Spirit Lake (Mt St Helens)

At the base of Mt St Helens is Spirit Lake which was drastically affected by the 1980 eruption that sent a forest worth of trees into its water.

Intro music: “Untitled” by Death On Wednesday

[msmoe]

I was 15 in 1979 and I got to paddle across the Spirit lake with a group of teenagers and Harry Truman himself, I'm 60 now and I will never forget it

[pgavinmpls]

nice job. chill, informative and welcoming. we need more streamers like you

[robertgregory]

Nice job and accurate as well. I am disabled, but because of your efforts I can see amazing video of the area.

[gregorygaunt]

I was 13 when she blew in 1980. Just two weeks later, I was flying INSIDE the crater in a helicopter from my father's Reserve unit, which had made numerous life-savings rescues. The smell of sulphur bubbling up from boiling fissures in and outside the crater debris field has stuck in my memory ever since.

[timnewman]

I saw St.Helens in 1981 as a teenager, it indeed looked like a moonscape. I would love to see it now...

[Dean-does-Stuff-]

I live in the Netherlands now, and most things are built on poles, many of which are wooden poles ( or piles). They can last for 100 years or so, in some cases longer. They some times use a concrete top cap (as the exposed part of the wood will rot much faster than the wet part beneath). I have had experience of this first hand, and it is easy to see that after 25 or 30 years the top sections are showing signs of decay, but when we remove the pole, say 4 or 5 meters in length, the part that was in the water is basically as good as the day it went in the ground. We often re use those for other projects. But seeing this massive expanse of floating trees, is simply jaw dropping. Nature is truly an amazing beauty.... (it is worth mentioning that modern buildings are built on concrete poles, and even my own home that is more than 100 years old, is now on a newer concrete pole, that we share with the houses on each side of us. 18 houses that sit together, but only every other house has poles, and the ones that don't, sit on the edges of the other house. Crazy engineering that these Dutchies are able to do).

[howardmishne]

I’ve hiked to the summit twice and it was life changing to see this in person.

[brandihilton]

Hi, Your video is terrific. My family & I were living in Vancouver in 1980. I was only 8 years old when she blew. I just did an English course on for college. I got an A+. It's amazing to know that it's been 42 years since it happened. Just wanted to drop a note.

[Jamie_van_Brewen]

I can't believe those trees are still floating there more than 40 years later. I'd have thought that being immersed in water all that time they'd have decayed long ago. Of course, it depends on the type of tree. I've heard of people raising cypress logs from Louisiana swamps that had been cut down more than 100 years ago and the wood was still perfectly usable.

[darthvaydr]

You did your homework! I know a lot about the eruption myself and you nailed it. Great informative video and great video shots of the surrounding area. Thank you for sharing this. I was 9 years old when Mount St Helen’s erupted. I got to visit the volcano back in 1985. It was a very creepy place. All the trees laid in one direction from the lateral blast. It’s amazing how powerful the blast was. Thanks again. New subscriber!!

[aprilrichards]

My mom and her best friend went to Mt. St. Helens in 1989 and saw Spirit Lake. Her friend was almost blown off Windy Ridge in a port-a-potty, lol.

[penelopelopez]

Excellent video……very interesting and informative. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you. Mt. St. Helens is definitely on my bucket list. Would love to get over to that side of the country.

[glenndahlgren]

Oh yes I remember that beautiful May spring day well. I was painting some trim on my Seattle house when I heard the boom. Spent that afternoon at my mother’s birthday party watching the events unfold on TV. It feels like yesterday. Great video!

[danwuollet]

I climbed it 3 times as a teenager. That's where I grew up hiking and fishing the lakes around the mountain.

[bindig]

I'm still amazed at the level of destruction from the eruption. Instant moonscape. Also amazed how quickly nature recovered. Much quicker than experts anticipated. The Earth is awesome

[csracingreport]

Nicely made, well articulated ; Digging 4 the other related video u mentioned @ the Intro ; our family visited Mt. Rainier while living in Tacoma ; We had left the state a few yrs b4 MSH blew ; I think DJ was in another locale vs a few other geologists who were stationed just far enough away 2 avoid the blast upon evacuating .. I subscribed b4 the conclusion of this vid ; Looking 4ward 2 future posts ..

[ginnywilliams]

This was such a good video! Im fascinated by this. Learned a lot. Thank you!

[HolySilverStrike]

An interesting tidbit about spirit lake. You are seeing the beginning formation of a coal bed. If you were to look under the lake you would see standing logs under the water. In a bunch of coal beds you would see the remnants of standing trees and the remnants of bark from those trees. That is where the bark from those logs are at.

[LadyOaksNZ]

Thanks for bringing us to Spirit Lake. ⚘💯⚘

[TheGramee]

Awesome bro! I'd love to see it...I remember feeling the shock wave ...hit the house all the way up to Vancouver Canada. Shook the windows!