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Tacoma native reports St Helens eruption reach and effect
A Tacoma resident writes to his parents detailing the May 18 eruption, its near total destruction of forests, vast ash fall, and wide spread disruption from Yakima to Portland. He notes Tacoma remains unaffected while media coverage overstates harm to the Northwest.
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St. Helens
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Hell
Earth
F. Farwell White
Aiken
Tacoma
Wash
J. Ross White
Carter
White
Mom
Louise
Christian Science Monitor
Mount St. Helens
Elizabeth Harrington