saint helens, mount (wash.)

Eleven-year-old Jessie and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering if the volcano will erupt are finally answered.

Chronicles the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, presenting footage of the volcano before, immediately after, and ten years after the blast, and discusses the destructive and restorative power of nature.

On May 18, 1980, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering whether the volcano will erupt are finally answered--all three are badly burned, but it is up to Jessie to protect the boys as best she can and hope that somebody comes to rescue them.

On May 18, 1980, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering whether the volcano will erupt are finally answered--all three are badly burned, but it is up to Jessie to protect the boys as best she can and hope that somebody comes to rescue them.

Describes the destruction caused by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.

Chronicles the events surrounding the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens from the perspectives of eight individuals, including a geologist, a logger, a pair of young lovers, a rookie newspaper reporter, and an angry woman.

For 123 years, Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state was quiet. Then, one March afternoon in 1980, the volcano awoke from its sleep. Includes a study of this volcano, and volcanoes in general.

Chronicles the events of the eruptions of Mount Saint Helens beginning on May 18, 1980, and revisits the area a decade later to show the gradual regrowth of the region.