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‘Eruption’ looks back at devastating Mount St. Helens blast

Social and economic forces contributed to the natural disaster

Mount St. Helens Erupting

BOOM In Eruption, science writer Steve Olson recounts the societal, economic and geologic forces that contributed to the Mount St. Helens disaster in 1980. 

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By Sid Perkins

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