Happy eruption anniversary! Totally forgot that I have this ‘commemorative’ music box of the St. Helen’s eruption and of course it plays ‘memory’ from the cats musical, Jfc 🌋🎉🚨🐱 #mtsthelenseruption

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Sunday, 8:32 a.m., 18 May 1980, 45 years ago;
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A bulletin board in a campus dormitory in 1980 is decorated with a volcanic mountain made from cut out white paper and brown garbage bags on a background of blue paper and green to represent grass. Large yellow and red letters say “Spring has been temporarily inter-erupted.”

45 yrs ago today I tried to get back to the WSU campus driving through a cloud of ash. Actually my brother @jonldavis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy drove from the passenger side because he could see the edge of the road. It was pitch-black in the middle of the afternoon. #mtsthelenseruption 🧵

If you’ve got memories of the #MtStHelensEruption @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social would love to hear from you. We’re <4 days away from the 45th anniversary - coincidentally, also a Sunday! If you saw it, were impacted, have photos etc, please consider sharing with our fave MSH historian. 🌋