Mount St. Helens eruption | Kitsap Daily News

This photo of an erupting Mount St. Helens has been published and viewed widely on television over the years since the billowing plume dumped untold tons of powered volcanic ash over a dozen states. The photo was posted May 18 — the 38th anniversary of Mount St. Helens’ eruption — on Facebook by Michael S. Keys, whose good friend took the photo of the erupting volcano with his car and hitched motorcycle in the foreground. (posted by Michael S. Keys on Facebook)

May 18, 1980: 38 years ago, a volcanic...

By Bob Smith • May 18, 2018 1:30 am

Were you alive then? If so, what do you remember about that milestone day?

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