An ash cloud erupts from the crater of the Mount Saint-Helens as it erupts for the fifth major time on August 07, 1980 near Spirit Lake, Washington. (AFP/Getty)
Mt. Saint Helens erupted thirty years ago today. For the Takeaway's John Hockenberry, this was the first natural disaster he witnessed and it started his career as a reporter. He remembers back to a time when the idea of an erupting volcano seemed outlandish.
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This is the John Hockenberry that I miss. The one that used to do lyrical, thoughtful, beautiful essays on the radio show Heat. Bring him back more often, please! I was living in Eugene 30 years ago, still remember the ash.
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