Identify and describe 3 ways humans have interacted with this volcano, including positive and negative interactions. (Do this in class today) Mount St. Helens has been described as 500 atomic bombs going off.  When Mount St. Helens erupted, the people who were killed were never found.  The devastation was enormous.  After the eruption of Mount… Continue reading →

When you watched your volcano erupt, what did you notice about the “pyroclastic” flow? Describe it’s movement.  I noticed that the pyroclastic flow was moving very quickly down the sides of the volcano.  The pyroclastic flow reached the village by the volcano, very quickly and covered and destroyed it with it’s lava. When you watched the… Continue reading →