The Chumstick Basin, a major Eocene-era feature in the Cascade Mountain Range, is a fossilized sandbox, as Nick Zentner puts it. Let's wrap up our exploration of this unique area around Leavenworth! | Cascade PBS

By the numbers, the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens resulted in about $1 billion in damages. The eruption killed 57 people, approximately 7,000 big game animals, and about 12 million fingerlings in hatcheries. Lahars destroyed 27 bridges and nearly 200 homes, and volcanic ash caused the first known in-flight aircraft engine failure, plus disrupted thousands of households for many months. The devastation spurred efforts to understand the power and awe of those moments, and to communicat