[PDF] Mount St Helens eBook

Author : Melanie Holmes
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 30,72 MB
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252051343

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Serendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team that conducted scientific research that underpinned warnings about the mountain. Those warnings saved thousands of lives when the most devastating volcanic eruption in U.S. history blew apart Mount St. Helens, but killed Johnston on the ridge that now bears his name. Melanie Holmes tells the story of Johnston's journey from a nature-loving Boy Scout to a committed geologist. Blending science with personal detail, Holmes follows Johnston through encounters with Aleutian volcanoes, his work helping the Portuguese government assess the geothermal power of the Azores, and his dream job as a volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Interviews and personal writings reveal what a friend called "the most unjaded person I ever met," an imperfect but kind, intelligent young scientist passionately in love with his life and work and determined to make a difference.

Author : Rob Carson
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 33,20 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 157061248X

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Where were you on May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted? Author Rob Carson's essays, accompanied by incredible photos, outline the events leading up to and following the eruption, with a special look at the 20-year process of the mountain's rebirth. As plants, insects, animals, and people have reclaimed Mount St. Helens, the mountain remains a looming reminder of an event that changed the face of the Northwest.

Author : Steve Olson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 10,53 MB
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0393242803

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A riveting history of the Mount St. Helens eruption that will "long stand as a classic of descriptive narrative" (Simon Winchester). For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was prepared when an immense eruption took the top off of the mountain and laid waste to hundreds of square miles of verdant forests in southwestern Washington State. The eruption was one of the largest in human history, deposited ash in eleven U.S. states and five Canadian providences, and caused more than one billion dollars in damage. It killed fifty-seven people, some as far as thirteen miles away from the volcano’s summit. Shedding new light on the cataclysm, author Steve Olson interweaves the history and science behind this event with page-turning accounts of what happened to those who lived and those who died. Powerful economic and historical forces influenced the fates of those around the volcano that sunny Sunday morning, including the construction of the nation’s railroads, the harvest of a continent’s vast forests, and the protection of America’s treasured public lands. The eruption of Mount St. Helens revealed how the past is constantly present in the lives of us all. At the same time, it transformed volcanic science, the study of environmental resilience, and, ultimately, our perceptions of what it will take to survive on an increasingly dangerous planet. Rich with vivid personal stories of lumber tycoons, loggers, volcanologists, and conservationists, Eruption delivers a spellbinding narrative built from the testimonies of those closest to the disaster, and an epic tale of our fraught relationship with the natural world.

Author : Kristine Harper
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 23,15 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1438102267

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The long dormant Mount St. Helens volcano of the Cascade Mountain Range in Washington State erupted on May 18, 1980.

Author : Patricia Lauber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 1993-03-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0689716796

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May 18, 1980, 8:32 A.M.: An earthquake suddenly triggered an avalanche on Mount St. Helens, a volcano in southern Washington State. Minutes later, Mount St. Helens blew the top off its peak and exploded into the most devastating volcanic eruption in U.S. history. What caused the eruption? What was left when it ended? What did scientists learn in its aftermath? In this extraordinary photographic essay, Patricia Lauber details the Mount St. Helens eruption and the years following. Through this clear accurate account, readers of all ages will share the awe of the scientists who witnessed both the power of the volcano and the resiliency of life.

Author : James P. Quiring
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780887140556

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Discover the promise of a landscape in transcription. See how plants and animals survive and flourish in an enviroment that in 1980 appeared to be a lifeless moonscape. This 9" x 12" book is overflowing with beautiful photos and interpretive text on this National Park for your enjoyment.

Author : Carmen Bredeson
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 26,77 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766015524

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An account of how and why Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980 and the destruction it caused, and a discussion of the return of life to that area.

Author : Sharlene P. Nelson
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780516204444

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Describes the destruction caused by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, the slow return of plant and animal life, and the special area set aside to study this renewal.

Author : David A. Anderson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 17,87 MB
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1439644152

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The story of Mount St. Helens is that of an active volcano and human interaction with it. The mountain is culturally important to the regional native people. Its Cowlitz name, Lawetlatla, means Person From Whom Smoke Comes. Early European settlers saw opportunities to make a living from the natural resources, and people fell in love with the forested valleys and slopes of the glacier-clad peak with the blue lake at its foot. Forgotten were the eruptions of the 19th century and the fact that the landscape was a product of frequent violent explosions. A report from the 1970s reminded locals that Mount St. Helens is an active volcano and could erupt again before the end of the 20th century. Only a few people at that time were aware of what the mountain was capable of, and many were surprised at the events that took place in 1980.