1.
Over 250 homes were destroyed.
Along with 47 bridges, 15 miles of railroads and 185 miles of highways
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Comments:
actualy 678 miles coverd the space of lava
Added 7 years ago by guest, 0 points
2.
March 1980 an earthquake signaled Mount St. Helen's awakening after 123 years of silence.
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3.
The first creatures to return to Mount St. Helen's were spiders and beetles.
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4.
Fish hatcheries were lost in the blast.
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5.
The blast traveled nearly 300 miles an hour.
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6.
Mount St. Helen's is predicted to erupt before the end of this century.
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7.
The debris avalanche triggered and earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale.
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8.
Mount St. Helen remains a laboratory for the study of volcanoes and the nature's response to catastrophe.
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9.
Mount St. Helen is now home to the youngest glacier on earth, Crater Glacier
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10.
In September 2004, Mount St. Helen's erupted again.
It continued to erupt until 2008.
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11.
Mount St. Helen's National Volcanic Monument was established in observence of the blast.
It was erected to show the destruction and quick recovery of the forests and animals of the area.
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12.
The ash cloud drifted east across the U.S. in just 3 days.
It had encircled the earth within 15 days.
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13.
Within 15 minutes of the eruption volcanic ash had risen over 80,000 feet in the air.
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14.
Within 3 minutes of the blast 230 square miles of forest had been burned.
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15.
In 1792 George Vancouver name the volcano after Britian's embassador to Spain
Baron St. Helen.
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16.
Mount St. Helen's eruption was the economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history.
It erupted May 18, 1980 early in the morning, 8:32 am.
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17.
Mount St. Helen's is part of the 'Ring of Fire' that supports over 160 active volcanoes.
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18.
During its lifetime Mount St. Helen's has erupted more often than any other volcano in the Cascades.
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19.
Suprisingly, only 57 people were killed.
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20.
Mount St. Helen is younger than the pyramids of Egypt.
It is estimated to be 3,000 years old.
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NO ITS NOT
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