May 30, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
"If the wind would have changed directions, there would have been an extreme panic and we, along with everyone else on that highway, would have been added to the deadly statistics." Read story
May 24, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News
The 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens last week had us going through our big, red binder of 30-year-old Columbian clippings. During the last few days, we've had a chance to retell the big stories about the eruption and update some major issues that still are part… Read story
May 20, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
Childhood memories include an interrupted church service, a bucket of ash and a fascination with Harry S. Truman. Read story
May 19, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
Real estate agent's client slipped past roadblocks to spend the night of May 17, 1980, with his girlfriend at a cabin on Spirit Lake. They were killed the next morning. Read story
May 19, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
Motorcycle trip with his kids took a turn when they realized all those people were watching the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Read story
May 18, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News
Steve Terrill was in a bad mood when he crawled into his sleeping bag. He wasn't feeling any better when he woke up on Sunday, May 18, 1980. Terrill and his son had spent the night camping on a point above Yale Lake. He had a nice view of Mount… Read story
May 18, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
Seven-year-old grew up watching ecosystems recover from the May 18 blast. Now he works in the natural sciences himself. Read story
May 18, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
Central Washington University students up for a Sunday morning get-together got an eye-popping view of the eruption - and soon found themselves buried in a blizzard of ash. Read story
May 18, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
"For the next month, riding the bus to FVHS down 78th Street gave us a great view of the eruption. The awesomeness and awareness of the loss of life stays with me." Read story
May 18, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
"It was decided to cut our trip short and race back to Portland to save our homes. My thought was: How stupid. If that was the case, it was already too late and there wasn't a damn thing you could do about saving your home." Read story
