Randall Munroe @xkcd.com

An innocuous start to May 18th on this account following Mount St. Helens 44 years ago in real time

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Tailsteak @tailsteak.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 14:10 UTC

It would be a good bit to make an account like this, recounting the condition of Mount St. Helens minute-by-minute, but set it on the wrong day.

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EVE!!~ ^v^ 🦅🐺 🔜 SEATTLE @bonequeeneve.monster [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 14:20 UTC

Uh oh

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Mike Austin @reymiguel.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

Also a good excuse to post this story! www.hemmings.com/stories/2019...

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Blues Traveler #1 Fan @green-gjeans.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 14:24 UTC

Mountains looking good! 🤗

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Chris Bredesen @cbredesen.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 15:46 UTC

My folks subscribed to National Geographic and this is one of the few I remember super distinctly.

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12MileGeo @12milegeo.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:19 UTC

That was a heck of a day. We heard the blast in Corvallis.

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Glenn Forrest @gn4rest.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 14:33 UTC

Rainier in winter.

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Jenny Griffee @jgriffee.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 17:18 UTC

Statistic that still kind of boggles my mind: Mt. St. Helens is 1,300 feet shorter now than it was when I was born, and that change happened in the span of a few seconds.

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Darren Simmons @darrensimmons.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 14:00 UTC

This is it.

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Sam Waggoner @diebesbeute.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 15:19 UTC

I remember sitting on our roof near Tacoma and watching the plume. And collecting ash off of everything in the days after.

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@averagejam.bsky.social [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 00:18 UTC

reminds me of xkcd.com/2553/

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David Williamson @david.williamsons.net [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 15:30 UTC

<Pee-wee Herman voice>The word of the day is "paroxysmal"!

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Robin Bobcat @robinbobcat.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 17:55 UTC

I remember well that day. That and the day I came home to find my mother crying and listening to Abbey Road on repeat.

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Durin Mephit @durinmephit.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 15:35 UTC

If Helens erupted today, I'm sure "staying on the mountain" would be trending along with spicy chip challenges on TikTok.

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