Mount St. Helens

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On May 18, 1980, one of the most violent and cataclysmic natural disasters of the modern era took place. Mount St. Helens, a stratovolcano located approximately 100 miles or 160 kilometers south of Seattle, exploded. The effects of the explosion could be noticed over 1,000 miles away, and it forever changed the landscape of southern Washington State. Learn more about Mount Saint Helens, the explosion, and its future, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On May 18th, 1980, one of the most violent and cataclysmic natural disasters of the modern era took place.
0:07.0	Mount St Helens, a stratovolcano located approximately 100 miles or 160 kilometers south of Seattle exploded.
0:15.4	The effects of the explosion could be noticed over 1,000 miles away and it forever changed
0:19.6	the landscape of Southern Washington State. Learn more about Mount St Helens, a stratovolcano located in the Cascade Mountains in southern Washington State.
0:49.0	Prior to its eruption, it was the fifth highest peak in Washington State, with a height of 9,678 feet or 2,950 meters.
0:57.0	Mount St Helens is part of the Ring of Fire, which is a collection of volcanoes that rains the Pacific Ocean.
1:03.0	Mount St. Helens is one of several volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains
1:06.6	that all share a similar origin, including Mount Adams, Mount Rainier, and Mount Hood.
1:11.2	These volcanoes are created by the Juan de Fuka
1:14.3	tectonic plate in the Pacific Ocean, subducting underneath the North American
1:18.5	tectonic plate. Prior to its eruption, it looked like a classic stratovolcano.
1:24.0	It was highly symmetric and had a top that was often covered in snow and ice.
1:28.0	And because of how it looked, it was often called the Mount Fuji of America.
1:32.0	The mountain had several names given to it by the native people of the region.
1:36.0	The Yakima people called the mountain Luwala Klo, which means the smoking mountain.
1:41.0	The Jehalish people called it Nash Ank, which means water coming out, and the
1:45.8	upper Chinook called it Aka Ank, which means the snow mountain. The name Mount St Helens was given to the
1:52.0	peak by the British naval officer George Vancouver.
1:55.2	On May 19th, 1792, while surveying the coast of the Pacific Northwest on the HMS Discovery,
2:00.8	he spied the mountain. He named it after Elaine Fitz Herbert, first Baron of St Helens.
2:07.0	Elaine Fitzherbert was a British Ambassador to Russia, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and later Ambassador to Spain.
2:14.2	The title Baron St Helens was created for him in 1791 as a title under the system of Irish
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