Just an FYI, but the author of this book is getting a lot of local coverage. He claims to have extensive evidence of Carter being advised of the greater dangers around the volcano.
It was a natural phenomenon. Anyone who said with any certainty that the danger was greater or lesser in given areas was lying. I'm sure he had just as many people giving him conflicting information.
The man deserves the blame for a lot of things but this isn't one of them.
I'm not terribly concerned by the failure of adequate warnings, but lying about it and blaming the victims seems to be the hallmark of the democratic party.
The blame lies with the Governor of Washington. Although Carter is and was a communist a$$hole to the core, he had bigger fish to fry at the time - like aiding in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, restoring the Ayatollah to power, and crippling the US economy. He was busy.