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Audio and text excerpt of an interview with John Budke and Alysa Hall where they discuss the scale of the destruction to Mount St. Helens and the slow recovery of plant life in the years after the eruption. Duration 0:46.

Audio and text excerpt of an interview with John Budke and Alysa Hall where Alysa Hall describes learning about the eruption while her family lived in Germany, seeing the dramatic changes to Mount St. Helens when they returned to Washington, and…

Two images of a seal figurine purchsed by John Budke made out of the ash from the Mt St Helens 1980 eruption.

Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Carolyn Driedger where she discusses souvenir tee shirts sold at the time of the eruption and her difficulty in wearing one in light of the resulting loss of life and scale of the destruction. Duration…

Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Carolyn Driedger talks about United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist David Johnston and his death on Mount St. Helens as a result of the eruption. Duration 4:20.

Mt St Helens T-shirt

David Johnston at Coldwater II, 1900 hours, May 17, 1980. Dave did not survive the next day's eruption. Coldwater II would eventually be re-named "Johnston Ridge" in honor of Dave.

Audio and text excerpt of an interview with Lynn Kelly where she discusses childhood memories of family recreation on Mount St. Helens and the dramatic, lasting changes caused by the eruption. Duration 4:16.

Mount St. Helens in 2001

The Magazine documented Mt St Helen ash, rescue, Harry Truman and clean up.