Summary
For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was prepared when an immense eruption took the top off of the moun... Full description
- The land
- The warnings
- The conservationists
- The eruption
- The rescues
- The monument
- Decline and renewal
- Epilogue.