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At 12:30 pm a small explosion on the mountain causes a crater
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At 10:30 am they dispatch someone to fly over Mount St. Helens
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At 12:30 pm they installed observation posts for Mount St. Helens
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at 2:00 pm they put up road blocks to keep people out
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10:15 am people are urged to stay away but instead it attracts more tourists
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A bulge on the side of Mount St. Helens forms from magma blockage
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The bulge enlarges from more magma
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The bulge enlarges and the move the observation posts
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5:00 pm an earthquake shakes the ground
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8:00 am people who've evacuated the red zone they live there have believed the crisis to have passed and they want to go home
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8:32 am An earthquake shakes the mountain causing to start shaking and crumbling then it erupted
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8:33 am 2 huge things of gas and ash shoot out of the mountain and lighting forms
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8:55 am ice caps on the mountain melt
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9:00 am warning sirens sound for people
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10:10 ash gets so thick and heavy that it causes roofs to cave in and difficulty breathing
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12:00 pm a 3 hour eruption, tons of ash over Virginia
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2:00 pm ash becomes so thick to the point you can't see the ground
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5:30 pm the eruption begins to subside
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7:45 pm everyone has been rescued from danger
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1:00 pm Jimmy Carter flies over the mountain and surveys the area
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the mountain erupts one more time and sends ash all over