Sounds so pristine and beautiful before the eruption. Shame we never got a chance to develop it and ruin it that way.

Over 800 coins in a day? Wow

Is Gary Edward's still alive?

If this would happen nowadays it would somehow be blamed on global warming. They would say the volcano blew because the earth was warming…

Little Mountain of Fire

What I want to know is why don’t they remove and use even for firewood to sell all the logs that are still in the lake

That was a once in a 100 lifetimes event.

I was living in Olympia, Wa at the time when Mt. St. Helens erupted. The days after as i walked to the store ash from Mt. St. Helens fell on me. I also heard the eruption.

Who's watching in 2037

I’m guessing that Glacier Lake had a very pure water prior to the eruption since it was fed by a glacier.

I left a comment. Where is it Utube!?

1. Use seat belt if tractor has a ROPS 2. Avoid operating tractor near ditches or holes 3. Reduce speed when turning, crossing slopes, and on muddy or rough surfaces 4. Stay off slopes too steep 5. Watch where you're going 6. Do not let riders on if there is no secure seat 7. Don't jerk the tractor/ operate smoothly 8. Only hitch to official hitch points 9. When tractor is stopped set breaks securely

"The envy of surrounding towns" lol

Astounding ! What’s probably as astounding is comments (here) which suggest that the natural recovery of the landscape is reason to doubt climate science and damage to the environment….. ummm…. In this case, the cause of the “damage” had (so far) stopped. With 8 billion on the planet, and growing, the cause of environmental degradation is a permanent, existential and exponential threat this is not about to stop. Others evoke reference to ‘god’ as an agent in this recovery….. ummmm…. tell that to the relatives of all the people who died, tell that to the businesses that lost millions, where was your imaginary friend on the day it happened. 😎

My late uncle spent some time down at Spirit Lake pre-eruption. He said he had never seen any place more beautiful.

It’s called science. Not God

I'll never forget that day. It was so creepy to see that morning sunlight coming in my window go dark...the ash cloud had come clear across the state to southeastern Washington. I'll always remember it.

Love the business man who says he’s proud of what they did up there. You mean replanting trees in one of the most valuable places on earth to then cut down again? They didn’t go out there to make natural forests and leave them. I mean come on. If that was the case ok then be proud. But gimmie a break. Proud for doing something that was worth it financially in a big way? To me hearing these logging people tell their stories like they are heroes of some sort just rubs me the wrong way. It’s great you survived and were making a living up there but man. Sure they could care less about the actual environment up there. Other than being able to fish. Even that the one logging manager says how they can catch trout there now. Guess how? The lakes were stocked with fish. They didn’t just show back up. It’s about as un natural of a landscape as there is on a lot of that area. It would’ve grown back yes. But much slower. Just chill on the ego stuff

Everything comes back. Gods creation. A gift from God.

Can't wait for our trip later this year. I've passed the exit six times in the past year when visiting family in Washington. I am STOPPING this year!

…did the animal species have a heads up to get out for a while?..,

i like this series , greatings from groningen the netherlands

Holy smokes, i cee mee

We had a bit of ash all the way in Michigan

What an awesome documentary this is, from the interviews and commentary to the pictures and videography. Just a great 30th anniversary documentary, thank you to all involved !!!

Mt. St. Helens has a twin. The San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff. A volcano that blew out the side.

What year was this originally broadcast?

The year I migrated to USA never knew the eruption except today 2024

I knew Karen Varner. She was my older brothers girlfriend. That loss slowly killed him, he never was the same after that. His name was Jeff.

My dad passed away on Mt st Helen's 43 yrs now when he couldn't be found l had nightmares thinking of him out there but sfter his body was found 7 weeks later in a clump of trees and we buried him it was still traumatizing for 3 months but over the years l have never been there maybe it's time to go and make peace

i loved in Portland , but my mom sent me to Kent, Wa. to my Aunt and Uncles ........ we saw the plume from there

I heard a few sasquatch were burned alive. Military went in after the devastation and retrieved them.

As devastating as it was, it was a non event compared to Earths long history. The Russian Traps or Siberian Traps, with Traps being the Swedish word for steps, flowed layer after layer for 2 million years in an area of Russia, greater than half size of the Continental US. It caused the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event. Truly this was Hell On Earth. At less than 500K yrs ago, its not that far in geologic time. Could a "Butterfly Effect" have triggered Mt Saint Helen's? Could a small earthquake or natural tectonic drift on the Pacific-Asian Plate boundary cause a shift 6000 miles away to redirect lava deep below the US. Who knows. We like to think we are in a safe time on Earth but thats what the dinosaurs probably thought to after their first 100 million years. This was just a wake up call that we are not. God Bless all who perished and all who suffered.

これがアメリカの富士山と呼ばれた山…すごい話だ。火山に興味があるから、すごい参考になります。ありがとう。

The tongue of the white man is always deceitful they claim the earth was created in millions of years, but the Great Spirit has been showing them how fast his power works

Mother nature is resilient maybe then we should stop trying to kill her. I don't know just a thought 🤔

Hi helicopter log there I remember hookin turns up in total disaster and running to get out of the way of the logs and you were in a park almost I'm parked not quite apart but at least you weren't in the disaster zone just a matter of feet

"For everything that's a destructive force, there's also something creative." Does that include global warming/climate change? Or, chemical pollution on a planetary scale? (Methane, ammonia, DDT, etc.) Nature DOES have a way of recovering more quickly than scientists ("experts") predict. Look at the Valdez oil spill - and ALL oil spills for that matter! The oceans rebuild those areas very quickly.

Aaaa the new flowers. Leave the mountain alone. No housing no camping.we just see what mother nature those. Watch the wonder of mother nature over the years and how it works. People destroy every beutyfull that nature gives us.

That's what created Hawaii

Looking like mother nature reborn

Mark looks like Biden!

Was the wood from the trees that were blown down used for timber?

Amazing 👍 I was 4, and was about 100 miles north, just north of Seattle, in Snohomish, at the time, but I remember it still like it happened yesterday. It's most certainly among my main indelible childhood memories, to this day. And, it's arguably even more beautiful and area for recreation now, as magnificent as it had been, up until that day. I try getting out there every summer still. Even though there are far larger and more ancient forests and mountains within 30 miles of where I live, right now, along the coast of Puget Sound between Mt Rainier and Mt Baker. ⛰️

Just watched it early this morning. It is absolutely excellent!!I started watching it at right about 3:45am this morning. Sunday, April 30th. 41:02 Just finishing it Up. I was living in Missoula Montana back then when it blew. The cloud 🌧️ of ASH and everything else that was mixed in with the cloud, covered Missoula, and large parts of Montana. Because it blew to the east and all the way to the Atlantic ocean.

The music in this is beautiful! Is there anywhere I can listen to it?

I remember as a kid getting pelted with ash in northern Colorado... it was hard to fathom...

Back in November I started looking up stuff and was amazed by all information.Back in 1980,here in the Midwest we knew so very little of what went on.Two programs are must see.The A&E special Minute by Minute Mt St Helens. And the HBO movie about Mt St Helens,both give great insight into what happened.People were fortunate it kill more people particularly loggers,tourist.

The Ring of Fire and the evolution of the planet is not finished - it's just taking it's time.

But it WAS SAID That The Trees Never Grew BACK