
Eruption
The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Yen
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By:
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Steve Olson
For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died, including newlywed logger John Killian (for years afterward, his father searched for him in the ash), scientist Dave Johnston, and celebrated local curmudgeon Harry Truman. The lives of many others were forever changed.
Steve Olson interweaves history, science, and vivid personal stories of the volcano's victims and survivors to portray the disaster as a multifaceted turning point. Powerful economic, political, and historical forces influenced who died when the volcano erupted, and their deaths marked the end of an era in the Pacific Northwest. The eruption of Mount St. Helens transformed volcanic science, the study of environmental resilience, and our perceptions of how to survive on an increasingly dangerous planet.
©2016 Steve Olson. Recorded by arrangement with W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (P)2016 HighBridge, a division of Recorded BooksListeners also enjoyed...




















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Excess Filler, Topic Coverage is Better
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Interesting with a broader scope than expected
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Eruption by Steve Olson, Narrated by Jonathan Yen
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Good overview of the disaster
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There was no sense of the excitement that must have prevailed in the lead up to the eruption...seemed like just another weekend day. Let's go hiking.
Amazing moment in time, no connection for listener
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senseless deaths on Mt. st. Helen's
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Logging in the PacNW: a brief history
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parts of it were great
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Well researched and entertaining
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Good
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