What exactly did Mt. St Helens do to cars? "440 cops cars"
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Interesting article. I bet the ashy air gunked up all kinds of stuff for awhile. I was a kid when that happened, but I remember we felt the earthquake all the way down here in central CA..
slimt
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That ash would and was like glass particles. It was not good we had that ash floating here in Southern Alberta It wasnt much but enough to cause havoc to paint jobs if you ran your hand accross the surface. I couldnt imagine what damage it would of caused to cars closer to the surrounding area.
Visited Mt. St. Helens in 1997 or 98. Quite a sight.
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Knew it most likely wasn't good but didn't know just how bad it could be!
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I live ~3 hours east of Mt St. Helens, I was pouring a back patio at my new house when it erupted. The ash clouds that came our way were crazy looking. The fall out was fairly light for us, north of us received significantly more ash. I had a Dodge Charger at the time and I remember the car club guys recommended frequent air filter and oil changes. Never had an issue.
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It took the ash a few days to reach we’re I was. I had a 77 Nova RS at the time. Everyone stayed home for the first day, it filled the streets with a couple inches, I drove a little came back home until all hit the ground but it was still flying around in the streets for months.
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We were up the forestry road a year prior to the eruption . There was a huge parking spot where you could see accross the valley to mt st Helens. It was in july and hot at the I5 turn off. Up at the summit it was so cold and snowing. We tried to find the same road a couple of years ago . To find out it was a road only now for emergency vehicles only with a big gate accross. Alot I guess changed from the eruption Up to now.
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Ya. Even up to a couple years ago. Even with all the new growth. Theres still areas with ash showing.
I was in grade school living in Chula Juana (Chula Vista) and the ash made its way all down to the border.
I’d like to see an engine torn down that was driving through all that, gotta be something in the pan.
I’d like to see an engine torn down that was driving through all that, gotta be something in the pan.
Go to my first post click on link scroll down to lifter valley picture and click on picture, there is a slide show of the small pictures. Shows internal engine wear.
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That volcano is about 200 miles south of me. I remember when it went off, filled the news about ash and dust everywhere. But where I lived, I didn't see any evidence of it at all.
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According to the eyewitness reports, oil bath air filters performed the best at removing the volcanic ash.
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I was in a C-141 at 39000 feet about 2 hours out of McChord on our way back from Japan. As was my habit on long flights , I was playing with the ADF radios and heard a newscast from a San Francisco station that the volcano had erupted. About the time I was opening my mouth to tell the AC, we got a call telling us to divert to Travis AFB in Calif. Just missed flying into that mess!
That was an interesting article.
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Most of the ash went NE of mt St Helens. Spokane got lots I was 6 hours NE we had gray skies and traces of ash falling. Just like sleet.
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pretty cool article, thanks for sharing
I drove thru that area a couple years after the eruption
on my way up to Alaska
it was still devastated & still crazy damage,
from what we say just off I-5
rivers beds still full of logs, houses & ash flows
trees blown over for miles & miles even that far away etc.
I remember it well, looked like an alien world
I drove thru that area a couple years after the eruption
on my way up to Alaska
it was still devastated & still crazy damage,
from what we say just off I-5
rivers beds still full of logs, houses & ash flows
trees blown over for miles & miles even that far away etc.
I remember it well, looked like an alien world
Eruptions that followed the first big one spread ash over a very wide area.
I live south of Portland and had to deal with that stuff in the cowl vents of my cars.
It seemed to be heavy and dense. (almost like a paste) Not easy to flush away. --The same for the gutters on my house.
As far as I was concerned (in my location) it was just a rather dusty day or two that passed quickly. -Not so for those in places that had it fall like a heavy snowfall. That stuff didn't just melt and go away.
I live south of Portland and had to deal with that stuff in the cowl vents of my cars.
It seemed to be heavy and dense. (almost like a paste) Not easy to flush away. --The same for the gutters on my house.
As far as I was concerned (in my location) it was just a rather dusty day or two that passed quickly. -Not so for those in places that had it fall like a heavy snowfall. That stuff didn't just melt and go away.
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