When the volcano blew the first ime in 1980 I was in college at WSU. We had 9" of ash on the ground. It was a few weeks before finals and they canceled all classes. They let you keep your grade at last midterm or take a pass fail option . I had not been to class since the last midterm as we had been fishing every lake from Pullman into BC that spring. So it was a major break for me as I had done well on the midterms. So we stayed in Pullman and partied everyday and every night for about a month. Nothing new really it was pretty much the case all four years. I worked full time to put myself through school but even then I worked in a bar.