This is mentioned in the article, Mount Saint Helen, where it states, ¨During search-and-rescue missions in the first few days after the eruption, emergency personnel saw many elk carcasses throughout the blowdown zone.¨ So this means that animals did die, like the elk for example, that many carcasas of the species were found all over the blast zone, which makes sense because the elk, is a very large mammal and tried to run but could not outrun the blast and could not hide from it so it would die fairly easily to the power of the Lateral Blast.. Consequently, this is also mentioned in the article, Overview of Ecological Responses to the Eruption of Mount Saint Helens: 1980-2005, that ¨The suite of physical processes operating during the eruption created a full spectrum of survival from nearly complete retention of biota, biotic structures, and abiotic features (such as soil, cliffs, and streams) to complete extirpation of life and loss (or gross reconfiguration) of landforms and drainage networks.¨ In a few words, this is saying
This is mentioned in the article, Mount Saint Helen, where it states, ¨During search-and-rescue missions in the first few days after the eruption, emergency personnel saw many elk carcasses throughout the blowdown zone.¨ So this means that animals did die, like the elk for example, that many carcasas of the species were found all over the blast zone, which makes sense because the elk, is a very large mammal and tried to run but could not outrun the blast and could not hide from it so it would die fairly easily to the power of the Lateral Blast.. Consequently, this is also mentioned in the article, Overview of Ecological Responses to the Eruption of Mount Saint Helens: 1980-2005, that ¨The suite of physical processes operating during the eruption created a full spectrum of survival from nearly complete retention of biota, biotic structures, and abiotic features (such as soil, cliffs, and streams) to complete extirpation of life and loss (or gross reconfiguration) of landforms and drainage networks.¨ In a few words, this is saying