To: bigfootbob
57 people were killed. SO at least 57 didn’t take it seriously enough.
15 posted on
07/16/2023 10:00:54 AM PDT by
nuconvert
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To: nuconvert
“57 people were killed. SO at least 57 didn’t take it seriously enough.”
Mt. St. Helens was the first time I realized how volcanos could kill so many people. Movies made by people miles away (who died shooting the film) showed the hot ash and gas moving at hundreds of miles per hour and apparently just not stopping. Cars racing along a dirt road at 60 miles per hour we caught and destroyed.
All other footage of volcanos typically showed lava moving across the landscape at a few miles an hour. I think people (except for Harry Truman) had no idea how far the explosion could kill.
55 posted on
07/16/2023 10:49:21 AM PDT by
hanamizu
To: nuconvert
57 people were killed. SO at least 57 didn’t take it seriously enough. 57? Still missed the Heinz Kerrys...
75 posted on
07/16/2023 11:41:15 AM PDT by
null and void
(Conspiracies so outlandish they can't be true, but it turns out that they are.)
To: nuconvert
Many if not most of those 57 killed were geologists and seismologists studying the events, trying to learn more about volcanoes.
They were no less heroes than others lost in the pursuit of knowledge.
You can bet they were as serious about their studies as a heart attack is serious.
84 posted on
07/16/2023 12:05:39 PM PDT by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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