The World According To Chris Brewer

A break from normal blogging for a history and science lesson.

What you saw in the title of this post were the words radioed into the U.S. Geological Survey’s Vancouver, Washington office by volcanologist David Johnston, who died moments after saying those words….

Mt. St. Helens erupted today, 25 years ago, at 8:32 AM. My mom and dad always tell me stories about how they had only been married for nine days before the “big blast.” What a joy it must have been waking up to dirty snow (ash). In the blast, 57 people died and numerous others were reported missing. I think they said the eruption caused the largest landslide in recorded history, which is amazing considering the fact I used to live in the Northwest and have seen many large landslides (several notable during the Flood of 1996). Four years later, I was thought of and conceived….but I wished I could have lived during such a spectacular event.

Check out an amazing video of the blast, shot entirely by Seattle station KIRO-TV reporter Dave Crockett.

Here are some pictures of the blast and how the area looks today.

And just to think that Mt. St. Helens is still active right beneath us makes me wonder what might happen next. It’s scary and exciting to watch everything unfold. God is in control and He only knows what’s going to happen.

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What Am I Currently Listening To?

Artist: David Guetta vs. David Bowie
Track: Just For One Day (Heroes) [Radio Edit]
Album: Just A Little More Love
Label: Astralwerks
Year Released: 2004