The Eruption
Sezvo ndaive kuWashington, ndaiva nemukana usina kujairika wega wega kuonana nekuputika kweGomo reSt. Helens nemigumisiro yaro. Sezvo achiri kuyaruka achiri kukura mu Spokane, ndairarama nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana, kubva pane mazano ekutanga pakubhururuka kusvika kune moto, kunyoroka uye mazuva ekurarama munyika yakave yakachena. Gare gare, se Weyerhaeuser yekudzidzira mukati, ndakave nemukana wekushanyira nyika yekambani yemasango mune imwe nzvimbo yekuputika, uyewo zvikamu izvozvo zvevhu rakaparadzwa iro riri pachena.Mount St.
Helens akakurudzira hupenyu pakupera kwaMarch 1980. Kudengenyeka kwenyika uye dzimwe nguva kupisa uye madota emhepo zvakachengetedza isu pese pamucheto wezvigaro zvedu, asi isu takabata chiitiko sechinhu chakanaka, kwete dambudziko guru. Zvechokwadi taive takachengeteka muEastern Washington, makiromita mazana matatu kubva kumiti yakaramba kusiya kubva mugomo uye vanhu vakatarisa vaifamba kuti vagova nengozi uye mufaro. Chii chatinofanira kutinetsa nazvo?
Kunyange zvakadaro, zuva rega rega kukurukurirana kwakapoteredza basa rachangobva kuitika pazvibhururuka, zvose zvemhepo uye vanhu. Sezvo chikwata chekuGomo reSt. Helens chichikura, takatarisa uye takamirira. Kana uye apo apo gomo rinoputika, isu tose tine zviratidzo zvehova dzemvura inopenya ichikwira pasi mugomo, sezvipupuriro muHawaii - zvishoma ndakaita.
Pakupedzisira, pa8: 32 mangwanani paSvondo, Chivabvu 18, gomo rakavhuvhuta. Tinoziva iye zvino zvinhu zvinotyisa zvakaitika musi iwoyo munzvimbo inoputika - hupenyu hwaive hwakarashika, dope rinoputika, mvura yakagadzikana.
Asi musi iwoyo weSvondo mangwanani, mu Spokane, zvakanga zvisati zvaita sezviri chaizvo, zvisingaiti sechinhu chipi nechipi chingazobata hupenyu hwedu. Saka, kubva kumhuri yangu neni takaenda kunoshanyira shamwari kune rumwe rutivi rweguta. Ikoko kwakanga kune imwe hurukuro yekutsvaira, asi kwaive kuine madota kuWestern Washington kubva kumakumbo maduku.
Munhu wose akanga achingova guruva uye akafamba nebhizimisi ravo, hapana basa guru. Kamwe takazosvika kumba kwehama dzedu, takaungana neTerevhizheni kuti tione nyaya dzezvino. Panguva iyoyo, pakanga pasina firimu inowanikwa inoratidza ipamende yakawanda inobvongodza madota mumhepo. Nyevero huru yokuti chimwe chinhu chisinganzwisisiki chakanga chiri kuzoitika chakabva kuma satellites achicherechedza gore remhepo sezvainenge richienda kumabvazuva, uye mharidzo ye surreal inobva mumaguta umo madota akanga atanga kuwira.
Nenguva isipi, taigona kuona mugumo wekutungamirira wegore rinopisa isu pachedu. Yakanga yakaita somumvuri wemiwindo yakasvibirira ichidzungurutswa mudenga, ichibvisa chiedza chezuva. Panguva ino, kuputika kweGomo St. Helens kwakava chaizvoizvo. Mhuri yangu yakakwira mumotokari uye takaenda kumusha. Yakakurumidza kuva serima seusiku, asi yakanga ichiri masikati masikati. Ash yakatanga kuwira sezvataiswedera kumba. Takazviita ipapo muchikamu chimwe chete, asi kunyange muhope shoma kubva mumotokari kuenda kumba imba inopisa yehuni yakaisa bvudzi redu, ganda, uye mbatya ne gritty gray particles.
Zuva rakatevera rakaratidza nyika yakafukidzwa muhomwe yakasviba, denga rinotinhira gore iro taigona kutarisa uye kubata nemaoko edu. Kuonekwa kwaiva kwakakwana. Chikoro chakabviswa, hongu.
Hapana ainyatsoziva zvokuita nemadota ose. Yaiva acidic kana chepfu? Tinokurumidza kudzidza matanho anodiwa kuti aite munyika ine madota, kuvhara pepurasiti yepurasitiki pedo nemafuta emhepo motokari uye zvitsvuku kana masikisi ane guruva kumativi ose.
Ndakapedza zhizha ra 1987 semudzidzi weThe Weyerhaeuser Company. Rimwe vhiki revhiki, shamwari neni ndakasarudza kuenda kumisasa kuGifford Pinchot National Forest, mukati maro iri paGomo reSt. Helens National Volcanic Monument uye chikamu chakakura chemahara. Yaiva makore anopfuura manomwe kubvira pakubhururuka, asi kusvika ikozvino kwakange kusina kuve nekuvandudzwa kwemigwagwa kupinda munzvimbo inoputika, uye nzvimbo yevatenzi chete yaiva kuSiria Lake, kure kure negomo. Yaiva yakaoma, yakasviba masikati - takarasikirwa nekutyaira mumigwagwa yebasa remasango. Takapedzisira tisingatenderwi, nzira imwe chete iyo yakatitora kusvika munzvimbo inoputika.Sezvo takanga tisingadi kuendesa kunzvimbo yakakanganisika, takanga tisina kugadzirira zviratidzo zvakatikwazisa. Takawana makiromita nemakiromita emakomo akafukidzwa akafukidzwa nematanda matema, kubviswa kana kubviswa, zvose zvakarara mune imwe nzira. Iko gore rakadzika rinongowedzera chete kuwedzera kwekuvhiringidza kwekuparadzwa. Nezvikomo zvose takadzika, zvakange zvakafanana.
Zuva rakatevera, takadzoka tikakwira kuWyymy Ridge, iyo inotarisa nechokuMweya weMweya kuenda kugomo rinoputika. Gungwa racho rakanga rakafukidzwa nemahekeri ematanda akaputika, akabatanidzwa pane imwe mugumo. Nharaunda yakapoteredza ruzivo, kufanana nenzvimbo dzakawanda dzatakaongorora mukati meNational Moncler Monument, dzakanga dzichivigwa mupumice nemadota. Iwe waifanira kutarisa zvikuru kuti uone matanho emiti kupora.
Gare gare iyo yezhizha, Weyerhaeuser akatibata isu vekuenda kune imwe nyika mumasango avo, matanda, uye mamwe mabasa. Takatorwa kune imwe nzvimbo yenzvimbo inoputika iyo yaiva yega yega yekambani yemasango, uko kudzorerazve kwakatotanga. Kusiyana pakati penharaunda iyi, apo dondo rebhokisi-refu rakasvibirira rakafukidzwa pamatope, raive richirova kana richienzaniswa nemasango evanhu mumhepo inoputika, iyo yakasara kuti iwane ivo pachavo.
Kubva panguva iyoyo yezhizha, ndadzoka kuzoshanyira Gomo reSt. Helens National Volcanic Monument uye mushanyi mutsva pane dzimwe nguva. Nguva imwe neimwe, ndinoshamiswa nemuenzaniso unooneka wekutsvaga kwemiti nemhuka yemhuka, uye inonakidzwa nezviratidzo uye zvipo kune vaenzi vedzimba. Kunyange zvazvo kukura kwemigumisiro yacho kuchiri pachena, uchapupu hwesimba rehupenyu hwokuzvidzorera pachahwo hahukwanisiki.