This isn't the Colorado Avalanche
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This is what it looks like when an avalanche is coming right at you.
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I saw that video a few days ago and watched it over and over. Incredible..... I figured that the guy filming it survived but didn't know for sure..... Incredible! The audio is also telling...... There Are No Atheists In A Foxhole......Incredible!
The guy filming it was very lucky to have been behind those rocks, they provided good protection for him, or else the outcome might have been very different.
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The guy just has a bad habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...........here he is again driving home after escaping the avalanche........
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Wow, that is terrifying, it reminds me of the movie "Twister" with the cow flying around.
Here it is, the cow!
Mount St Helen's in 1980.
Human impact from the 1980 eruption
Man sitting at a campsite David A. Johnston hours before he was killed by the eruption
Fifty-seven people were killed during the eruption. Had the eruption occurred one day later, when loggers would have been at work, rather than on a Sunday, the death toll could have been much higher.
Eighty-three-year-old Harry R. Truman, who had lived near the mountain for 54 years, gained media attention when he decided not to evacuate before the impending eruption, despite repeated pleas by local authorities. His body was never found after the eruption.
Another victim of the eruption was 30-year-old volcanologist David A. Johnston, who was stationed on the nearby Coldwater Ridge. Moments before his position was hit by the pyroclastic flow, Johnston radioed his last words: "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" Johnston's body was never found.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter surveyed the damage and said, "Someone said this area looked like a moonscape. But the moon looks more like a golf course compared to what's up there." A film crew, led by Seattle filmmaker Otto Seiber, was dropped by helicopter on St. Helens on May 23 to document the destruction. Their compasses, however, spun in circles and they quickly became lost. A second eruption occurred on May 25, but the crew survived and was rescued two days later by National Guard helicopter pilots. Their film, The Eruption of Mount St. Helens, later became a popular documentary.
The eruption had negative effects beyond the immediate area of the volcano. Ashfall caused approximately $100 million of damage to agriculture downwind in Eastern Washington.
The eruption also had positive impacts on society. Apple and wheat production were higher in the 1980 growing season, possibly due to ash helping to retain moisture in the soil. The ash was also a source of income: it was the raw material for the artificial gemstone helenite, or for ceramic glazes, or sold as a tourist curio.