Conclusion
Think about what you learned while researching what it was like during the time of Mt St. Helens eruption? Mt. St Helens is just one of many volcanic eruptions in the world. There are thousands of volcanoes that have yet to erupt and many that have. What about the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in Pompeii in 79 A.D.? What might it have been like during this time period? A young man named Pliny the younger wrote letters about what it was like during this time. Research this time period and compare it to the eruption of Mt St.Helens. How was it alike? How was it different?
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/pliny/pliny.html