On September 21, 2006, Bernice and I went with Carol and David Holcomb to see some of what happened when Mount St Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. This is a picture showing that there was a fall-out of six to eight feet of ash many miles below the mountain. We saw the mountain about eleven years ago and saw thousands of dead trees. Now, with careful replanting, the mountain sides are once again green with trees.