Spirit Lake: Recovery From Mt. Saint Helens’ Eruption
Mt. Saint Helens in Washington State, about 55 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 95 miles south of Seattle, Washington, erupted on May 18, 1980. It caused mass devastation as far as 19 miles from the volcano. Spirit Lake rests about five miles north of Mt. St. Helens as the crow flies. The eruption ripped up millions…