Posted on 05/18/2025 8:54:09 PM PDT by logi_cal869
I was out there in 2007 to visit one of my brothers and got to tour the St. Helens area. He told me about the loggers that were working in the area that managed to survive the pyroclastic flow from the eruption, although several did not. They couldn’t hear the ash cloud coming because it was traveling at about the speed of sound. One fellow that was fishing with two others had his back to a large tree when they were hit. He survived with massive burns, but his friends were evaporated.
All I remember about camping at Spirit Lake (1967?) is the MOSQITOES I had to fight off all night.
Too bad about his cat though...
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