![Where Were You When Mt. Saint Helen’s Erupted?](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2016/10/Photo-by-Gene-Iwatsubo-USGS-via-Getty-Images.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Where Were You When Mt. Saint Helen’s Erupted?
Today is the 37th Anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Saint Helen's.
I remember being in the back of my Dad's yellow Chevy pickup, on our way to a fishing trip when the mountain blew.
The skies got dark quick and we cancelled the fishing trip because back then you didn't know what was going to happen.
I remember collecting ash from the fallout but from my small town of Lewiston/Clarkston, we didn't get nowhere as much of ash as Yakima and the Tri-Cities got.
Kids today get to see the Hawaiian Volcano but Mt. Saint Helen's was right here in our backyard and you experienced first hand in 1980.
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