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...Nowhere is this capacity more evident today than in southwestern Washington. It is just a year since Mount St. Helens exploded with a blast releasing 500 times as much energy as the bomb that leveled Hiroshima, and sending a cubic mile of earth into the air. Torrents of hot mud went coursing down the mountainside, flattening trees for miles around and turning the Toutle River into a flood of sludge that swept away several bridges. The eruption killed 34 people, demolished 178 homes and devastated hundreds of thousands of acres, much of it rich timber land. By the time...
...shock wave that flattened them. Just below the mountain stands Coldwater Lake. A year ago, it was the highly scenic source of a creek that fed the Toutle River. Now the valley through which the Toutle flowed is blocked by a 600-ft.-tall wall of volcanic mud and debris. The lake has been slowly filling with dirty water, threatening to overflow eventually and send a torrent of mud downstream...
...sheltered areas along a creek on the mountain slope. Now the pink flowers of fireweed, a low-growing bush that is traditionally one of the first plants to colonize disturbed areas, have begun to add a touch of color to slopes and clear areas, still covered with ash and mud. Lupines are beginning to grow along erosion channels. Tiny fir trees, freed from competition with their fallen parents, are expected to take advantage of the extra sunlight and make a quick comeback. Scientists say that nutrients from the volcanic ash-such as phosphorus and potassium-could actually enhance their growth...
Harvard also fared well in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, as Kim Stephens overcame Aguerro and the mud to break the tape in 56.2 seconds. Rittenburg barely beat out teammate Scott Murrer, who normally runs the 400-meter dash, for third in 57.5 seconds...
...hedge while sitting backward in the saddle. After five falls, daring Dick collected. The steeplechase riders he has written about in 21 novels have a lot in common with the young Francis. They are dogged, not necessarily the best, but decent and vulnerable; they eat a lot of mud and get mauled frequently and badly. But they do collect: the bruises, the booty-and the readers...