documentary about the eruption of Mt St Helens


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Audio/Visual: sound
Keywords: Mt St Helens; Volcano; eruption; science; study; evacuation; civil defense; proceedure

Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

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Reviewer: bobm - - January 6, 2013
Subject: A Fine Documentary
I've lived fairly close to the mountain most of my life and, when I was a kid, my folks, brothers, and I often camped at Spirit Lake and walked up the road to the base of St. Helens. The eruption was very traumatic as well as fascinating for us, though the only direct impact on me was the light layer of ash that was dumped on us here in Olympia a few times.

Reviewer: Ann Smithy - - August 13, 2012
Subject: American volcano
This was most interesting. I was in high school in Texas and don't remember even hearing about this eruption of Mt St Helens. Its fasinating to see the wonder of that partof the country and the great devastation that occured there. Harry should of left with his cats. To bad, but how safe every one could had been with the intense study of the mountain and its accurate forcast. Great documentary.

Reviewer: dog from Nightwatch - - August 11, 2012
Subject: Very good for this type of film - a good historic document.
I had all but forgotten about the eruption of Mt. St Helens until I stumbled across this this little forest service documentary. It contains great footage of the disaster both before and after the fact. A superior effort for this type of film - I would would recommend it to anyone who has an interest on this subject.