I was fishing on Lake Limerick in Shelton the morning Mt. St. Helens blew up. We heard it blow, but didn't know what it was. It didn't take long before a guy in another boat told us St, Helens had blown up, so we went back to my friend's house to see what was going on.
There were rumors of a huge wall of mud taking out I-5, and other assorted damage. We hopped in the car, headed up to Capitol Forest and found a lookout spot where we could see St. Helens. The cloud of ash was massive and miles high. The wind was going east so we didn't really gaf, but the skies went dark in Cooger country. 57 people got toasted, so it just goes to show you that fucking around on an actively erupting volcano is a bad idea. Living in Orting is probably a bad idea, too.