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Mt St Helens has been dormant for 100 years. -
small explosion heard
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the USGS gets word of explosion
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people still working
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monitoring equipment installed -
roadblocks put in place and 40 citizens evacuated -
scientist discover the bulge in the mountain.
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the bulge continues to swell
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trembles are felt
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residnets gather near roadblock wanting to go in
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plane flies over to observe -
whole mountain explodes due to 5.1 earthquake -
two more huge blast
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huge cloud seen -
people everywhere lost in ash -
shock wave hits
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ice caps melts (lahar) -
ash is 20 miles in the air
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helicopter fly over looking for people to rescue
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ash cloud blown east
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ash cloud reaches a farther city in Washington -
mountain has been erupting for 3 hours now
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200 square miles of forest now destroyed -
ash is now as far as Oklahoma
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Mt St Helens erupts again but not to the degree before
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bodies are still being found and rescued -
first tree is planted