(27 quotes found)
“All of the dome-building that went on after the 1980 big eruption didn't have earthquake activity the way we're seeing it now.”
Bill Steele
“Indeed it was surreal, but it was real, ... We were planning what to do in case there was an eruption.”
Cecil Murray
“The eruption of the crowd was a sound I'll never forget as a player or coach.”
Chuck Long
“I know you guys are waiting for this big eruption and it's not going to happen. I'm telling you. That volcano done blew its top a long time ago. It's done. It's done. I'm calm. I'm just ready to work this week.”
Corey Dillon
“It looked like Mount St. Helens erupting.”
David Gaddy
“One view of this eruption is that we're at the end of the eruption that began in 1980.”
Dave Sherrod
“This eruption has gotten increasingly sluggish. There's almost no gas being produced. We haven't had a big event since the (36,000 foot high) ash plume in March 2005, and we're feeling increasingly comfortable that we're looking at the sluggish end of this. ... I don't see how it can go on for another year without stalling.”
“You only seem to hear about it when it erupts and leaves a dead child or spouse.”
David Barber
“[On May 18, 1990, the 10th anniversary of the eruption, I stood on the ridge named for David Johnston. Next to me was Tom Brokaw of NBC News. Each of us had finished our respective live shots, and we stood in silence as shafts of sunlight beamed down between darkening clouds over the volcano.] You're lucky, ... I have to head out of here tonight, but you get to live near this mountain. There isn't a place on Earth like it.”
Tom Brokaw
“We have had an eruption of moderate magnitude, ... there was no lava.”
Tony Saca
