Remembering the day the volcano blew
Stephanie Massart, regent of the Karneetsa Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, stands in front of a display of books, magazines and newspapers all highlighting how local residents coped with the eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980.
Charles H. Featherstone
Stephanie Massart, regent of the Karneetsa Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, holds up a small model of the Space Needle made of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980.
MOSES LAKE — It’s been 43 years since Mt. St. Helens erupted, spewing ash across vast swaths of the Pacific Northwest, covering towns, roads and fields of crops, and permanently changing the lives of many for days and weeks to follow.
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