Mount St. Helens 11pm Newscast - May 18, 1980 | KATU In The Archives

The 11pm newscast on the day of the eruption of Mount St Helens, May 18th, 1980.

Portions of audio have been muted due to copyright.
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[thDIVTimberwolf]

6 days after my 14th birthday. The tremor that triggered it woke me up that morning.

[annaka]

Up here in Vancouver Canada we had ash on our cars. Heard the boom too when it blew. Amazing

[aimeemoore]

Love old news coverage. Unbelievable amazing so devastating

[tallthinwavy]

Was 15 years old when it happened. Blew up again in July. Watched it on my parent's roof. Got a quarter inch of ash all over.

[mrmike]

Watching this 1980s Newscast is like going back in time.

[christschool]

I was a 12 year old when the mountain erupted. I lived with my parents in North Carolina and I remember we got a very thin layer of ash you could see on dark colored cars. Our sunsets for the next couple of weeks were incredibly beautiful due to the ash in the atmosphere.

[paulforgette]

I love the weather man trying to explain the situation, back them they had no clue...

[Guitcad]

If you just don't want to leave that's entirely your business (tips hat to Harry R. Truman), but when you cite "facts" like "We've had floods here before." and "We're 69 feet above sea level, so I wouldn't worry about it." when you're dealing with something of this magnitude then you just sound silly.

[whoppergoldstein]

My dad was skiing Hood when this happened

[LindaMerchant-bqhp]

The chamnel 2 news sounds like abc news intro

[Agent]

Everybody already talking bout the bulge.

[jeffreymcdonald]

Not buying the whole Dave Crockett deal. Especially the audio. Does not jive with reality. Perfect audio, clearly speaking....no way that happens with all the super heated ash in the air.

[bussi]

Permanent Death is also once in a lifetime

[ChadElk]

America was so beautiful when it was mostly white.

[Great-Documentaries]

If you wonder why so many people needlessly died that day in spite of the warnings, listen to the ones they interviewed. My Dog they are ignorant! Exactly the kind of people who when told to evacuate respond by yelling that they don't need the "government" to "tell them what they can and cannot do." Not everyone that day who died was a moron, but most were. They were totally aware of the warnings and chose to ignore them. 🔥⛰