mt st helens

it was something the state had never experienced and many people were looking for information on Sunday morning at 8:32 a.m.

Over the next few months, staff from the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center will lead an effort to collect stories from current and past residents, as well as from individuals near and far who were affected by the volcano’s eruption on May 18, 1980.

It was something the state had never experienced and many people were looking for information on that Sunday morning when the mountain blew up and covered the Yakima Valley with ash.

This video by Portland, Oregon photographer John Eklund will take your breath away!

This is trip that so many have been meaning to take for years. Is this the summer you make it?

It's almost serene today, but 31 years ago nobody knew what was going to happen.