Unheeded Warnings and Sudden Devastation :: By Jonathan Brentner

As Mount Saint Helens rumbled during the spring months of 1980, one man stood firm in his resolve to remain on the mountain. Harry R. Truman, an innkeeper, refused to leave his home despite an evacuation order and repeated warnings that came via reoccurring earthquakes. He acknowledged it was “possible” the mountain might “blow” someday, […]