[Mr. Douglas]

This would have been very bad if you’d been on Mt. St. Helens when it blew.

Maybe this one is smaller...

[Ciaphas Cain]

A few years ago I visited Johnston Observatory, north of Mount St. Helens. It's named after the geologist who was camped there on the morning of the eruption. He was two miles or so away. Within seconds his camp was hit by superhot ash. Over a decade later they found the remains of his truck. They never found him.

Standing on the balcony of the observatory, looking out into the mouth of that monster...

Everyone needs to be humbled by nature at least once in their life. This was such a moment.

[Calvin Locke]

I think if you were in 10 miles of it, it was very bad. Particularly downstream of the mud flow.

There was an elder gent, Harry Truman, that refused to leave the area. He, er, his remains, were never found.