Mount St. Helens Eruption
How did the Helens eruption destroy everything nearby?
4.7 (24)
53 mins
Learn about the devastating eruption of 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, and how a massive landslide and volcanic blast reshaped the landscape within minutes, making it one of the deadliest eruptions.
Ep 1:
The Mountain That Slept
A perfect, ancient volcano rises above Spirit Lake — beloved, beautiful, and secretly restless after 123 years of silence. Then, in 1980, it begins to wake.
Ep 2:
The Bulge and the Bureaucrats
As a mysterious bulge swells on Mount St. Helens' flank, one scientist's warning of sideways catastrophe is ignored while a governor delays a fateful decision.
Ep 3:
Sideways: The Blast Unleashed
At 8:32 AM, the mountain's north face collapses and unleashes a horizontal blast of unimaginable force, forever changing everyone caught in its path.
Ep 4:
The Lie and the Moonscape
In the wreckage of the eruption, heroic rescues collide with a devastating official lie about the victims, even as the ash-grey moonscape hints at hidden survival.
Ep 5:
From Ash to Life Again
Timber crews, scientists, and nature itself race to heal a devastated landscape, as forests, rivers, and even a lake defy predictions of permanent death.
Ep 6:
What the Mountain Taught Us
Decades of scientific breakthroughs and human failures collide as the story of Mount St. Helens reveals hard lessons about power, warnings, and mortality.
Discussions (5)
Ezra
Level 8 · 4 mo ago>drawn along property lines Exactly. Corporate profits always matter more to politicians than human lives
Logan
Level 9 · 4 mo agoYou claim the science didn't fail. The official team missed the lateral blast threat by relying on Hawaiian models. That is a massive failure of expertise.
Lola
Level 6 · 4 mo agoThis is 100% true. The government absolutely lied about those victims being in the red zone illegally.
