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Aristus

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9. I was forty miles away from the mountain when it erupted.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun May 19, 2024, 11:43 AM

May 2024

At a Boy Scout Jamboree. The wind was blowing the other way, so none of us knew about it until helicopters from Fort Lewis started blazing past overhead on the way to the disaster site. Someone in the adjacent campsite heard it on the radio.

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Remembering the Mount St. Helens eruption 44 years later [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2024 OP

Rembering with you.. Permanut May 2024 #1

surprised fox news didnt blame liberals for the eruption nt msongs May 2024 #2

You're not kidding. I do seem to recall that some Republicans at the time tried to, in fact, pin it on Carter peppertree May 2024 #4

Can you imagine if Cheeto had been in office at that time? peppertree May 2024 #3

That... 2naSalit May 2024 #5

Why, thank you. peppertree May 2024 #7

We toured there years back. After the blow, MOMFUDSKI May 2024 #6

I remember it well MFM008 May 2024 #8

I was forty miles away from the mountain when it erupted. Aristus May 2024 #9