Mount St. Helens 11pm Newscast - May 18, 1980 | KATU In The Archives

The 11pm newscast on the day of the eruption of Mount St Helens, May 18th, 1980.
Portions of audio have been muted due to copyright.
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[@104thDIVTimberwolf]

6 days after my 14th birthday. The tremor that triggered it woke me up that morning.

[@annaka5000]

Up here in Vancouver Canada we had ash on our cars. Heard the boom too when it blew. Amazing

[@mrmike1884]

Watching this 1980s Newscast is like going back in time.

[@aimeemoore1094]

Love old news coverage. Unbelievable amazing so devastating

[@tallthinwavy3]

Was 15 years old when it happened. Blew up again in July. Watched it on my parent's roof. Got a quarter inch of ash all over.

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

It gave warnings 2months before in march1980 before may 1980

[@tallthinwavy3]

@LindaMerchant-pm8vn we didn't have anywhere else to go. Besides it was 106 miles away. What's worse is the future 9.0 Cascadia earthquake that effect 800 miles of coast and will make huge tsunami towards Asia. Watch the Cascadia earthquake videos. Nasty scenes.

[@Guitcad1]

If you just don't want to leave that's entirely your business (tips hat to Harry R. Truman), but when you cite "facts" like "We've had floods here before." and "We're 69 feet above sea level, so I wouldn't worry about it." when you're dealing with something of this magnitude then you just sound silly.

[@johnathanrush4666]

Harry R Truman was something else lol

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

Not harry s. Truman president

[@Guitcad1]

@@johnathanrush4666 A genuine character if ever there was.

[@bradr2142]

He was a real piece of work that Harry Truman. He was 1 mile away and 7 k ft. Below ain't gonna touch me. Oh my poor buddy miss calculated.

[@Guitcad1]

@@bradr2142 I don't blame him. Everything he cared about was there (except for the Jack Daniel distillery).

[@104thDIVTimberwolf]

If only the number had stayed at 8...

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Why wasnt evacuations given

[@Guitcad1]

They were, but many people ignored the warnings and snuck past police barricades. Plus much of the destruction was outside the "red zone" where evacuations had been ordered.

[@whoppergoldstein5308]

My dad was skiing Hood when this happened

[@cherylcampbell9369]

What a view he must've had! Didn't the blast ash and heat come close to Mt. Hood? Must've been so scary.

[@whoppergoldstein5308]

@@cherylcampbell9369 Said he just fell to his knees and watched. And that from where he was there were no immediate effects from it

[@cherylcampbell9369]

@@whoppergoldstein5308 definitely the proper reaction.

[@annaka5000]

WoW

[@katherenewedic8076]

is Bob foster still around?

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

America's Mt. Vesuvius

[@Guitcad1]

Mt. Rainier: [Looks at watch. Looks at Seattle. Smiles.] "Soon." 😈

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

The chamnel 2 news sounds like abc news intro

[@119Agent]

Everybody already talking bout the bulge.

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

That bulge was evidence in of itself the mountain was getting ready to blow

[@jeffreymcdonald8267]

Not buying the whole Dave Crockett deal. Especially the audio. Does not jive with reality. Perfect audio, clearly speaking....no way that happens with all the super heated ash in the air.

[@arnaudlambert8286]

Conspiracy !!

[@kerickwalters2749]

His continued obscurity is the result of most people not buying it either

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

What a piece of history

[@ChadElk88]

America was so beautiful when it was mostly white.

[@Spiritlife01]

Covered ash it was.

[@artmchugh5644]

Folks ???? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@James-mz7tv]

Hahaha!