An unexpected event

Int: On the morning of May 18^th,1980, Liz Nielson was camping with a friend about 18 kilometers from Mount St.Helens in Washington State in the United States. She was making coffee and her friend Dave was fishing. So, Liz, when did realize that something was wrong?

Liz: Well, Dave lost the fish and came up to replace his line. He Looked up and saw a small black cloud on the horizon and said there must be a forest fire. Within 30 seconds it was absolutely enormous and then it just kept getting bigger and bigger, and coming at us faster, and it was very dark and black. The cloud of ash was the first sign we had that anything was happening.

Int: Was it difficult getting out of the valley?

Liz: The ash was nearly a metre deep and it was so hot underneath you could only stay in it for a short period of time. Then we had to get up on a tree stump and take our shoes off and unroll our trousers, but within a few minutes they would be filled up again. It gave off a terrible smell-like rotten eggs. Anyway, we were really lucky. A falling tree could easily have crushed us. I wish now that we’d taken a radio with us, then maybe we would have had some warning. Even a couple of hours warning would have helped. We went back a few days alter and found the site where our tent had been. Thank goodness we fell in that hole instead of reaching the tent!

Int: A lucky escape indeed. Now in the studio we also have…..

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