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Re: 35 Years Ago Today

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Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges View Post
It's hard to imagine 1 cubic MILE of Mt. ST. Helens suddenly destroyed.
The magnitude of the devastation, even when I visited 32 years later, was pretty staggering.

The picture I posted upthread was taken from 5.5 miles away from the crater. There's almost nothing left on the landscape to help you define scale. It's crazy.
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