Spirit Lake

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Six miles from the mountain, on the edge of Spirit Lake—a lake created thousands of years before when another eruption had dammed the Toutle River—Harry and his wife, Edie, had hosted tourists and run their store from the green, wooden building nestled in the trees.

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“The slide could sweep down to Spirit Lake, dam it to a high level. Mudflows would sluice down valley … the whole cracked north flank could slide.”

From Literature

“In our many meetings,” the county sheriff said, “Mullineaux and Crandell have been so guarded—maybe this, maybe not. Perhaps big, probably not. Only now have we an idea how bad it could be. The whole Spirit Lake basin, all the lodges and cabins, could be destroyed. Why didn’t they say so? We’ve squandered weeks in preparation.”

From Literature

Crandell had convinced the residents and business owners of Spirit Lake to leave the area.

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But the residents of Spirit Lake weren’t the only ones living by Mount St. Helens.

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