Oh that's awesome! I'm so happy to be able to play a tiny part in that! Was this a made-for-TV movie, or did it have some sort of release? I've lived in the PNW for 25 years, but I didn't grow up here, so I don't have any local memories of this era.

@@DrRIPVHS Made for Cable T.V.

@@DrRIPVHS so I'm assuming made-for-tv movies were released on video cassette?.. I guess I thought only theatre-productions go to video.... however, now that I think about it, the phrase, "it went straight to video..." comes to mind!🤣 My deadline for moving to PNW is 2 years, no later. One of the locations I've been kinda moving towards (at least to start out) is just north of Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA. This video helps me stay motivated and "dialed-in." 🙏🙏

I was a kid down in Southern California when it erupted, but my entire extended family was from the PNW. I remember my grandpa sending jars of ash, and soap made from ash, and _______ made from ash 😄 But during the last 25 years that I've lived in the PNW, I've been able to fully appreciate the magnitude of something like that. And I also learned about pyroclastic flow from St. Helens. For some reason that factoid has stuck since I was a kid. Didn't that help the understanding of what happened in Pompeii? For some reason I remember hearing that so many of the accounts of Pompeii described pyroclastic flow, but until then most of the modern observed volcanoes had been more of the traditional lava-type. Maybe I'm making that all up, but for some reason I thought I heard that somewhere.

@@DrRIPVHS I will never forget it. My dad called his sisters in a different state and said, "if you never hear from us again, Mount Saint Helens just blew up and it's real bad." It took about 10 to 15 minutes for hot ash, thunder and lightning, whirlwinds, and pumice and mud to start falling around my parents home. What I remember is that the ash plume was so big that it blocked out the sun. The sun actually hit the top of the ash plume and I remember the vivid rays of sun getting beamed off the edges of the pyroclastic cloud. My parents had just planted poplar trees, and I remember the blast of heat and the wind that we got hit with first before the ash started falling. The thunder and lightning was violent, the whirlwinds coming off the edge of the ash plume scared us half to death, it blackened out the entire day, and we honestly thought we were going to die. I also remember other eruptions after the big one. I was outside playing on my swing set with my dog and all of a sudden I hear this big kaboom, and as I turned around to look, I noticed that Mount Saint Helens had blown her top again. I couldn't run to the house fast enough. I remember a day after the main eruption, walking across the field to my grandma's house, and by the time I got there I had a horrific nosebleed because of all the sulfur. To get across the field, I had to walk in hot ash that was anywhere from mid calf to stomach high. The reason I am so interested in Mount Saint Helens is not only because I lived through watching the mountain blow up from the back porch, and then from the living room window, but because there has been increased earthquake activity underneath the mountain. Also, according to the usgs, three sisters down in Oregon is rising. It makes me think that there's something brewing again, or the magma chambers are trying to recharge.

@@skittles5347 Wow - thank you for sharing those memories! Those are incredible stories. I have been hearing about the activity around Sisters, and thankfully that looks like it shouldn't be a threat. St. Helens has put on a few shows over the past 20 years as well - which is good because that means it's venting. I think it's the big earthquake that's overdue that worries me more. O_O

@@DrRIPVHS It is my hope that by venting, St Helens can take the pressure off of Baker, Adams, and Rainier. I have a feeling if Rainier were to ever go, depending on which way it blew, it would not be pretty. Where my parents live, they can actually see one of the two humps of Mount Rainier too. I just worry that if Rainier were to ever go, all of Glenoma, Morton, White Pass, Randle, Packwood, and all of Spanaway, Tacoma, Puyallup, etc. would have a huge lahar to deal with. I've even read somewhere that Boeing sits on top of Mount Rainier lahars. It's just amazing how much volcanic activity and seismic activity that we have in the area. However, it is not near as much as what Alaska experiences in earthquake activity. One of these days though.... We are due for a 9.0 Plus. :(

@@skittles5347 In the early 20th century, both Mt. Pelee in Martinique and La Soufriere on St. Vincent began erupting. It was also thought that La Soufriere's eruption would 'relieve the pressure' on Mt. Pelee, but a few weeks after, on May 8, 1902, Mt. Pelee exploded in a devastating eruption which included both pyroclastic clouds and a superheated landslide of steam, gas and combustibles, wiping out 30,000 people in minutes. I also saw a documentary on a hypothetical eruption of Mt. Rainier and the grim predictions you mention were also mentioned.

The real Harry Truman makes a great character for the backdrop of a natural disaster like this, that's for sure!

But why Lol ?? 😡😠😤 😁😁

Yeah, but then no one will make a movie based on you!

That's awesome! And yes, I hope the family of Harry Truman doesn't shut down my channel :D

Oh wow! That's so cool. Thanks for sharing that. What a unique character Harry was for sure.

Late one night at work, years ago, I was Googling old campfire songs and came across a song list from Camp Loowit. When I saw where this was located, I researched more and found out so much about the eruption, the blast and how anything in its direction was wiped out. It's one of those type of things where you know people died and it was complete devastation, but you look anyway. I read about a man who wouldn't leave and died with his cat/cats. It was Harry Truman. Even now, decades later, it's heartbreaking to think of the loss. Human, wildlife and forests.

Oh wow! that's so cool! I grew up in So. Cal, so I didn't get to see it, but my extended family all lived in NW Washington, so we got lots of jars of ash, and soap made from ash, and all that. Now I live in Portland, so on clear days I can see Mt. St. Helens from different parts of the city and it always so beautiful, and haunting how flattened it is from the eruption. Glad you found your way to the movie!

Mt. St. Helens is amazing to see in person! And the lava dome inside the crater is getting bigger and bigger. All of the Cascade mountains are so beautiful. I love living in the Pacific Northwest!

Oh man - that's terrible! :/

And then it looks like he somehow gets electrocuted off the car.

They had to remove the "Johnston" and dubbed it over with "David Jackson" because David Johnston's parents sued producers of the movie for misportraying their son as a wreckless rebel, instead of the super cautious scientist he really was. They had to change the name as a result of the lawsuit.

Oh wow! That's so cool!

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Oh that's cool! I've lived in the PNW for like 25 years now, and I still haven't climbed St. Helens. I've hiked the Ape Caves and the lava tubes, though, and it was absolutely amazing.

Man. I would have loved to have been able to do that. That's so cool.

It's wild. Spokane too. I grew up in So Cal and was around when this happened, but all my relatives lived up in NW Washington. For years we got little jars of ash, soap made from ash, you name it. Then we moved to the Yakima valley after I graduated high school, and I saw videos and pictures of what that looked that, and I still can't really comprehend it.

@@DrRIPVHS I still have little bottles of ash Yoohoohoo Db

@@DrRIPVHS ya me too Db that was such a kinder gentler time. before we got trained that lying is ok ethics is for dinosaurs and everyone should hate anyone who is a different color Db

They had to change the name to Jackson because David Johnston's parents and the USGS sued the producers over David Huffman's portrayal of him. Part of the terms of the suit's settlement stipulated that they had to overdub Johnston with "Jackson' so as not to mischaracterize Johnston's life

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