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April 4th, 2020 : Helen’s Spirit
The Spirit was broken 40 years ago when Helen blew her top, breaking Spirit and killing Harry Truman.
What? Harry Truman was a bombastic character who drove a Pink ’57 Cadillac and ran Mt Saint Helens Lodge on Spirit Lake 100 miles south of Seattle. In the months leading up to Helen’s eruption he was treasure to the media because he was vocal about hating Republicans, hippies, young children, and especially old people, while telling them stories like he wore spurs to bed so the earthquakes wouldn’t toss him out during the night. When the government ordered the area evacuated he refused to leave, so presumably died when the mountain buried his home under 150 feet of debris. Shame about the Caddy. Quote:
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I remember them being all exited a couple weeks after the blast when Elk were spotted playing tourist on the side of the mountain. I think it was a year or two later they felt the debris blocking the natural exit raising the surface 200 feet was unsafe. A sudden failure would send a wall of mud and water down the Toutle endangering everyone along the route so they lowered the lake level. Those link
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04-04-2020, 11:45 AM | #2 |
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After several days of standard soggy Washington camping south of Mt. St. Helens, we found a great view of the smoky peak from Goat Mountain, five miles SW.
We spent another two days, May 15 and 16, watching and waiting. We left on the morning of the 17th, having run out of food and film. The volcano blew the next day to the east and northeast, leaving our spot untouched. |
04-04-2020, 12:20 PM | #3 |
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I don't remember a Goat Mountain. Of course it was only 40 years ago.
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