I was stationed at Ft Lewis..we went Hiking that day. I was about half way up Mt Rainer and we looked to the south... I thought Portland was hit by a Nuke... we hauled ass for the car thinking all the while that I.C.B.M's were falling all over the country.. when we got to the parking lot someone told us it was Mt St Helens erupting... we felt a lot better... then we got sent to Yakima for 3 weeks to sweep up the ash.. I have hated Washington ever since