Mt. St. Helen
Neil September 13th, 2006
Last weekend Carol and I drove down to the Mt. St. Helen’s area to see the mountain and it’s amazing environment.Â
It was 26 years ago that the mountain blew it’s top. In our visit to the information centers on the slopes of the mountain it was made very clear how really huge an eruption it really was. The largest landslide in recorded history swept down the mountain at speeds of 70 to 150 miles per hour and buried the North Fork of the Toutle River under an average of 150 feet of debris. Some areas are covered by as much as 600 feet. In all, approximately 23 square miles of material was removed from the mountain.  Go here to read more about the eruption. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens
