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The 1980 explosion was huge. It only killed 57 people, but it caused mass devistation. With the blow 1,370 feet of the mountain came tumbling down. After Friday's small eruption, the volcano sealed back up again causing it to build up massive pressure. There haven't been many earthquakes today, but the pressure is building like crazy. They expect it to be big, but not as big as the 1980 eruption. I figured out that I am about an hour and a half away. The blow, if large enough, will cause flooding in the city I live in, and the ash will cause a mess. We are currently on a level 3 warning, which is the highest it can go. They believe the magma is making it's way up, and there was a pretty severe volcanic tremor this morning. After the 1980 explosion some places were covered in as much as 600 feet of ash. I am not looking forward to the ash at all. The ash also moved as far east as Oklahoma. Trippy shit.
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