St. Helens Eruption

Have you ever been near a volcano when it erupted? Most of us haven't, but if you're unlucky enough, you just might have. Many people think it would be cool, but it is indeed not. In fact, the people of Pompeii were very unlucky when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Nearly two-thousand people died. Although that eruption was very similar to the 1980 eruption of Saint Helens, it was also very different.

Volcanoes are one of the most destructive, yet, most beautiful things on Earth. They can make a famous city choke in its own ashes in one day, like Pompeii. Or they can turn a once damaging mountain into a graceful and peaceful home for new life, like Mount St. Helen’s. All volcanoes are unique, and no two are the same. Some erupt differently than others, some look different than others, and all are located in different spots all over the world. I learned this while completing the project and the five volcanoes I researched are examples of my discoveries. The five volcanoes I researched were Mount Hood, Mount Mageik, Long Island, Mount Muria, and Las Pilas.

There are two very well known and pretty much legendary volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius and Mount St Helens. They may seem different and they are, but they are the same too, for instance both Mount vesuvius and Mount St Helens are both stratovolcanoes,they’re also both “claimed to be complex volcanoes”. Both volcanoes had their major eruption after lying dormant for more than 10 years, and their major eruptions caused more than half of pompeii and and to go to rubble. Both also erupted more than once and changed civilization and most of all the people’s perspectives on the “Smoking Mountains” all stated on geology.com. These volcanoes also both destroyed civilization and they both had a major impacted on their cities and towns they destroyed. In geogly.com states that both volcanoes

In the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption over 57 people died.Valcanic eruptions that cause death are not that rare. In 1812 over 92,000 people died from the Indonesian tambura volcano. The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption included many details common to volcanic eruptions, and disasters and destruction to property and lives that were effected in the region, but the area has recovered in its after math.

To begin with Mt. Vesuvius was one of the most deadliest volcanoes we’ve ever known. To prove that statement Mt. Vesuvius is the only known active volcano on the mainland of Europe. It is known for the eruption in A.D. 79 that wiped out the city of Pompeii and the city of Herculaneum. The people were just doing their everyday thing, when Mt. Vesuvius which they didn’t even know was a volcano exploded, sending lava flowing towards Pompeii and the city of Herculaneum. If you look at the casts of the pompeians, they look more frightened than any other person would. Mt. St. Helens is known for it’s explosive 1980 eruption. The has been the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest. About

Breaking news, Pompeii and many other cities within a close proximity of Mt. Vesuvius was hit with several meters of ash on August 24 79 A.D and almost no one survived this destructive disaster. Pompeii is by the Bay of Naples in Italy and was one of the closest city to Mt. Vesuvius. That eruption of Mt. Vesuvius was caused by the African and the European plate colliding together. This city was thriving and the destruction of this thriving city made the economy weaker and humans were affected dramatically too. There was also dramatic changes the landscape. Mt. Vesuvius was one volcano on the rim of a volcano chain. The proximity of the volcano and the city of Pompeii was a disaster waiting to happen.

Helens was a huge eruption that happened May 18th, 1980. 57 people died from the smoke. By April it was growing 5ft per day. The mushroom clouds of ash and gases more than 12 miles into the air.” states livescince. “The shock wave went 19 miles” state's fs.usda.gov. Such pulse indicated magma was on the move. On May 18, there were hundreds of earthquakes that day. The eruption lasted 9 hours. The Mount St. Helens erupted at 8:32 A.M. It went as high as 1,300 feet (396 meters). Biggest eruption over 100 years. “The first eruption of steam from the summit sent a column of ash, snow and, steam 6,000 sent into the air”, livescince.gov There were a lot of things going on that day and

Before May 1980, Mount St. Helen in Washington State ha been quiet for over a hundred years. It had been calling "the Fuji of America " because it's symmetrical cone resembled the famous volcano in Japan. It's massive eruption on Sunday, May 20, 980, changed that shape. Mount St. Helens lost 3.7 billion cubic yards of rock. Volcanic ash was send fifteen miles into the air, and very hot winds blew in all directions. Two hundred thirty square miles of forest were flatten. Seventy percent of the snow and ice on the mountain melted, causing an enormous landslide of mud, volcanic ash, rocks, and trees to speeding down the mountain at 500 miles per hour. In the eruption, fifty-seven people lost their lives, some as far away as thirteen miles from the mountain. Most of them were scientists, loggers, and journalists.

St. Helens. Mt. St. Helens has been the most frequent Volcano for the past 4000 years. Native Americans were also once living near the Volcano. Due to a much bigger eruption, 3600 years ago, the Indians abandoned their hunting grounds in fear of their lives. After the eruption ash rose 80,000 feet into the sky after just 15 minutes! In September of 2004 this Volcano started to erupt frequently once again until january of 2008! Thousands of birds, mammals, and reptiles died after the eruption. Within 3 minutes of the eruption lateral blast traveled at 300+ miles per hour and burned down 230 square miles of the forest that had surrounded the Volcano. Out of all the facts that I have researched these were the most interesting facts I had researched to conclude my

When you think about Volcanic eruptions in the Northwest you tend to think about the Mt. St. Helens eruption in 1980. Overall there are very few eruptions around the globe. With only 60 eruptions per year According to (Faqs). Mt. St. Helens is a stratovolcano which is also known as a composite volcano. Located in the state of Washington, St. Helens is known to be the youngest and most active volcano in the Cascade Range. An interesting fact is Mt. St Helens is the first major volcanic eruption since 1915. (UNC Edu). Hence why so many remember the natural disaster till this day. With being so young, and not having the ability to remember the Mt. St. Helens eruption I thought it would be a great idea to do research about it. Being so close to Oregon I find it extremely interesting. I thought it would be a

The eruption killed 57 people, in the lateral blast, ashfall, and lahars. The causes to death included asphyxiation, thermal injuries, and trauma. Four indirect death were caused by a crop duster hitting power lines during the ashfall, a traffic accident during poor visibility, and two heart attacks from shoveling ash. The Toutle River was flooded by melting snow and ice from the mountain. About 12 million board feet of stockpiled lumber were sweep in the river, eight bridges were destroyed, 200 homes were destroyed or damaged, debris dams were added to help control sediment in the rivers. Thirty logging trucks, 22 transport vehicles, and 39 rail cars were damaged or destroyed along with 4.7 billion board feet of timber. Shipping was stopped on the Columbia River and some vessels were stranded (Oregon State). In eastern Washington, falling

Mount Vesuvius is one of history’s most recognizable Volcanoes, as each of its eruptions have gone down as a significant event in geologic history. The events that transpired during and after these eruptions have shaped the way scientists and people view the sheer power that these volcanoes possessed. This report will take a look at Vesuvius’ most prolific eruption in 79 AD. The geologic setting of the mountain, precursor activity, and the impact the eruption had on the surrounding populations and towns will all be detailed. Along with these details, this report will also look at the further history of Vesuvius’s explosive past by detailing its eruption cycle. Finally, the current state of Vesuvius and the possible danger

According to Govt Geo. Studies a 5.1 Magnitude earthquake shook the landscape in Washington, causing Mount St. Helens to crumble and slabs of rock to collapse, which led to the infamous 1980 MT St. Helens eruption. A volcano once thought to be asleep and inactive had proved seismologists wrong.

Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano on the mainland of Europe, and has produced some of the continent's largest volcanic eruptions.Vesuvius is most famous for the 79 AD eruption which destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.Ash covered over the 2 cities as many people inhaled the ash.Causing many deaths across Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Mount Vesuvius is known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of Roman cities in Italy as well as other settlements.