2007-01-13 14:00:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The official death toll was 36 and there were 21 others never found. Had the eruption happened a day later the death toll would have been much greater as the eruption occured on a Sunday, loggers would have been at work the next day.
On another note... during the lead-up to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, 84-year-old Harry Truman, who had lived near the mountain for about 54 years, became nationally famous when he decided not to evacuate before the impending eruption, despite repeated pleas by local authorities. His body was never found after the eruption, which left a huge crater open to the north - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens
2007-01-13 23:28:11 · answer #1 · answered by Pole Kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that 57 people died when Mount St Helens erupted, but quite a few bodies was never recovered. Scary to think that something like this will happen again in the future.
2007-01-14 02:33:56 · answer #2 · answered by Gixy123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the blast radius of that monster-volcano.... the parts with the acceptable populations are Denver, Salt Lake city, Boise, Spokane, WA, western Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota, and noticeably a lot all of Montana. So... you're speaking 20-30 million people, i'd wager-timate. The link lower than is to a good drawing of the historic ash beds and lava flows. each thing west of the Mississippi will be promptly affected, except for the Pacific Northwest, fairly. And the drawing shows the direct impression of Mount St. Helens by using evaluation.
2016-10-31 01:11:40 · answer #3 · answered by quinteros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read there was an old hermit guy who lived in a cabin on Mt. Saint Helens. He refused to leave when the UGS issued a warning, and after the eruption, he was never seen or heard from again.
2007-01-13 14:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fifty-seven people were killed; and 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways and 185 miles (300 km) of highway were destroyed. The eruption caused a massive debris avalanche, reducing the elevation of the mountain's summit from 9,677 feet (2,950 m) to 8,364 feet (2,550 m), and replacing it with a mile-wide (1.5 km-wide) horseshoe-shaped crater.
2007-01-13 14:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by Useless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
57 people were killed. 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles of railways, 185 miles of highway were destroyed. There is no destruction like a women's scorn. If you believe weather patterns are female. :-} Good luck with your question. I hope this helps.
2007-01-13 15:55:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fifty-seven people were killed; and 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways and 185 miles (300 km) of highway were destroyed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helen%27s
2007-01-13 14:05:20 · answer #7 · answered by Judy the Wench 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bunch of people including one vulcanologist who was up close and personal with the volcano, and former president Truman.
2007-01-13 15:19:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
57 due to the eruption and its effects in that immediate area.
I don't think anyone has done a causual study of after effects.
2007-01-17 06:28:20 · answer #9 · answered by Laura Marie B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just herd that fact. I know it was in the fifty's like 52 or 56.
2007-01-13 14:06:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋