Mt St Helens Research Paper

In order for a printed article to be useful it must meet certain criteria for reliable source and based on factual information. If a newspaper declares that we are in a state of some type of emergency, it must be based on expert’s facts and non-bias. During any type of disaster situation-having knowledge in order to proceed is one of the best and most practical uses of the printed world. While the use of the Internet and television has become increasingly beneficial, it becomes useless in an emergency if power is lost. If the information is deemed reliable then the press can be a powerful source of useful information, and can save lives.

The eruption of Mount St Helens is regarded as one of the top 10 worst disasters of the last 101
Dan Miller, a geologist with the US Geological Survey, attempts to access the status of the mountain, Spirit Lake, and the surrounding cities. While on his mission he discovers areas of concern and some historical observations, he is unable to provide any useful flood information at that time. Overall Miller assessed several different areas of terrain change and hot spots reaching 297 degrees Fahrenheit. Levey, informs the readers about the overall terrain issues and the amount of destruction to convey his analysis of the impact of an eruption and the aftermath of dealing with a volcanic
Helens Eruption: Washington, May 1980.” Published in Popular Mechanics on July 31,2007. Writer (Galvin, John) discusses the weeks, days and hours leading up to the eruption of Mt St Helens and the aftermath of the devastation. It goes into details about the amount of loss to the forest, the devastation to the terrain, and survivor’s accounts of how they survived. Bruce Nelson, a survivor, discusses how he was steelhead fishing when the eruption took place. Nelson, explains the overall disbelief of the event and how his girlfriend and himself survived when they fell into a hole that had been created by a tree being uprooted. The article is more of a historical account of the events. However it provides detail information on what changes have taken place in monitoring volcanoes, the devastation of volcanoes and how technology is used today to observe volcanoes for better preparation techniques

Both articles were insightful to the events of May 18th 1980, however both of them lacked survival techniques in the event of another eruption. By contrast, the articles covered a 27-year time gap. However neither one attempted to give any type of realistic scenarios for disaster relief, precautions to take, or any resources of further information. In the event of a natural disaster information needs to be readily available to any and everyone as it become