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What makes his story even cooler for me, is I could absolutely nod my head and declare it a small world. In 1980 we were camped close enough to have to flee as well. I won't clutter the forum with the story other than to say that was the best family vacation ever. I learned a lot about life that Sunday/Mon and I learned a lot about my Father. I also learned a Deep respect for one tough SOB Eldorado RV with a 440, that still amazes me it survived for the most part. Dads gone, that RV is long gone, but the memories, the lessons, the experience, is still vivid for me. What is odd, and i intend to change today....I am not sure my kids have ever heard the entire story of those two days.
Very few lived around St. Helens, and the carnage was mainly from the lahar flow down the Toutle River. The steam blast killed a whole lot of old growth timber, but few people. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk