“Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!” Those were the last words spoken by David A. Johnston, an American volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Society when Mount St. Helens erupted at approximately 8:32 a.m. PDT. Johnston was manning an observation post about six miles away when he died as a lateral blast swept the post and JohnstonContinue reading “Please Remember Those Who Died Near Mount St. Helens On This Day”