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Across the Fence:  Mt. St. Helens memories?  |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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 Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:22:11 PM
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| I don't know why but I was just wondering if any of you were around when Mt. St. Helens blew up and if so what was your experience with it. I know that the ash blew all the way to my aunt in Missouri's house and it got really bad around Moses Lake, Wa. We lived really close to the mountain when it blew and were greatly affected by the explosion and the fallout for some time. I drove down to Portland today and the sky was clear - the mountain was really clear and visible and it still strikes me, 25 years later, how shocking it is to see a mountain that I used to play on and climb on as a little girl, literaly cut in half. It looks like a big tooth with a giant cavity in it. Oh no, now I'm thinking about teeth again..... |
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cinnamongirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carrie
Canada
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:25:43 PM
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| Glad I wasn't! |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:30:46 PM
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| We had dropped our kids off at Sunday School, and decided to drive out that way (we were young and stupid) because of all the hoopla we had heard in the news the previous week or so. We got about 10 miles down the road and started meeting cars and trucks covered with ash - windshield wipers going, a big line of them. We figured out what happened, raced back to the church and picked our kids up and by the time we got home, it looked like it had been snowing. We ended up with about 6 inches of ash in the yard, just like snow, but it NEVER goes away. You have to remove it. Of course, there were all the respiratory concerns, etc. A friend of my mom and her husband were killed, and many people lost their vacation cabins. there are still big piles of ash, now with grass and trees growing on them, along the freeway, that most people probably don't even know what they are. Only the oldsters like me and DH. My oldest son had a t-shirt that said "When I was 4, the mountain roared" that he wore til he outgrew it. |
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cinnamongirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carrie
Canada
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:37:14 PM
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| Tag your it! A memory permanently embeded. I am sorry you were there and for those who lost thier lives. It really must have been freaky.Yes that lava is bad stuff. |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:37:48 PM
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Hey Sherri, where did you live then. My family is in Centralia and that is where I lived at the time. DD was 6 monthes old and had brochonial problems. It got so thick with ash that is one of the things I remember. Also having to put nylons on the carberators, and having to clean it up, sweep the rofs, spray them down with the hose. It took forever. But it sure did make the plants grow.
Enjoying the moments. |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:40:39 PM
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| I lived in Centralia on J street. where did you live? |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:43:05 PM
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ahhhhhhh, I lived on Russell Road out by Centrailia High School, my dad was the woodshop teacher for the high school
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:43:59 PM
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| Your DD was 6 months old - mine younger DD was 15 months. Wonder if they know each other. |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:44:27 PM
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Oh my gosh Sherri this is way toooooo funny, Okay wait I had moved out by then and lived on Fort Borst Avenue
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:46:13 PM
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| I lived on Galvin Road as a kid and walked to the high school. Woodshop teacher huh? I didn't take wood shop but I'll bet I'd recognize the name. |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:52:56 PM
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You lived on Galvin Road!!!!!!! My dad was Al Winebrenner, I changed my name to carol sue but I was sue winebrenner
Enjoying the moments. |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:55:57 PM
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| OMG you're Mr. Winebrenner's daughter - that is SO FUNNY!!!! I did have him - when I was in Jr. High. He was a riot!! My DH knows him too - I think he had him also. I remember one time in class, someone brought the paychecks around and all of the sudden he let our this big screech and said "Yippee!! It's payday!!" I'd never had a teacher like him before! |
Edited by - mikesgirl on Jun 27 2007 11:59:12 PM |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 12:03:37 AM
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Oh Sherri, I can't hardly stand this. It is way too coool.
Dad and Mom live in Rochester area as do my 2 brothers and sister. I am over in Spokane because of dh parents who passed after we got over here. I am so glad we came because we will never be able to replace that time with them if we hadn't come. I gots to say I miss them. When did you graduate? email me if need too
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 12:04:50 AM
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You are right my dad is a riot, he still is and a naturally teacher
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 12:04:55 AM
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| I really am going to bed this time - I'm finally tired. I'll e-mail you in the morning. this really has been fun! |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 12:05:55 AM
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night night praying for yoou
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ktknits
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
Northwest Indiana
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 06:01:25 AM
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I got my first real job after college because of Mt St Helens.........
I was in my senior year at college, interviewing for jobs as an accountant. Went to a local CPA firm for an interview and they asked when I could start. I was available right away, and I asked why. They said my predecessor had just been terminated because she called off sick for over a week, and her excuse was that she got ash in her eye from Mt St Helens - all the way in NW Indiana, and three months after it erupted!
So, that's my Mt St Helens story.
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 06:59:40 AM
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I was living in Woodburn Oregon at the time and was a senior in high school. From the bridge that crossed over I-5 you could get a clear view of the mountain. We got ash, not as much as Portland but still it was on the cars. I remember at the restaurant I worked at the boy that was doing dishes for us would go out to the employee parking and rinse our cars off periodically so the ash wouldn't settle on the cars like cement.
Anne in Portland
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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ArmyWifey
True Blue Farmgirl
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Holly
Abilene
KS
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 07:20:07 AM
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I was in 8th grade. Remember watching all of it on the news - I'm from AZ so it didn't effect us directly. Then when we were stationed at Fort Lewis (94-97) we went down there. It was freaky how beautiful the mountain is and everything is beautiful and green until about 36miles out - then it was like being on a different planet with all the ash and trees laying over, etc. I remember thinking it was so stupid that there are camp sites within the blast zone! Hello! That was before the closest observation point was built. Not my cup of tea thank you!
Remember the ranger saying to look around at the power of the mountain and I thought No way lady! look at the power of GOD!!
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 09:25:28 AM
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I wasn't born yet, but my parents tell me that they did get ash all the way over in Wyoming and that it caused the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets that they have ever seen.
Have you ever seen MT. St. Helens ash added to pottery glaze? It is amazing!! It greats a subtly irridescent hue that is unlike any other irridescent glaze that I have ever seen! It is really wonderful that such a horrific event can now be making good. I know the ash is an amazing fertilizer and that people have found hundreds of ways to use it.
I have only seen Mt. St. Helens once. I flew over it last year. It really is amazing. It looks compleltely different from one side to the other.
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 10:57:57 AM
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| Did any of you read through the previous posts and catch that Carol Sue and I are from the same hometown and we didn't know it? |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 11:04:22 AM
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Sherri-
Yup! I did! I think it is really neat and talk about a small world!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 1:59:03 PM
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We use to camp at Spirit Lake all the time as a kid. My Mom's side of the family would all meet there and campout over the weekend or for the week. We would hike up part of St. Helens and sled down. The waterfalls were beautiful. WE also had bear adventures when camping there. My aunt and uncle were in a small pup tent and had forgotten to put the cake in the truck. So the bear wandered into camp, found the camp and promptly plopped down on there tent with them inside. My aunt was freaked out. It is strange that the lake is gone, and a place where I have great memories doesn't exist anymore.
Alee, I have 2 small oil lamps that are fired from Mt St Helens ash and they are the most beautiful pottery I have ever seen.
Enjoying the moments. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 4:03:49 PM
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Oh Carol Sue! I am so jealous! I don't own any Mt. St. Helens ash pottery- I have just seen it. So beautiful! I hope that someday when I can get back to playing in the mud (pottery) again, that I can afford to buy some for my glazes.
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 4:07:06 PM
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You do pottery Alee, how very cool.
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