Vancouver! Vancouver! This is It!

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech on August 11, 2007 at 12:41 pm


Fogonazos blog has a short feature on David A. Johnston, the volcanologist who was first to report the Mount St. Helens volcano eruption in 1980 before being swept away by the blast:

Johnston was manning an observation post about 10 km (6 miles) from the volcano Mount St. Helens on the morning of May 18, 1980. He was the first to report the eruption, transmitting the famous message "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" before being swept away by the lateral blast created by the collapse of the mountain’s north face. His body was never recovered.

Link (with an awesome video clip of the eruption) – Thanks aberron!


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3 comments to "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is It!"

  1. Eric
    August 11th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    You might want to take out the second "n" in Vancounver. It makes a big difference

  2. Alex
    August 11th, 2007 at 7:01 pm

    Oosp - typso fixed! Thakns Eric!

  3. twodollars
    August 12th, 2007 at 12:43 am

    Neat, I live in Vancouver (Washington State is the one hes referring to). With hearing that quote all my life, its pretty cool to see it pop up here.


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