On April 12, 1968, a federal geologist warns that Mount St. Helens could erupt at any time.
Twelve years later, on May 18, 1980, it did erupt.
Geologist warns on April 12, 1968, that Mount St. Helens could erupt at any time.
- By Alan J. Stein
- Posted 6/14/1999
- HistoryLink.org Essay 1381
Sources:
Walt Crowley, Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995), 254.
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