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The eruption of Mount St. Helens, seen shortly after 8:32 am Sunday, 18 May 1980, probably along the forest roads of Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The photographer, Richard Lasher, survived the eruption that killed approximately 57 others.

Pete in CT

@nolecat34.bsky.social

19 May

Approximately? No firm number after 46 years?

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@zvyozdochka.bsky.social

19 May

I think I've seen an answer to this in the past; 'approximately' is used because remains are not possible to find and related zero visibility traffic accidents are sometimes/sometimes-not included.

Paul Byrne

@theplanetaryguy.com

Yep. Fifty seven fatalities were confirmed, and *probably* all of the direct deaths are known. (It's not impossible that someone not known to authorities to be in the region was killed.) *Indirect* deaths are much harder to quantity. It's true that 57 is the generally accepted number.

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