346 - The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens

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🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 158 minutes

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On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 AM local time, a major explosive eruption took place at a volcano in southwest Washington State. After months of earthquakes and smaller eruptions, Mt. St. Helens exploded. Over 1,000 feet of mountain was gone in just a few moments. And 57 people quickly died as hot volcanic ash, mudslides, and a fast-moving, incredibly hot cloud of death and destruction tore through miles of forest.

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0:00.0	Would you ever live next to an active volcano?
0:03.8	You might already.
0:05.2	One research paper estimated that almost 9% of the world's 1990 population lived within
0:09.8	a hundred kilometers, roughly 62 miles, of a historically active volcano and 12% within
0:15.5	the same distance from a volcano believed to have been active during the last 10,000 years.
0:20.5	A paper from 2019 would specify that over 29 million people lived within just 10 kilometers,
0:26.1	just over 6 miles.
0:27.8	And volcanoes labeled as technically active and around 800 million people lived within
0:32.6	a hundred kilometers.
0:34.4	If you're thinking why the hell would anyone live by an active volcano?
0:38.2	I do have some answers.
0:39.8	A lot of people fantasize about burning life.
0:43.6	It is the number one most popular sexual fetish on pornhub right now.
0:47.9	No, no, of course that's not it.
0:50.0	Thank God.
0:51.0	Soil near active volcanoes is often rich in mineral deposits and provides excellent farming
0:54.4	opportunities.
0:55.4	So people are going to farm that land and make that fertile land farm money.
0:59.6	A lot of people visit volcanoes each year, so a demand naturally pops up for hotels, restaurants,
1:04.2	gift shops, tour guides and more.
1:06.3	And some people, many people actually, born near volcanoes, simply don't have the financial
1:10.1	resources to move.
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