Weather to the MAX: Mount St. Helens Eruption 1980

Mount St. Helens, located in Washington State, was sleeping peacefully on the morning of May 18, 1980. However, in just a while, the mountain blew out as lava and smoke poured out of the volcano. Long dormant, Mount St. Helens was erupting.

A 5.1 earthquake had occurred near or around Mount St. Helens. This actually caused the eruption.

As the mountain erupted, it blew out a whole side of itself, as if caused by a massive bomb.

Below is a photograph taken by the USGS.

Mount St. Helens released massive amounts of ash in the air and warped the Earth's climate for years to come. Below is a USGS image of the ash distribution.

Some people in Washington State awoke to 2-5 inches of ash covering their lawns and houses.

Following the eruption, over a course of 2 months, over 10,000 seismic events occurred in the Mount St. Helens area.

Mount St. Helens also shrunk to a much smaller degree.

Weather to the MAX: Northeast Blizzard of 1978

The Northeast Blizzard of 1978 occurred between February 6-7th. Boston received 27 inches of snow, while Providence Rhode Island got 27.6 inches of snow. The storm took 100 lives. About 4500 were injured, and damage totaled 520 million dollars in 1978 currency-value, but present-day value is 1.75 billion dollars.

The storm formed off South Carolina. Arctic front and cold air mass collided with the storm, which proceeded to race up the coastline.

Weather to the MAX: Chicago Blizzard of 1979.

The Chicago Blizzard of 1979 occurred January 13-14, 1979. It dropped a total of 16 inches on January 13 ALONE. The final total was 19 inches of snow in Chicago. Cars were buried all winter as cold and snow continued with vengeance.