Amazing how many of us were affected by this surreal thing.
I was 99 miles west of Portland in Astoria - the Columbia turned
to a strange shade of "guck" (a cross between aqua & brown).
Our ash didn't fall until the winds changed a few days later.
Weeks later, when I was in Portland - more ash. The damnest looking
darkness & debris falling looking like off color snow, but us in short
sleeves. This earth is oddly beautiful, oddily strange.
Here's hoping all in Seattle returns to normal very soon.
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Mike said:
i was in spokane wa. when it blew. at 3:00 in the afternoon,
there was what looked like a storm cloud approaching.
the emerg. broadcast sys. came on and said "hey folks,
see that storm cloud out to the south-west? that's
not a storm, that's a cloud of ash". a half hour later,
it was completely dark and we couldn't see the street
light that was on in front of the house.
we had to wear surgical masks for about two weeks.
it was like driving around in a weird snowstorm.
Shannon said:
I was in Denver, Colorado when Mt. St. Helens blew -- and we got ash on
our car, too!!
Mary Beth said:
Actually, I was in Roseburg, ORegon about 200 miles South when Saint Helens
blew, AND I was in fifth grade. We even got ash on our cars down there.
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