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
May 18, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
"As we watched the ash plume rise into the air, we knew that all we would have left were our memories." 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
His company provided pumps that protected area until a diversion tunnel could be completed. 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 17, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
The morning of May 18, 1980 found myself and the crew of the USS Rogers (DD876) on our way back from reserve training San Diego CA to her home port in Portland Oregon. Read story
May 17, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
"It still amazes me that the airspace was not closed until noon that day. There were at least half a dozen planes flying that morning; none of us should have been up there!" Read story
May 17, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
"I told the kids to pick up their fish and start back to the car, but they didn't want to quit catching all of the fish. I quickly grabbed their poles and fish from them and told them to start running toward the car. They still did not know really… Read story
May 17, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
"It was an amazing spectacle to witness." Read story
