Area residents recall eerie aftermath of volcanic eruption
A man hoses ash off the sidewalk in front of Conrad National Bank in Kalispell in this Daily Inter Lake file photo.
A Daily Inter Lake file photo shows a man selling masks, as protection from volcanic ash, out of his truck.
The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens destroyed nearly a cubic mile of the top of the mountain. (USGS photo)
Photo taken on May 18, 1980, of Mount St. Helens at about 3:30 pm. Jim Hughes took this from about 20 air miles away. (NFS photo)
Ash clouds from Mount St. Helens move over Ephrata airport in Washington on Monday, May 19, 1980. Communities across central and eastern Washington were covered in 3-5 inches of gritty, fine, ash particles. (NFS photo)
Ash covers a farm in Connelll, Wash. 180 miles from Mount St. Helens. (Lyn Topink, NFS)
Ash from the May 18, 1980, eruption left many areas in the Flathead covered in ash. (USGS photo)
Annie McLaughlin of Whitefish was six months pregnant and headed to work at the Roundup (now the Town Pump) in Whitefish when she saw the ash cloud moving in from the catastrophic Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption....
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