Famous+volcanoes+and+locations

=Famous Volcanoes and Locations = = = = = =media type="custom" key="9731442"= =media type="custom" key="9731446"= = Mount St. Helens = = The most violent volcano in the USA history is Mount St. Helens! Mount St. Helens is located in southwest Washington state about 50 miles northeast of Portland Oregon in the Cascade Mountains. Mount St. Helens is also a part of ring of fire. It is 8,365ft tall, which means it is 2,550meters tall. Before Mount St. Helens erupted that place was a very popular place to vacation. People love to go there to vacation. Mount St. Helens was quiet for 123 years until 1980, when everything changed. = = = ==== At the morning of 8:32 the ground started to shake. “Bow!!!” It exploded on May 18 1980. It killed 57 people and there are many injures. Mount St. Helens also destroyed many roads, animals and trees. The houses were buried under lava. Water animal survived because they are under water.1980 that explosion’s energy equals to thousands of nuclear bombs. It was the most violent volcano in the USA history!!! ====

_________________________________________________ = What is Mount St. Helens? = Were your mom or dad watching CNN or BBC on May 18, 1980? If he (or she) happened to be watching one of these channels, he/she was probably watching breaking news. “What breaking news?” you might think. To me, this answer is easy. They were watching the biggest eruption of Mount St. Helens in its history. ==== Mount Saint Helens, known as “The Smoking Mountain” by the American Indians is an active strata volcano. It is located in the Cascade Mountains in Skamania County, Washington state. Before 1980, it was a popular vacation spot that people liked. Back then, it stood at 9,680 ft. tall. Scientists believe it started forming 40,000 years ago, a REALLY long time ago. ==== ==== On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens had its biggest explosion. Can you believe that? Lava and steam spewed out of the volcano. People got buried and killed. Cars and roads got destroyed. Trees and highways crashed down. What a sight! It’s sound was even heard in Vancouver, Canada, 200 miles away. After the explosion, there were 57 dead people, more than 185 miles of destroyed roads and highways, lots of flattened forests, and only 8,362 ft. of the mountain left. ====

==== Mount St. Helens’ was quiet for 123 years, before it’s 1980 explosion. And, its energy was equal to thousands of nuclear bombs! Although Mount St. Helens is a lot cooler now, who knows? It might even have a bigger explosion soon. ====

**__________________________________________________** =Mount St. Helens= ==== Did you know that Mount St. Helens was one of the most powerful and devastating eruptions? Mount St. Helens was forming 40,000 years ago in Washington State. Mount St. Helens turned out to be a strata volcano (One of the biggest volcanoes.) In Washington State the volcanoes just probably sitting there with barely any company. Mount St. Helens is currently 8,365 ft tall that is 2,550 meters tall. ==== ==== Most people wonder, how big was the 1980 eruption? Well, it was so big it flattened over 10 million trees and destroyed hundreds of homes! This volcano killed 57 people probably on vacation. The 1980 eruption was equivalent to thousands of nuclear bombs. Mount Sts. Helens had a very big eruption. It was kind of a surprise because Mount St. Helens had been sleeping for 123 years! Then all of a sudden Mount St. Helens erupted. Mount St.Helens had minor eruptions in the mid 1800s but, the 1980 eruption was so, so, so, so big! But if you compare it to other eruptions like Tambora, Indonesia it’s not that big. ==== ==== Before Mount St. Helens was a beautiful perfect vacation place. It was so beautiful it looked like a Japanese cherry blossom tree, maybe even more beautiful! After the 1980 eruption everything changed. It is a terrible place for vacation because it’s top got blown off and the beautiful ice and snow was blown off too! Mount St. Helens had such a powerful and devastating eruption it will never be forgotten. ====

____________________________________________________ =Mount Saint Helens= ====The most violent volcano in the USA history is Mount St. Helens! Mount St. Helens is located in southwest Washington state about 50 miles northeast of Portland Oregon in the Cascade Mountains. Mount St. Helens is also a part of ring of fire. It is 8,365ft tall, which means it is 2,550meters tall. Before Mount St. Helens erupted that place was a very popular place to vacation. People love to go there to vacation. Mount St. Helens was quiet for 123 years until 1980, when everything changed.==== ====At the morning of 8:32 the ground started to shake. “Bow” It exploded on May 18 1980. It killed 57 people and there are many injures. Mount St. Helens also destroyed many roads, animals and trees. The houses were buried under lava. Water animal survived because they are under water. 1980 that explosion’s energy equals to thousands of nuclear bombs. It was the most violent volcano in the USA history!!!==== ====People running up and down and volcano explosion when lava falling down from a volcano. People will get on fire and the people will die in about months, years and centuries.Mount St. Helens is located in North America in the state of Washington.Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18,1980 and 57 people died, and some animals like horses, deer and donkey.Its eruption’s energy is equal to thousands of nuclear bombs. Mount St. Helens is located in the Cascade Mountains.Before May 18,1980 it was asleep for 123 years.The eruption had ash, smoke and flames more than 12 miles (20km).====