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W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Tue, May 18, 2010 2:05 PM dear dr, woof, how would a person from sunny fla. get to the state of woofieness in the great state of washington? is it even possible? thanks for your compassionate help. talo ka Dear talo ka , Thank you for your interest in fun facts about my home state of Washington! In particular thanks for your interest in me and what I was doing 30 years ago today during the eruption of Mt St Helens (MSH). My family was in church when MSH erupted and we didn’t find out until after 12 noon. There was a church picnic planned that day at a nearby park and we all decided to go ahead with our plans as MSH was almost 300 miles west of us. My dad, who had majored in geology in college and kept it up as hobby, was very excited about the eruption, describing to us what it might be like if the ash cloud came our way. As it turned out the ash cloud was coming exactly our way. By the time we reached the park it had been decided that everyone should head home. By the time we began heading home (a 7 mile drive out of town) we could see what looked like a giant thunderhead. It gradually moved over us and then this fine “dust” began falling from the sky. Then it got darker, and darker, and by 4 PM it was darker than night. We’d made it home OK and holed up inside looking out the window at yard lights which you could just make out through the ash fall. We had no idea how long it would go on, just dad reassuring us that some ash falls can be several feet thick! Washington is AWESOMEton! -wfmtt-

dear dr, woof,
how would a person from sunny fla. get to the state of woofieness in the great state of washington? is it even possible? thanks for your compassionate help.

talo ka

Dear talo ka ,

Thank you for your interest in fun facts about my home state of Washington!

In particular thanks for your interest in me and what I was doing 30 years ago today during the eruption of Mt St Helens (MSH).

My family was in church when MSH erupted and we didn’t find out until after 12 noon. There was a church picnic planned that day at a nearby park and we all decided to go ahead with our plans as MSH was almost 300 miles west of us. My dad, who had majored in geology in college and kept it up as hobby, was very excited about the eruption, describing to us what it might be like if the ash cloud came our way. As it turned out the ash cloud was coming exactly our way. By the time we reached the park it had been decided that everyone should head home. By the time we began heading home (a 7 mile drive out of town) we could see what looked like a giant thunderhead. It gradually moved over us and then this fine “dust” began falling from the sky. Then it got darker, and darker, and by 4 PM it was darker than night. We’d made it home OK and holed up inside looking out the window at yard lights which you could just make out through the ash fall. We had no idea how long it would go on, just dad reassuring us that some ash falls can be several feet thick!

Washington is AWESOMEton!

-wfmtt-

Post #531015 by woofmutt on Tue, May 18, 2010 2:05 PM