When the Mountain Shook and the World Went Quiet
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with the force of five hundred atomic bombs. The blast flattened 230 square miles of forest in...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9.
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with the force of five hundred atomic bombs. The blast flattened 230 square miles of forest in minutes. Trees that had stood for centuries lay down like matchsticks. Entire ridgelines simply vanished. Harry Truman, the old lodge owner who had refused to evacuate, insisting the mountain would never touch him, was buried under 150 feet of volcanic debris.…
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