I was a junior in high school in 1980. On the morning of May 18, I was in bed.
My dad opened the door of my bedroom and started banging on my wall and said “Mount St Helens is erupting.”
At the time, I’m thinking, “Yeah, right Dad.” I got out of bed and went into the living room. Before the eruption, we had a beautiful view of the snow-capped top of Mount St. Helens. Afterwards, I witnessed the powerful fury of nature.
Battle Ground High Schools also closed school due to ash several times.
My mother worked for Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument for several years, and I worked for the same federal entity for a summer.
