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Wikipedia article: [[wikipedia:1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens|1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens]]
 
== 1980 Post-eruption Ash Cleanup ==
[[File:1980.Patrol Cars after St Helens.png|alt=Washington State patrol cars outfitted with makeshift air filters in the aftermath of the 1980 St. Helens eruption.|thumb|Washington State patrol cars outfitted with makeshift air filters in the aftermath of the 1980 St. Helens eruption.]]
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!Author
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|2025.12.03
|[[Media:2025.12.03.Ash Cleanup File.Quinn.pdf|1980 Mt St Helens Ash Cleanup (presentation slides)]]
|Jim Quinn, Metro
|Presentation slides to PBEM and Portland NET on the 1980 ash cleanup effort.
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|2023.01.10
|[https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanic_ash/ Volcanic Ash and Gas Impacts & Mitigation]
|United States Geological Survey
|Variety of technical information about volcanic ash.
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|2014.10__
|[https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/file_mngr/file-132/mount-st.-helens---mount-adams-volcanic-region-coordination-plan-october-2014.pdf Mount St. Helens - Mount Adams Volcanic Region Coordination Plan]
|Washington Military Department, Emergency Management Division
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|2007.__.__
|[[Media:2007.Ashfall PreparednessGuidelines.pdf|Guidelines on Preparedness Before, During and After an Ashfall]]
|Dr. Claire Horwell
|Details procedures to follow if warning of a volcanic ashfall is given, recommends what to do during ashfall, and what methods are most effective for cleaning up volcanic ash after the event.
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|2000.05.14
|[https://special.seattletimes.com/o/special/helens/story1.html Mount St. Helens remembered: 'God is speaking']
|Ross Anderson, Seattle Times
|Retrospective on the eruption.
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|1981.__.__
|[[Media:1981.Mt St Helens Ash Uses.pdf|Mount St. Helens Ash - Properties and Possible Uses]]
|Wayne S. Moen and Glennda B. McLucas, Washington Department of Natural Resources
|From the abstract: ''"Several nonmetallic mineral-oriented companies have considered possible uses for the ash. These uses include: Abrasives, glass and ceramics, fillers, pozzolan, asphalt admixture, and fertilizer and insecticide carriers. Testing is in progress for a variety of these uses. To date, selling the ash as a souvenir of the eruption of Mount St. Helens has proven to be most profitable."''
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|1980.06.30
|[[Media:1980.06.30.St Helens Ash Cleanup.PDF|Mt. St. Helens Ash Cleanup (report)]]
|Jerry Markesino, Street Cleaning Supervisor, Portland Department of Public Works
|Cited as a very helpful resource with details on how to address ashfall cleanup.
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