[pollyannaish]

I live in Washington state but on the other side of the Cascades. Mount Saint Helens is to the south of Mt. Ranier in the Cascade Range.

I was on a trip to a Bible Camp outside of Spokane when in erupted...I was about 15...and we got stranded there for five days. It was really something. I will never forget the black cloud coming in and the large gray ash flakes falling from the sky. Dark as night, "snowing" and 75 degrees. Absolutely surreal.

[snugs]

WOW must have been quite frightening