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Ed Hinkle of Battle Ground captured this image of the initial outburst in the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St.

Watching history from the deck

Ed Hinkle of Battle Ground captured this image of the initial outburst in the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St.

May 5, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

Ed and Elsie Hinkle of Battle Ground had a front-row seat to the eruption of Mount St. Helens from their cabin on Silver Lake. Read story

“It was crazy”

May 5, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

Her fiance erected the familiar sign along the highway that said "Mount St. Helens is alive and well." Read story

From forest to moonscape

April 27, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

U.S. Forest Service official searching for fires to fight instead finds a landscape devastated by Mount St. Helens. Read story

Eyewitnesses to THE eruption

April 17, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

Family on trip to Long Beach had a clear view from Ridgefield as a small plume turned into a massive eruption. Read story

Waiting for the ash to fall

April 15, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

A childhood memory in Moses Lake will stay with him forever. Read story

Blast’s shockwave reached far

April 14, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

"Hundreds of miles away, and our 10-story building shook like an earthquake. " Read story

Lifelong interest started with a boom

April 14, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

"At one point in college, I even tried to become a vulcanologist (until I realized how much science was involved). Still, it's a fond memory for me to travel back to the site and tell the story to my wife and son, watching his eyes glimmer with the same fascination." Read story

Eruption prompted fear, uncertainty

April 14, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

"It was dark, hazy and eerie outside. We lived in Shelton at the time and were dead sure this was 'the end of the world.'" Read story

A spectacular view from Shelton

April 14, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

Mom of three also remembers ash mixed with rain after future eruptions. Read story

A post-nap surprise

April 13, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

Spokane preschooler woke up to several inches of ash outside. Read story