On May 18, 1980 the sleeping giant that was Mount St. Helens awoke and erupted with a force that blew even studied geologists away with its violence. We'll deep dive into the eruption and it's devastating toll, including a massive loss of human life and an unprecedented environmental destruction. Mount St. Helens killed 57, wounded many many more, and destroyed hundreds of homes and thousands of acres of forest. Why didn't authorities do more to protect the people in the surrounding areas when the mountain was giving clear signs that an eruption was imminent? We'll cover all that on more on this first episode of the Disaster Queen Podcast.

To research this podcast, I used the following source materials:

Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-15-adna-helensvic15-story.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/05/17/mount-st-helens-people-stayed/27311467/

Documentary: Surviving the Mount St. Helen's Disaster

Documentary: Seconds From Disaster, Mount St. Helen's Eruption

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It is produced, researched and written by Jenny Rapson, the Disaster Queen. 

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Audio engineering: Robert Rapson

Editing: Josh Rapson 

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