A logging truck with a tree growing through it and a bulldozer buried in the dirt. Anyone else see the irony?

@jonathanstuart7354

5 жыл бұрын

Aaron H. Yeah

@KID-he7of

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing more powerful than nature.

@desertranger3199

5 жыл бұрын

That truck is from warehouser in longview and is where I was raised warehouser is a huge lumber company stil

@huskyluva2180

5 жыл бұрын

Kaeden Kersavage nice that must feel nostalgic

@JSSQuelloAutentico

5 жыл бұрын

@@KID-he7of There will be a day when humanity will surpass nature on earth, but only to end up destroying itself...

I was 8 years old when St. Helens erupted. My Great Uncle owned part of the mountainside, and had cabins on it he rented out to people. That big crater facing the side of the lake is where those cabins used to be, and luckily no one was staying in any at the time. He had a ranch house in the area with animals, and his house was buried over the rooftop with ash. He and his wife both survived.

@TerriZandecki

4 жыл бұрын

Wow your survive the eruption on Mt St Helens that same as my grandpa James and he was a loger of Mt St Helens he saw it and he survived the eruption of that eruption?

@korndogz69

4 жыл бұрын

@@TerriZandecki I've personally never been to Washington state. It was my Uncle who was there. I remember seeing it on TV when I was 8.

@TerriZandecki

4 жыл бұрын

@@korndogz69 so you watch it.

@williswhatchutalkinbout4367

4 жыл бұрын

No he didn’t.

@TerriZandecki

4 жыл бұрын

@@korndogz69 I was a little kids in that eruption and such but you can't be that was eruption from 1980 to 2004 and that I was born February 12. Some Nascar driver on Born in 1980 Mt St Helens was in eruption. Kasey Kane , Danny Hamlin and Martin truex Jr and they both born in 1980. You not know believe that.

This video gave me chills. I grew up in WA State and was in Eastern WA when Mt. Saint Helens erupted. It was scary. You couldn't even see your hand in front of your face because the ash was so thick. And back then there was no 24/7 cable news to find out what was happening. It was like the end of the world happened. When the ash started creeping into the house we all ended up in my Grand Fathers small underground wine cellar with a hand held radio trying to get a signal enough to find out what was happening. It was a week and a half later before we dug the car out of the ash and was able to slowly drive with very little visibility out of Easter WA. It was releif when we finally got out of there and onto the other side of the mountains. The air in Seattle was still really ashy but I remember seeing a ray of sunshine trying to Break through and you could at least see 20 feet in front of you. I have never under estimated that mountain since & always get a bad feeling when near it to this day. The landscape is nothing as it was but at least trees started growing again. It's not a Baren waste land as it was for many years after the volcano. Like I said in the beginning, I was getting chills watching you in this video just knowing what happened and what still can happen at anytime. Mt. Saint Helens and Mt. Rainier that was showing behind you in the video are both Ticking time bombs & someday it one of the two will blow again. I know this video is old but Thanks for sharing.

@JustArcadia

Жыл бұрын

Wait, wasn't CNN established in 1980?

@merricat3025

Жыл бұрын

​@JustArcadia June 1980 CNN established. Mt St Helen's eruption May 18 1980. Not everyone had CNN when it came out either.

@yorkiepit

2 ай бұрын

Most of my family has lived in Washington State since my great grandparents settled there in the late 1800's generations. Some of them lived in towns where everyone got snow shovels and dug out the ash like it was snow, really heavy snow.

Really excellent job young man! I was in my home, in Vancouver, Canada, just finished showing. I was making breakfast when there was a HUGE bang. It felt like a truck rammed into the house. I went out in the paved lane and found a never before Crack was now running from the top of our chimney to about half way. I later found out is was the shock wave from Mt. Saint Helens eruption. My home was, as a crow flies, 290.3 miles away.

@jamespyacek2691

Жыл бұрын

That's cool.

@RobberHobbit

Жыл бұрын

Man that's incredible. Such a massive shock and so far away.

@timnewman1172

Жыл бұрын

My cousin and his wife lived on Vashon Island at the time and they could hear & feel it there!

@auggie803

Жыл бұрын

@@timnewman1172 -how far away?

@triggeredcat120

4 ай бұрын

That is incredible.

I was 15 and living in Shelton, WA when it erupted. Shelton is 2 hours away and the noise was so loud I thought 2 speeding logging trucks had a head on collision in front of my house. I jumped out of bed and ran out to the street expecting to see brutal wreckage. Instead I saw the plume from the eruption. My first thought was that the Russians had dropped an atomic bomb, the plume looked just like pictures I have seen on TV. After the initial panic I remember being relieved it was “only” a volcano. After the plume left it was unbelievably eerie to look down the road and see nothing where a beautiful volcano used to rise above the trees. In 1981 I flew from Sea/Tac to San Jose and the view from the plane was crazy, it looked like a seen from an Apocalypse movie. You could see the direction the ash went, it spread out from the mountain to the East. The trees that were knocked down from the blast were all laying the same direction, away from the blast.

@akiriith

4 жыл бұрын

Joel LeDon that's an amazing piece of history, thank you for sharing it!

@colinaugustyn2721

4 жыл бұрын

That was probably scary im glad nothing happend to you :D

@iaxivers7694

4 жыл бұрын

You're 54?

@jonathanunderwood4657

4 жыл бұрын

@@iaxivers7694 so what that's not strange at all

@astuka5034

4 жыл бұрын

how scary!

Great video. I was a teenager when this happened, and a couple years later, I purchased a little castle that was made out of the ash as a souvenir. So 2 yrs ago I met a guy at work, and find out he is the one that hauled a couple semi-loads of ash out of there, and had all kinds of souvenirs made with the ash. I pulled out my little castle and he pulled out pictures and he still has the same castle. Small world for sure.

@lynnlink4629

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing true coincidence!

@davidlamotta1994

3 жыл бұрын

What if you breathe that stuff. What happens to you?

@davepowell7168

Ай бұрын

​@@davidlamotta1994 now cool snorting it would be safe

That No Smoking sign is irony at its finest.

@RF1RS

2 жыл бұрын

The mountain didn’t follow that one lol

@SP_3333

2 жыл бұрын

👍

I lived in Gresham OR when it blew. What a mess. I breathed in too much ash even though I tried to protect myself and husband and kids. I'm 72 now with severe problems with my lungs. I've been told that a lot of the problem was the ash. I have several books about the explosion and they tell the whole story in pictures. And I will always say "God bless you, Harry Truman". What a story he lived.

@christopherwillows5515

4 ай бұрын

I live there now and I’m 24 just trying to picture this whole thing what was it like here? Grey ash everywhere I imagine but genuinely just wanting to learn more if you mind sharing.

As a Private First Class in the Army and stationed at Fort Lewis, we were ordered to the mountain about 10 am on 18 May 1980. We hauled fuel for the helicopters for the rescue efforts. First a bivouac at Kelso so Jimmy Carter could stop by. Then moved on to Toutle airport so the choppers would be closer to the mountain. The old girl went off again Monday morning scaring the crap out of us all. Ash was 3 to 5 inches deep on everything within sight. There was a morgue set up for the bodies to be identified. An experience that will live with me forever. There are no words to express what we saw or did. It looked like the moon's surface or a war zone. This was a good video and a walk back in time for me.

@GeminiWoods

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your efforts. Must have been a hell of an experience.

@SpeedDemonS7

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service sir

@Sp4c3gl1d3r

5 жыл бұрын

God bless

@stephentarabetz7192

5 жыл бұрын

Dukee thank you kindly

@LockyLive

5 жыл бұрын

Any dead Bigfoot? I read the military we're dealing with them.

I don't know why this video was in my recommended feed, but I'm glad it was. Thoroughly enjoyed the video

@yuurichito1439

5 жыл бұрын

KZread on drugs as always 😑😂🤣

@kaileepeters5422

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@sactown9167

5 жыл бұрын

Same. Yt knows what you need.... 😂 jk

@highclasswhitetrash9027

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@cynthiaayers7696

4 жыл бұрын

Because they keep track of what you like to watch, and recommend something around that same topic. Keep tabs on what you watch and you'll see what I'm talkin about.

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite KZread channels. For a history nut like me this is addicting. Thank you for what you do.

@themaestro8671

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly was thinking the same I love this guy! All that was missing was his wingman on this particular video

@eetuthereindeer6671

Жыл бұрын

Natural history is interesting from any time but human history is only interesting 800+ years ago for me

I was almost 17 when this happened. Thanks for bringing this back to life for those of us who remember it. What a thrill this must have been for you. Nice job!

Thank U for the Incredible journey. I am disabled so I would never be able to see this 1st hand!! Please be Careful on your journeys....God Bless You!!

@okami-san6675

4 жыл бұрын

Sandy Hyatt Bless you! You seem like a very nice person! :3

@sandyhyatt8463

4 жыл бұрын

@@okami-san6675 Thank You!! You also are Very Nice to Bless Me!!.....I try to be nice & treat everyone the same way that I would like to be Treated.....Much Love & Blessings to U 🌻💜🌻

When a house destroyed 37years ago has the same fridge as you

@anthony10370

5 жыл бұрын

they don't make them like they used to

@LaserGuy1

5 жыл бұрын

wonder if it still works?

@101Volts

5 жыл бұрын

@@LaserGuy1 It would be funny if it does. I know there are older fridges that lasted a long time (although they were energy hogs) but that would be one interesting test.

@deanpd3402

5 жыл бұрын

@@mikebeesley3150 and you might be a poopy pants.

@Heidisharree

5 жыл бұрын

How much you wanna bet it still works?

I live in New England, and was 24 when St Helens erupted. I distinctly recall some TV station interviewing Mr Truman, and him committing to stay & ride it out. This eruption was a major national event that was well advertised long before the fact. Great job on this video, young man!

@christopher9727

Жыл бұрын

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Seek his Holy Spirit for guidance peace and purpose today Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

@merricat3025

Жыл бұрын

I was 16. It doesn't seem that long ago

As a local resident, I love that people appreciate the mountain and its history. I am also a day hiker and have been on trails around the mountain many times. Hiker etiquette is to always stay on the trail. And in the Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, it is posted everywhere that the land is protected to allow the habitat to regenerate naturally. I appreciate much of this video, but please, respect the land and stay on the trail.

@RW4X4X3006

Жыл бұрын

Yes, after a cataclysmic event, how dare a human disturb the destruction.

Great Job Kid, Thank you for for taking me where I could never go.

@nituakter2780

4 жыл бұрын

Ur an idiot

@Flowerysoobin

4 жыл бұрын

@@nituakter2780 how?

@Flowerysoobin

4 жыл бұрын

@@nituakter2780 you're an idiot not john hux

@davidmiller532

4 жыл бұрын

It's not that hard a hike really,I have hiked up and down the Cascades.

@mr.meeseeks2060

4 жыл бұрын

If Lieutenant Dan could climb to the crows nest with no legs....... Just remember to stay relaxed

I grew up here. Spent a lot of time at the Mountain before it erupted and after. It changed SO much literally in a matter of seconds. Places I went are no longer there. Buried and gone. The destruction was massive. Lives were lost. A place that was once so beautiful, so different now.

@davidlamotta1994

3 жыл бұрын

Is it fair to say mother nature is a fucking cunt?

@janetlieb2507

3 жыл бұрын

Sad!

@espasmemuscular

2 жыл бұрын

It truly was gorgeous, kindda sad. But it'll probably again in the future.

@alukuhito

2 жыл бұрын

It still looks incredibly beautiful though, but I guess in a different way.

@FaithfulPuppy

2 жыл бұрын

It's sad and beautiful. Lives were lost but life goes on. Mother Nature will find a way to take back what is hers

My family and I lived there for 2 years. My step dad was in the Army stationed at Ft Lewis. We moved 2 weeks before the eruption. Our old house was destroyed. I was 3 years old. Also it’s neat you can see Mt Rainier in the distance. It’s about 50 miles away

@roge7113

Жыл бұрын

I was 8 years old when we moved from Ft Lewis in 1979. Remember seeing it on the news, missed it by about 9 months

I watched it erupt when I was 7 years old. I will never forget the eruption and how the day turned to night because of the ash. Silly to think about it now but we all wore masks for a few weeks after the eruption. I also remember camping up at Spirit lake before and after the eruption and how much it had changed the landscape. Crazy to think this happened 41 years ago. Great video

It's all fun and games until the Earth has indigestion

@yeah3096

4 жыл бұрын

CrystalLikesShibes Just give it some pepto bismol

@dthacker2070

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, just ate at Taco Bell.

@patrickgragg5602

4 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't believe how close to the truth you are , Mount Saint Helens and all the other volcanic activity literally are equal to pimples on humans face

@doodledangernoodle2517

4 жыл бұрын

Volcanos are just Earth pimples

@deadeyes2803

4 жыл бұрын

shut up

Let's all just hope Yellowstone never wakes up like this one did.

@irritated888

4 жыл бұрын

And none of them are fast enough. If Yellowstone goes up just enjoy the show.

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

When Yellowstone goes off 1/2 of the country goes bye bye.

@paulriddle7818

3 жыл бұрын

@@janeiwasduncan8463 all life goes bye bye.

@phillipecook3227

3 жыл бұрын

In the words of Bill Bryson: " anyone would want to stand well back".

@phillipecook3227

3 жыл бұрын

@@irritated888 as you kiss your arse goodbye .....

Thank you kindly for posting this, do to my muscle disease ide never be able to see these without people like u sharing your experience and journey with us.

I am a volcanologist, was just there on the 18th this year!! Was amazing to see!

@loendsti

2 жыл бұрын

any info about yellowstone volcano? anything !, i hope, it is dormant

@janicenorman6712

2 жыл бұрын

@@loendsti nothing to really report, earthquakes continue. The whole system remains the same..

@loendsti

2 жыл бұрын

@@janicenorman6712 thank you

@debbymccormack6525

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, I read too fast. I thought you were a ventriloquist.

The bulldozer is actually a log skidder and the thing with all the cables is called a yarder for logging

@dustinmollison745

4 жыл бұрын

no thats definitely a dozer

@Rokynutz

4 жыл бұрын

Dustin Mollison skidded. I have the same model at my house. The cabs are damn near identical

@dustinmollison745

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rokynutz thats so obviously a bulldozer, it has a winch not a claw, the blade is right there, and look at the picture at 6:51 and tell me tha thats not a dozer. The cabs being identical doesn't mean anything if they are both cats.

@leejohnson2550

3 жыл бұрын

Yea it's a skidder with a dozer blade😂

Inventors of the Atomic Bomb: No explosion could possibly be more powerful than this! Volcano: Hold my beer.

@missesmew

5 жыл бұрын

Onyx1916 lol, wait til Yellowstone, make St. Helens look like a firecracker 🧨! Don’t think they’ll sell tee shirts though 😳

@killerskillet

5 жыл бұрын

Mother Nature is undefeated.

@healthinspectorroy6616

5 жыл бұрын

HA!

@ThePhantomSephiroth

5 жыл бұрын

@Stephanie Logan Toba: ''You guys are real cute.''

@cjpow4867

5 жыл бұрын

The people who invented the atomic bomb knew they weren't as powerful. Now a Nuclear bomb, like the tsar bomb is getting closer, but not by much. ( I understand this commented is a joke)

Today is 7 Feb. 2021, I am 78 and what a wonderful way to see Mt. St. Helens, letting a young man do all the climbing for me.. Sights I would never see in any other way. Thank you so much.

The amount of healing the mountain has gone through since the event is beyond anything we expected.

@vincecallagher7636

Жыл бұрын

Truman knew what he was deciding, not sad.

@dr.coomerphd4937

Жыл бұрын

Actually this is about the amount of healing expected after an eruption.

@icemaun5379

Жыл бұрын

Never underestimate the amount of nutrients the ash holds from a volcanic eruption. Some of the best soil known to man was created from volcanic eruptions from the past.

@belindasanders7072

Жыл бұрын

Ice Maun, I've heard that also many years ago.

@belindasanders7072

Жыл бұрын

Vince Callagher it IS sad. I felt Harry's pain at the thought of leaving his everything. At his age it would have killed him. It's horrific to think of the way he died. RIP Harry.

The best amateur video on Mount St. Helens there is.

@bigdaddytrips6197

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is. Pretty simple and straight forward

Him: *throws a snowball at the mountain* Helens: Oh.. you really wanna play? *ground starts shaking*

Thank you for exploring and sharing this adventure with all of your viewers!

I was a junior in high school living in the foothills of the cascades between Mount Rainer and Mt St Helen's...I will never forget that day...so surreal...it went from daytime to almost dark immediately and the ash fell like heavy snow covering everything in inches of Grey ash...not far from where I was folks were dying...when she went it was like the biggest bomb a person could ever imagine...I feel very fortunate to be here.

Thank you for doing this. I am getting on in years and would never be able to make the climb to see it now. I was 35 when the eruption happened. It was a huge HUGE event, that captured the nation's attention for weeks.

@cherihill2003

4 жыл бұрын

Well said. I was 38 when it happened and still remember it well.

@davidlamotta1994

3 жыл бұрын

If you live out there I'm jealous as that was at one time a beautiful place. Now, who knows when that damn volcano will have indigestion again?

@juliewilson400

2 жыл бұрын

I was 11 yrs old and remember it was all over the news. I don't recall much just that it was in the news

I find the tree growing out of a logging truck ironic. Mother Nature does have a sense of humor.

@michaelstrahan2.0

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! Irony at its best!

@greg1268

6 жыл бұрын

That is AWESOME!!! I love it!!!

@joethepainter8447

6 жыл бұрын

Lol and the dozer burried

@ElveeKaye

6 жыл бұрын

I like the bulldozer with flowers growing around it, too.

@kidgamer7172

6 жыл бұрын

It had revenge

I vividly remember the ash landing on southern California the night of the eruption. Staying outside caused nasal problems of a burning sensation of fiery smoke. I had to go inside the sky was ominous red. The next morning we has a blanket of white ash on the roof it looked like frost. Thank you for the video

Amazing Video. So nice to not have annoying and distracting music or inappropriate commentary. Your genuine wonder and excitement of touring this incredible landscape were well expressed. You put so much effort into delving into interesting gems off the beaten path. Thanks so much for sharing the view of a place I and so many would love to explore!

Just an FYI, the trees in Spirit Lake, for the most part, were not blown into the lake by the volcanic blast. Rather, the landslide that came off the collapsing north flank of the volcano plunged into the lake, sending a gargantuan wave up the north slope behind the lake. That wave denuded the hillside, bringing the trees into the lake and creating the raft of logs you still see today.

I remember going outside while the ash fell. I was a little kid, and I thought "Why is this snow not cold? Why does it not melt?"

@larryhopper4228

4 жыл бұрын

Cause it's ash it's just falling snow from the heat

@swebbq131

4 жыл бұрын

larry hopper He knows, he only explains when he was young...🤦‍♂️

@democracy_is_truth7620

4 жыл бұрын

@@larryhopper4228 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@lucasono9948

4 жыл бұрын

@@larryhopper4228 r/facepalm

@reindeercat337

4 жыл бұрын

hMmMmMm weird warm snow

Wow! This was truly amazing. Thank you. A bucket list experience thanks to you. I'm 71 years old so I truly am grateful.

I visited Mt St Helens a few weeks before it erupted. We got ash in Eugene, Oregon where I lived at the time. My son was born in August of that year. (That is how I remember how long ago it was!) Went back few years later and there was very little plant life there. It is amazing to see the changes over time.

The equipment you found at 7:26 is a Skagit brand cable yarder, which winched logs off of the mountain, and at 9:35 was a lumber company fire pumper.

@samstarr7766

5 жыл бұрын

They should of brought a bigger fire pumper.

@jaymoe5.7

5 жыл бұрын

that fire pumper has a W block 409 in it too, pretty desirable for a hot rod or muscle car when built right, I'm sure that one is junk tho.

@brianmcdonald6519

4 жыл бұрын

He did mention it right at the beginning. He showed all those trees laying on the ground, and stated how they were all blown off the mountain in the explosion.

@orygun9mm761

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder where the tube ended up? Didn't see it. Maybe Weyco salvaged it.

Chrysler dissected some emergency vehicles from the Mt.St. Helen's area. I was one of the mechanics. It was amazing to me how the ash totally clogs the air inlet in 10 minutes but further in the engine bearings are ruined and the wheel bearings and alternator bearings are shot to. All failed within minutes. There was a cop that understood the choking of the air filter and cleaned (shook the ash out) every couple minutes. Saving his life and giving us the best example of ash intrusion to a operating car.

@diane9247

6 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Not only is the video informative, the comment thread is, too. (Some of it, anyway.)

@twatbass

6 жыл бұрын

Great comment Don, yeah I bet that dust soaks up oil and grease quick and the bearings destroy themselves. Now imagine what it would do to your eyes and lungs. Horrible.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 жыл бұрын

@@twatbass it's ground glass, I believe.

@MrGaryGG48

5 жыл бұрын

When that first eruption went off, the plum was carried east for several states. I saw news photos of Yakima and Spokane police cars with panyhose stretched over the engine's aircleaners as a "pre-filter" and apparently it was fairly effective. They had a hell of a time getting the ladies wearing them to sit still, but it worked pretty well!! ;^)

@Emiliapocalypse

5 жыл бұрын

That’s so fascinating! I know nothing about cars, would have most certainly sucked ash and died. There was another commenter here who mentioned driving a 69 VW van with an air cooled engine the day of the eruption, and having to change his plans and stick around in the area for 3 months before he could be sure engine would survive the drive. Smart decision!

Although I live a few thousand miles away I remember the eruption coverage on the news. I'd only been in Canada for about seven months. I've since read accounts by survivors of the eruption and the magnitude of it just baffles the mind. Your hikes up the mountain helps to scale the enormity of the eruption. The current crater looks like a huge open pit mine that would have taken humans fifty years to produce. Mother nature did it in seconds and we think we can control the earth with our silly laws and activities. That one eruption probably expended more energy than man has used in ten years. It truly boggles the mind. Thanks for undertaking this project. I wish you well on your future endeavours. Thanks from Canada's banana belt. 👍🇺🇲🌞🇺🇦🕊️🇨🇦🍌🥋🤞

I remember this day very well. I lived in Springfield, Oregon about 200 miles South of Mt. St. Helens. The sky was grey and ash was falling. I could not believe what I was seeing. It was sad to think about all the people who lived closer and about those who lost their lives that day. Thank you for sharing this. I have often wondered how it looked today.

@TerriZandecki

4 жыл бұрын

Wait you live in Springfield Oregon after that volcano eruption! And you see ash in the mountains.

@quickgirl80

3 жыл бұрын

And considering the distance the wind was blowing to the East when the eruption happened which is why Yakima was covered & Portland barely got any ash.

@Chiller01

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I was living in Eugene then. Just other side of the highway. It was a very strange time.

May, 1980, we were fishing the Satsop river when a big "boom" made the ground shake. We jumped up and threw gear in the car and raced for home. The ash was like driving in a Blizzard. The ash scraped the windshield and ruined it. It was hard to breathe. No one went anywhere for a couple days.

@albertkundrat814

5 жыл бұрын

In mathematics, one radian of a circle is 57.3 degrees! A possible coincidental meaning in 57? Did Mout St. HELENS give out one radian of fumes to cover 57 People?

@Alexkk47

5 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say imagine fishing at that lake and you see the volcano erupting

@anggahartoto

5 жыл бұрын

Same goes for my dad, just he was on a business trip with his boss and the CEO when a nearby volcano erupted Edit: The ashes went for about 300+ miles, he only rely on Google Maps, this was about 4 or 5 years ago

@homerosanchez204

5 жыл бұрын

Please tell us more. Did the blast wave reach you?

@Mike_Greene

5 жыл бұрын

14:15 came to an end, stopped flowing.... omg make it make sense.

I truly appreciated this breathtaking video! When you made it to the top, and saw the miles and miles of mountains, and scars from the eruption, that had to feel emotional.

Thank you so much for this! I took my kids up there two weeks ago and didn’t have the time to go looking for all these neat things you found. Can’t wait to show them your vid.👏🏼👏🏼

He’s not scared to walk in a cave alone, im scared to walk to the fridge alone at night😂

@whatinthegoddamn

4 жыл бұрын

i've been there its a pretty small cave tbh, and its well traversed so theirs like a 0% chance of spooky shit happening

@cpulord2685

4 жыл бұрын

I'm scared to go upstairs alone, too many horror movies.

@user-yg7sq8sr8g

4 жыл бұрын

Well what if the demons come after me

@letsbehonest4221

4 жыл бұрын

He is not alone ..see when he is on top of the mountain there is someone else in the back ground

@riverdeep399

4 жыл бұрын

TMP playz there was a female or two in the cave. You can hear half way through chatting voices. Still ballsy though.

Can't believe its 37 years ago. The mountain is just sleeping, they seldom die completely.

@apexone5502

4 жыл бұрын

It was 37 years ago during the time of filming. May of this year will mark the 40th year.

@mamavswild

4 жыл бұрын

It’s latest eruption was actually around 2009- pretty big one too. It’s very much alive

@Ganiscol

3 жыл бұрын

Reason being, the tectonic plate on which these volcanos are isnt moving as much as, for example, the Hawaiian islands, where its basically like a conveyor belt moving over the magma source, creating a volcano that grows to an island, spits lava for a while and eventually is cut off from the magma source as the plate moves past it. Then a new volcano forms at the bottom of the ocean, grows to an island, spits lava for a period of time and dies... There are, however, expected to be a few more very dangerous volcanos bubbling up in the region. Its not just St. Helens by any means...

@marshalofod1413

3 жыл бұрын

They ALWAYS die completely, at some point. There are, or have been, far more completely inert former volcanoes, than there are active ones. Four and a half billion years is a long time, to put it mildly, and most of the Earth's original crust has long since been subducted into the mantle, and along with it, any volcanoes that were once a feature of that original crust. Beyond that, there are still former volcanoes, in "modern" crust, which still exist, some of which are still clearly volcanic in origin, yet which are absolutely dead, being cut off from their magma sources, rendering them just another piece of terrain feature. Just because there are active volcanoes, some of which have been around many thousands of years, and some of them remain dormant, doesn't mean that they seldom die. It's just a matter of geological perspective vs. human perspective. The volcanoes always die, but vulcanism hasn't yet "died" either, though it too will also cease someday, as will the planet itself...

@moonriseproductions

3 жыл бұрын

The new thing to watch out for on Mt. Saint Helens is the Glacier forming at the top. If it gets too big, even a smaller eruption could melt it into a devastating Lahar (superheated ash and mud flow). This would easily cause immense destruction downriver of the volcano, without needing to be as large of an eruption as last time because the side has already been blown wide open.

Lived in so cal when this happened..within seconds it was all changed.. incredible ❤ thank you for making the hike 🙂 I was an avid hiker but injuries ended that so thank you so much for taking me on this journey

I keep coming back to this video. I have a fascination of sorts with that eruption, (at the time though, I was only a 3 year old here in the UK) and something keeps pulling me back to this. Amazing stuff! Hope you had a good long rest after that!

@owlivdejong5086

11 ай бұрын

I'm just a bit older and my grandparents lived in Washington at the time hundreds of miles from the volcano. Falling ash covered everything and my grandpa just sprayed everything off with the hose. That night watching the news he learned it's destructive and dangerous to mix ash and water. The mixture produces lye/caustic soda/sodium hydroxide with a pH close to 14.

A few years after St Helen's erupted, I was in junior high school. I remember kids that went there on vacation, would bring back ash in a bottle. Stores would sell them as souvenirs.

@dontswin

4 жыл бұрын

Plenty of that on ebay as I just looked. I'll probably get something.

@indianlakeohio1050

2 жыл бұрын

I have an ash vase from MSH.

40 years later today. RIP to all who perished on that fateful day.

It's so hard to take in the amount of just, WOW. Its so cool how history still sits to be seen. Of what has been used. To a sight of history.

Thank you so much!!! What a fantastic job you did making this and I'm glad you shared this with us.

“Hope you could see that barrel roll” Plane: literally disappears out of existence

@davidpitts5851

4 жыл бұрын

It was just dimensional travel duh

@juno1915

4 жыл бұрын

Sounded like a Merlin. Prop driven aircraft. Either a spitfire or mustang. Theres the museum of flight and another group that have a great collection of classic war birds that fly.

@bosun1908

4 жыл бұрын

Oh honestly, you really make me sigh Borg!!

@seanhatfield6736

4 жыл бұрын

As soon as the plane disappeared I immediately started looking for the comment😂

@Brandon_J

3 жыл бұрын

Juno 191 I doubt there’d be an original merlin spitfire just casually doing rolls near Mt. St. Helen’s.

I was camping 40 miles away from it, on the river in the morning when saw the sky black coming at us. Crazy time.

@darbychai

4 жыл бұрын

Could I hear more details? I like hearing everyones' stories

@thatvampirelorraine

4 жыл бұрын

@@darbychai yeah please wanna hear I was 10 living in an isolated highland community with Ltd media coverage , was it true about the Bigfoot bodies ?

@rolodexpropaganda

4 жыл бұрын

You too old to be on KZread

@griffon3226

4 жыл бұрын

Rolodex Propaganda ?

@MidnighttArtz

4 жыл бұрын

@@rolodexpropaganda what do you mean? Please elaborate on your comment "Too old to be on youtube"

I went through in 1993 and it almost looked like it did in 1980. I was so mesmerized by it I bought the National Geographic magazine and kept up with it ever since and finally made it! Like he said, you have to be there in person to realize the scale of destruction! As far as you could see with binoculars to the NW was total devastation, just all gray and virtually no vegetation to speak of; just millions of trees scattered in the direction of the blast zone laid down like toothpicks in various directions based on the topography!

This is a great video, thank you very much for all your efforts. I remember when Mt. St. Helens erupted. My supervisor, at a job I had at the time, had just gotten his car painted. It was a early 1960s mercury, either a comet or a Monterrey, I forget which. He had to keep that car in his garage until there was no more ash in the air.

Cool video bro. Here's some info I found about the trees from the Weyerhauser website. "1. Salvage Salvage and recovery plans began immediately. Much of the downed timber could be used, but was at great risk of insect damage and disease. Quick work was needed, but safely. After a government study to assess the hazards of working in ash finished, full-scale salvage began. More than 1,000 people were involved in the salvage efforts. Up to 600 truckloads of downed logs were removed each day. Salvage work continued for nearly two years. The efforts helped save 850 million board feet of timber, enough to build 85,000 three-bedroom homes."

@bajoobiecuzican

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this information.

@Mike_Greene

5 жыл бұрын

good reason to blow up a mountain huh? SALVAGE my arse. theres sooo many holes in this me se helens story. maybe the next big conspiracy, we will see

@geoffreyholland328

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mike_Greene you win today's idiot of the day award congratulations.

@Mike_Greene

5 жыл бұрын

@@geoffreyholland328 the academy gives the academy award, bet gives the bet awards...... now wwho the heck you think give the idiot award? fricking idiot. let this serve as proof that you dont think. smh @ ur dumb ass keep believing everything ppl tell you, THAT is idiotic, nut. Go figure yourself out

@Mike_Greene

5 жыл бұрын

@@geoffreyholland328 thanksa for proving my point idiot........ how do you know about this tree recovery again.....???? i didnt say it was a conspiracy IDIOT. I said savage my arse. Can you even explain a volcano? NOPE reason why you think wwhat you do. Please tell me how you know about these trees..... as if you been followwing the story for 2 years.... oh yeah i forgot you think I AM the idiot. you believe every story a comedian tell too, dont you? there is no reason to believe them ust as much as there is reason to. YOU DONT KNOW SHIT. all you did wwas spit to us from what someone else said/wrote/ Give me a couple of companies that participated so maybe i can track down some more info to come back here with. How deep did you WIKIPEDIA? IDIOT

"so I'm about a mile down, deep in this lava tube", please lord never let me hear this again

@youcamp132

4 жыл бұрын

That's really just how far into the lava tube he is. It's not very far underground, maybe 10 to 20 feet at best as I recall.

@youcamp132

3 жыл бұрын

@@sylvieanderson2779 It's really not that bad Sylvie. I've done it a dozen times, even with my 8yo kids at the time. It's not scary, it's not hard except in a couple of spots. But even they weren't anything of concern.

I came across your video today by chance while viewing something else entirely different. So, I'm not sure how this came to be, but I'm so happy I found your video, and channel! Thanks so much for your truly informative video! I love how you are actually exploring the mountainside with before/after visual. Climbing that mountain seemed remarkable! Not for everyone that's for sure! Our planet is one filled with wonder! Hope the best for you in all your endeavors, and adventures! I'm a subscriber!

Great stuff. I’ve climbed the mountain a few times and the scale is so hard to comprehend until you’re there. Thanks for the wonderful video.

I spent a couple years replanting trees in the blast zone, a big part of that in the Green River drainage, which took the full force of the blast. I remember seeing where a Douglas fir, fully 8 feet through, was snapped about 7 feet off the ground, with the tree laying 50 feet from the stump. Driving into the zone on roads plowed through deep ash, almost like being in a long, gray tunnel. Pretty wild! At first, Weyerhauser had us digging through the ash to mineral soil to plant, until Fish and Wildlife told them the deep holes would cause the elk to break their legs, after which we just planted them in the ash...and they seem to have done just fine.

@lynnlink4629

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing all the hard work needed to help recovery we see today. Did you notice the build up, in the crator, of the domes? Hot and smoking areas then and now.

@tinkhamm7251

Жыл бұрын

It's not very good for hiding bodies though

Being a gear head and loving ancient machines I really wish I could save these.

@dontswin

4 жыл бұрын

As crazy as it sounds you may be able to coordinate this with funds and backing with the Federal government for something related to the Smithsonian Institute. The Feds give monies to all kinds of weird projects and special interests. There probably is some groups you could contact.

@davidb1089

4 жыл бұрын

@@dontswin oh ok

@nipafilms236

2 жыл бұрын

Lot of work with these machines if you want restore :p

I was 12 and living in California when the eruption happened. I remember what it looked like afterwards, and up until about 8 years ago, I thought it still looked that way. I saw some footage on what it looks like now, and it's amazing how much beauty has come back to that area. We travel alot and for the last few years I have really wanted to get over and stay and explore that area. I'm to old to be able to climb to the summit, so this video is amazing 👏 I really like that they left things as they lied after the destruction, it's an important part of the history of that eruption. I really enjoyed this video, so well done. Thank you!

Wow, what a awesome video! Thanks for taking me along with you to see this. Love your videos bub!

Thank you for getting the hiking permit. So many other youtubers wouldn't bother, so it's awesome that you did.

Seeing what happened here in new Zealand with our active volcano white island a few days ago is eerie,RIP to sightseers

@cricketking8450

4 жыл бұрын

gfy, I seen it on the news about the volcano in your country on white,s island, I don't understand why some of those people would get on the island knowing that volcano is about ready to Erupt. When Mount St, Helens, erupted I was in the Us Army, and stationd at Fort Knox, Kentucky, I remember seeing it on the news.

@esco5593

4 жыл бұрын

@Gregster Exactly, they even gave evacuation orders before the Mount St. Helens eruption, so I'm wondering the same thing. Almost everyone who didn't evacuate died. You'd think they would've got those people off the island, especially because I heard a lot of them were tourists with guides

@dporter5936

4 жыл бұрын

​@@esco5593 Most the St Helen blast victims were Outside the Red Zone. Only two were inside: Johnson, as a researcher observer, placed well past what they thought would be a deadly location, & Harry, at Spirit Lake, who refused to evacuate. There was a logging crew doing maintenance on the red zone fringes, who survived. Every other victim were at the wrong place at the wrong time. No expert expected the mountain to erupt to the side the way it did. That the experts know NOW it is possible doesn't negate they didn't know then. The "Red Zone" then was inadequate.

That was really fantastic. Your footage of the torn crest of the volcano was especially incredible. Trying to imagine the sheer scale .... the noise, the violence, the release of pent up energy and heat at the top where you were filming .... terrifying.

I appreciate all you gone through to make this video thank you❤😮

It’s like hiking and you’re doing the hard part. I can quit anytime I want and go lay down on the couch, in fact, it’s virtual hiking while laying on the coach and snacking on chips. This is great.

I absolutely loved this video.. I was 9 when the mountain blew. My family and I lived in a little town called cinebar washington about 30 miles north west of the blast zone. We were camping at the ocean having a weekend claming and fishing trip when the mountain blew. We woke up that morning at the beach and all our plans were cancelled in an instant. We headed home to find 6 inches of ash on everything and it was still falling. It was deathly silent and it was almost as if it had snowed but no, it was ash covering everything. We had to wear masks to go outside. My uncle was part of the rescue teams going in and out trying to find survivors. The last time I set foot on Mt St Helens was around 1992. The shrubs were just starting to re-appear. In fact I don't believe I saw one that was taller then 3 to 4 feet high, and I think they were going around trying to see if they could replant trees in certain places. To see so much has grown in the last 25 plus years is very heart warming. I now live in the mid west and have always wondered if life was continuing to grow. It seems it has. I remember the first animal I saw when I was up there last. It was a squirrel at a look out point on the side of the road. Some one was trying to pet it and got bit. I will always get a giggle out of that. How easily we forget that wild life is just that wild. Anyways it is good to see underbrush finally taking hold along with the trees. It was so desolate even back then 11 years after it happened. It was miles and miles and miles of nothing but blown over trees and grey powdery ash and pumice. I even hiked down to spirit lake. It was just full of nothing but dead burned trees. Nothing like it is now. You can see the water now. Before it was nothing but those dead grey burned trees on top of the lake. Amazing video! Thank you so much for letting me get a peak at a place I have always thought about.

@jamieround2072

5 жыл бұрын

THIS WAS IN 1992 WOO WEE ..... I ALWAYS WONDERED IF SPIRIT LAKE MADE IT THREW DIDN'T KNOW TIL I READ THIS THREAD............ I WAS 6 /7 THEN & MY BROTHER IS STILL 3 YRS,. OLDER THEN ME & I MEMBER A TON OF DEAD STUFF ALL AROUND US EVEN IN THE 80'S....... BACK IN THE DAY U KNOW........

Good to be back with you. Fantastic documentary! Best wishes, Paul.

Thank you for the video .. .yes nice climb .. really appreciate you taking us along up with yah peace.

Awesome touch adding the side by side photos. As well as the input of audio maps from after it erupted. Not many put the little extra things that make a huge difference then had it not been added. Class act

@Emiliapocalypse

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Lew those additions added huge points in my book. It really helps someone like me who isn’t familiar with the area so we can really see how things were affected

@nickjeffrey8050

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree! Without those pictures this wouldn’t of made it into my epic videos book

Thank you for showing me things I would never see in my life. I enjoyed all the things you pointed out. Thx

Wow what a fantastic video !! In So Cal all of my life, I vividly recall the eruption news like it was yesterday. I was 21 years old and the news be it television, radio, newspapers ( of course no internet) was nothing but the eruption, it's magnitude, etc. This young man has really captured the enormity of this amazing earthly explosion. Great job !!! Loved the video diversity in the lava cave and such. Thanks for taking up on your journey opens that I would not be able to do myself.

Wow! What an epic video! Thanks for letting go with you, I Really enjoyed the crater view!

I was born in Portland Or in 77. One of my earliest memories is watching my dad clear ash off our car in the driveway with a mask on. I can remember thinking it was snow and wanting to go out and play. I don’t know about today but back in the 90s and early 00s you could dig down to ash in our yard.

@TheEmeraldMenOfficial

5 жыл бұрын

Why not try?

@docleadpill5556

4 жыл бұрын

Because he's lying. Portland did not get ANY ash. I lived through it I know.

@wileywheatley19ch

4 жыл бұрын

Doc Leadpill my mother has a photo of an inch of ash on her car in southeast Portland everywhere within a 500 mile radius got at least a dusting of ash my uncle in Bozeman Montana got ash

After 37 years that bulldozer's turbo still looks so good. Chuck that on ya Honda 😆

@timothycook2917

4 жыл бұрын

Probably still has a better warranty than what you can buy new off the shelf today 😊

@Gonzo.S.Thompson

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking if I saw that I'd take it off and rebuild it.

@Gonzo.S.Thompson

4 жыл бұрын

@@timothycook2917 maybe if your buying your turbos off eBay.

@dionnedunsmore9996

4 жыл бұрын

👊😁❤🇺🇸 THATS what Im sayin' homie'!!

@kelownarealman

4 жыл бұрын

A Honda would have still started. Not a chev.

Wow! You are either the craziest or bravest person around. I was 25 when that eruption happened. I've always been terrified of volcanoes. When the caldera under Yellowstone goes, we're all kissing it goodbye! Loved the tour of the old trucks and machinery. Stay safe.

Wow, enjoying footage near its anniversary explosion..I climbed it in 1988. So cool to see the trucks and appreciated the red dots with locations of recordings! Can't believe you hiked in lava tunnel first! You are fearless, thank you for this video!! I was 14 when it erupted and saw it from my house in Gladstone Oregon.

The truck having no radiator fluid seems to be the least of the problems with it

@George83_Thomas

4 жыл бұрын

speedyfalcon 561 No doubt! How’s someone supposed to drive that thing without a license plate on it?

@judithfenske2311

4 жыл бұрын

Did anyone notice the DRIP when he lifted the lid?

@davidlamotta1994

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. But as the commercial once said, it was built Ford Tough.

@rileyhogan8248

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidlamotta1994 I bet that old Y Block would run, too.

@garygetty6599

3 жыл бұрын

The radiator wasn't dry I seen a drop of water fall off the cap it's just low and probably take a couple gallons

i also had a pretty scary experience with lava once, dug to deep in minecraft so yeah, rock and roll partner

@dthacker2070

4 жыл бұрын

Whoa dude, are you okay. That's pretty hard-core.

@ethanmountain9303

4 жыл бұрын

#1 Rule: Don't dig straight down

@gogankoko7411

4 жыл бұрын

minecraft doesnt count idiot there talking about real life

@Bananappleboy

4 жыл бұрын

@@gogankoko7411 Im gay, so r/woooosh. Also sometimes pros can be real brave in minecraft and dig straight down real fast with a bucket of water or 2.

@MexicanBeann

4 жыл бұрын

Woosh if ur gay ever heard of a fucking joke

I remember this happening. I was living in So Calif and the smoke drifted across the country and states. Later after the eruption we headed up to Idaho to move some furniture so we went by St Helens on it's eastern side but we did not get close enough to see the damage, I do remember seeing the Trucks in this video and I also remember them interviewing Harry Truman before the explosion. I ended up living outside the Seattle area and nervously watching the mountain on the drive up. Interesting place.

Wow!! That was incredible to watch!! I couldn’t keep watching when you kept going deeper into the lava cave, but continued to watch the rest after you came out! Again absolutely incredible! Thank you for sharing this and for all the hard effort in doing so! Be safe!

"And here I am...in physical pain." LoL. Thank you SO much for taking us on this wonderful adventure!

I want to say thank you to you for exploring and recording this. I was 20 when this happened. I was living in California. We watched on the news in amazement. I've always wondered about it but I never would have seen it if you hadn't went to all the trouble to do this so thank you.

@debzter1039

3 жыл бұрын

@frankiesfancy. I was also 20 when this happened. 😎

Great video! This was 16 years before my time and I'm in Australia. I first learned about this when I was about 9 as a project in year 4, I've been fascinated ever since

Amazing Video! Thank you for sharing this with us.

What a great video! Thanks for creating this to show us. It is so interesting. Spectacular footage! 👍👍👍

I'd be afraid I'd find a skeleton in one of those trucks in the middle of nowhere.

@Huanchee

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure after everything was finally over and rescue crews could go in , they got all the bodies out there of the obvious spots such as ones in the vehicles, so the chance of him finding a skeleton there was slim. The ones no one could find chances are were either buried so deep in the ash and mud that they’d be impossible for someone to just “stumble” upon, or they were burnt to ash themselves and/ripped apart from the explosive eruption that you’d never find an even remotely complete body.

@gringocolombian9919

4 жыл бұрын

Also after 37 years they probably would have decomposed after being left out in the wilderness

@imeepysleepy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the upside down truck probably has a body in it.

@rhz5802

4 жыл бұрын

Only 57 people died, scattered across almost 1/10 of a state, 40 years ago, in nature, tons of ash, and rescue crews got rid of the main bodies

@dporter5936

4 жыл бұрын

Logging equipment was outside the original "red zone". It was Sunday morning, no one was working those sites. Ditto for the Weyerhauser Log Yard which was flooded out by the mud. There was a crew on the fringes, that were hit by the hot ash, but all 4 survived, if I remember correctly. Only Johnson on the ridge, & Harry at his hotel on Spirit Lake, of known victims, were never recovered.

I did all that from my lazyboy recliner, thanks man.

@independenttntn3276

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, and it wore me out!

Being a fan of trucks and trucking history and a retired trucker, that tandem axle with the smashed cab and the tree growing through the frame looks like it may have been one of Weyerhaeuser’s old Kenworth dump trucks; the truck with the brush all around was definitely a Chevy/GMC. The engine almost looks like if it could be extricated it would run. Amazing footage you captured. And the lava tube!!!

I was 17 when Mt. St. Helen's blew. I remember seeing the devastation on the TV, hearing that it would be a couple of decades before trees returned. I also remember thinking that meant I would be close to 30 and couldn't picture it. Then, in 2010, I heard that it was the 30th anniversary and couldn't believe how fast time had flown. Funny!

Awesome. Thanks for not swearing. I'd like to show these videos to my little sister.

@michaelhoffpauir2044

6 жыл бұрын

OMG, it's so hard nowadays to find anything that's not so full of vulgarity, that you can watch at all. What happened ?

@deklosjaar

6 жыл бұрын

My dick

@packingten

6 жыл бұрын

deklosjaar. A FOREIGNER NO DOUBT .PROB MUSLIM..FILTHY MOUTH

@halfpipefreak

6 жыл бұрын

Stop crying about swear words. She's gonna hear swearing anyways and the more people are making that shit taboo the more the kids will be wanting to explore it. Why are people so stupid ....

@justathought973

6 жыл бұрын

+ Michael Hoffpauir Maybe people are getting smarter... www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015-12-17/study-people-who-swear-more-are-smarter-have-larger-vocabulary They're just words, after all.

Thanks for the video sir!

@2pacalypse25

2 жыл бұрын

So you have to pay to explore natures landscape because someone or some group claimed it’s their land?

@xfirty2x

2 жыл бұрын

@@2pacalypse25 No. Just don't get caught 👍

Wow! Thank you for sharing your journey with us

Wow, this video just showed up in my feed today...and I am wowed. I am so captured by Mt. St Helens, learning about it never gets old. This was incredible footage and a great update to see what it's like up there! Since there would be no way I would do it! Thank you so much for hiking up there and showing us!