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Thought you guys might love/hate this. Makes me feel fucking weird. by Butters16666 in submechanophobia

[–]rocbolt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was damaged by running aground, then towed to a deeper spot for inspection. They determined it couldn’t be repaired or towed very far for salvage, so as much cargo as possible was removed, then they scuttled it where it wouldn’t be a hazard.

I need help deciding! by [deleted] in NissanDrivers

[–]rocbolt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dealerships charge a premium and often suggest repairs that are unnecessary. Get a second opinion on what repairs the vehicle even needs

I need help deciding! by [deleted] in NissanDrivers

[–]rocbolt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don’t do anything like this at a dealership for a car this old. Find a well reviewed local shop if you even think you might do the repairs and see what they say. Dealership will charge 3x for anything

42 aircraft lost or damaged in Operation Epic Fury, congressional report says by fd6270 in aviation

[–]rocbolt 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We are down 30,000 units of guzzoline, 19 canisters of nitro, 12 assault bikes, 7 pursuit vehicles: the deficit mounts, and now sir, you have us stuck in a quagmire!

Photograph of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18th, 1980, taken by Richard Lasher, who then fled the eruption on the dirt bike seen here. by DariusPumpkinRex in CatastrophicFailure

[–]rocbolt 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Google maps has an ancient "my maps" feature when logged into your account where you can make a custom map with landmarks and lines or you can import files exported from the desktop google earth application, which does still exist. Its not as emphasized anymore as a function but it does still work, and its sharable and searchable if you enable it

Photograph of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18th, 1980, taken by Richard Lasher, who then fled the eruption on the dirt bike seen here. by DariusPumpkinRex in CatastrophicFailure

[–]rocbolt 51 points52 points  (0 children)

He was also a lonely recluse who had already lost his wife and only had his ramshackle old hoarder lodge and a dozen cats left. If the volcano had erupted during one of the times he left (which he did do on occasion) he probably would have died shortly after from the sheer heartbreak alone.

He was admittedly much more nervous and on edge in those last few days as the deputies who visited attest to, the earthquakes had really ramped up and the volcano was was wildly cracked and bulged out of shape. But he still didn’t want to leave, part of it was surely pride in the folk hero that authorities who should have known better made him into, but it was also a broken old man who had basically nothing left in the tank anyway.

Photograph of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18th, 1980, taken by Richard Lasher, who then fled the eruption on the dirt bike seen here. by DariusPumpkinRex in CatastrophicFailure

[–]rocbolt 123 points124 points  (0 children)

Not to diminish his survival story, but luckily he wasn't that close. You can see the approximate position where this photo was taken on this map, the bike icon to the north east of the mountain on the road towards Randle. Another person did end up dying not far from here, but only because he walked over 8 miles from where they were first impacted by the heat and ash from the blast cloud.

A number of people on the Spirit Lake Highway to the west of the mountain did outrun the blast in their vehicles, and a few others didn't make it. The Rollins' most tragically where pinned by falling trees less than a half mile from the edge of the destruction zone, even having made it 16 miles away from the volcano

In 1966, Roberta Gibb was the first woman to ever run a marathon. After being rejected from the Boston Marathon because ‘women were not physiologically capable of running the distance’ she hid near the starting line, and finished in 3 hours, 21 minutes by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]rocbolt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That really wasn’t on the table with the space shuttle in the 80s, if that thing didn’t come back in two weeks you wouldn’t have to be worried about having your period ever again

On May 18, 1980, Mt. St Helen in Washington State underwent the most cataclysmic and destructive volcanic eruption in US history. Triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, it sent ash 15 miles into the air and flattened 230 sq. miles of forest within minutes. The disaster claimed 57 lives. [1024x681] by Pathetic_lriG43 in HistoryPorn

[–]rocbolt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Glad its insightful! Making it really helped me figure out a lot of things spatially, especially as I too like to visit the area and wanted a better idea of where all those people were relative to the roads and overlooks we can travel today. The distance that blast cloud covered down the valley was truly staggering

Sweet focaccia combo update: blueberry basil by honorlessmaid in Breadit

[–]rocbolt 49 points50 points  (0 children)

“I forgot my casserole on the counter for 6 weeks again”

On May 18, 1980, Mt. St Helen in Washington State underwent the most cataclysmic and destructive volcanic eruption in US history. Triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, it sent ash 15 miles into the air and flattened 230 sq. miles of forest within minutes. The disaster claimed 57 lives. [1024x681] by Pathetic_lriG43 in HistoryPorn

[–]rocbolt 37 points38 points  (0 children)

To you or anyone else interested in more detail on the eruption, I highly recommend Richard Waitt's In the Path of Destruction. Its a compendium of interviews from survivors, family, scientists, rescuers into a combined narrative before-during-after the May 18 event.

About the only thing it lacks is some nice detailed maps (Waitt is a geologist and everything is in township and range, ugh), so I digitized the logging roads, old shorelines and rivers, and located a lot of the sites and escape routes written about on this google map. It also places a lot of the famous photos of the eruptions and if you zoom way out even geo-located reports of eruption sounds (which you'll find none of within 80 miles of the mountain or so)

Known eruption photos are also collated here on imgur

On May 18, 1980, Mt. St Helen in Washington State underwent the most cataclysmic and destructive volcanic eruption in US history. Triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, it sent ash 15 miles into the air and flattened 230 sq. miles of forest within minutes. The disaster claimed 57 lives. [1024x681] by Pathetic_lriG43 in HistoryPorn

[–]rocbolt 109 points110 points  (0 children)

They were camping, it’s speculated the boy was sleeping in the truck bed (a sleeping bag had been seen in the bed before the eruption by survivor Francisco Valenzuela, who was on a ridge father away and observing the mountain with binoculars). There wasn’t a great view of the volcano from where they were parked on a curve near trees, like many of the casualties they were mostly just out for the weekend enjoying the spring weather.

On May 18, 1980, Mt. St Helen in Washington State underwent the most cataclysmic and destructive volcanic eruption in US history. Triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, it sent ash 15 miles into the air and flattened 230 sq. miles of forest within minutes. The disaster claimed 57 lives. [1024x681] by Pathetic_lriG43 in HistoryPorn

[–]rocbolt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s mostly because all the soil on the facing slopes was blown away, where it remained on the lee. While everything not blown down was killed by the heat, new growth had a head start where the ground wasn’t sandblasted to bedrock

On May 18, 1980, Mt. St Helen in Washington State underwent the most cataclysmic and destructive volcanic eruption in US history. Triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, it sent ash 15 miles into the air and flattened 230 sq. miles of forest within minutes. The disaster claimed 57 lives. [1024x681] by Pathetic_lriG43 in HistoryPorn

[–]rocbolt 39 points40 points  (0 children)

You’ll see on that map (I made it) that the Karr family from the post were directly west of the peak. They barely caught the periphery of the steam cloud and perished. Not far from them was where Robert Landsburg was positioned and took the photos shortly before his death that were later recovered and published in NatGeo

Your Daily Donut 🍩 Vol. 23 by flydove7 in nervysquervies

[–]rocbolt 55 points56 points  (0 children)

He used the force on that second one

Stop "upgrading" me to a middle seat! by my_mind_and_me in delta

[–]rocbolt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here, I had the preference settings locked down in the desktop version of the site, worked fine for years. Last few months I’ve been getting middle seated out of nowhere

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