David Johnston, a 30-year-old volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, was swept away by the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens on the morning of May 18, 1980. David Johnston at Coldwater II, 1900 hours, May 17, 1980. Dave did not survive the next day's eruption.
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A principal scientist on the USGS monitoring team, Johnston was killed in the eruption while manning an observation post six miles (10 km) away on the morning ...
Dec 18, 2010 · Clearly he was killed, his body was never found. I imagine he was covered under hundreds of feet of ash and rock. Amusing he wasn't blown to ...
May 17, 2020 · David Johnston, a scientist studying Mount St. Helens when it erupted in 1980, was killed in the blast. His body was never recovered.
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Johnston was killed in the eruption while observing the post six miles (10 km) away on the morning of May 18, 1980. He was the first to report the eruption, ...
Jul 15, 2021 · The last picture ever taken of volcanologist David Alexander Johnston 13 hours before being killed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens. (1980).
Died, May 18, 1980(1980-05-18) (aged 30). Mount St. Helens, Washington, U.S.. Cause of death, Killed by a pyroclastic flow caused by the volcanic eruption of ...
A principal scientist on the USGS monitoring team, Johnston was killed in the eruption while manning an observation post six miles (10 km) away on the morning ...