Then, eleven years later, Mount Pinatubo exploded putting even more ash in the atmosphere from an even larger explosion. Like Mount St. Helens, it was in a populated region. The two eruptions along with recent articles on Yellowstone brought volcano hazards to the front of our minds.
In fact, Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption did cause 2-3 winters of way above normal rains in California because it shifted the winter jet stream pattern southward.