Professor John Ebel is a highly regarded senior scientist at the Weston Observatory at Boston College whose expertise has made him the go-to source for media reporting on earthquakes in New England and around the world. He explains what happened in 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted in the most destructive volcanic event in American history.
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A day I remember vividly to this day. We watched it and then tracked the layer of ash at my brother’s farm as it went further and further under the soil. The agricultural benefits were also interesting to watch b
I lived in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (NE Co.) in May of 1980. We had ash from Mt. St. Helen on our cars! That far away! Massive explosion ~