK-gy7ll]

@@macattack14778 From what I heard he ended up in a real pickle.

[@MillerJLee]

​@@macattack14778he is buried under the new spirit lake underneath about 300 feet of debri

[@LongJohnSilver-ti6ci]

Harry escaped by boat into a cave he had prepared. Research 🗻💥 Harry’s cave.

[@katamarigirl93]

It seems a little insensitive to put in an advertisement for charcoal after showing a burn victim...lol. I feel bad for laughing. And on a serious note, I really feel for that logger guy that lost his friends...survivor's guilt is a horrible thing to deal with. I hope he got counseling and is doing better now.

[@karenengelhardt1610]

I laughed too. Couldn't help it; like a nervous little shriek.

[@YorkVid]

Jim Scymanky is still alive as of 2020 since he was in a National Geographic program that aired last year. There's another St. Helens documentary from the mid-90s where he, his wife, and the helicopter pilot that saved him (who is in this video, here) returned to the mountain. I think I read somewhere participating in it - and putting up memorials for the three colleagues who didn't survive - was a big help in him finding some closure. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIXcooSqppVksMk

[@patrickcross1571]

I similarly find it funny that Weyerhaeuser was among the sponsors here, considering they were some of the biggest whiners about the initial ‘red zone’ and risk of an eruption in the first place.

[@DK-gy7ll]

@@patrickcross1571 Weyerhauser's objection to the Red Zone extending into their lands was the main reason why spineless Dixie Lee Ray didn't close off a larger area than they did. Had the eruption happened just a day later thousands of loggers would've been working in the area of complete devastation.

[@patrickcross1571]

@@YorkVid 'The Fire Below Us', right? That was playing at the Johnson observatory when my family first visited St Helens. That recreation of the blast cloud hitting Scymanky's crew scared the fuck out of me...

[@ogs1mpson609]

The football team called, they want their shoulder pads back.

[@bigfits]

Look at all that mineable ash .....is this what is a light green gem....can it be turned into stained glass....aka green green glass of home...

[@88997799]

So much for the plan let nature do it if they planted 18000,000 trees.

[@robmoir7524]

Mt. SAINT HELEN S erupted 1980 unless this was a 10 year commemoration in 1990