I was within 30 miles as the third eruption was going off
I was in Oak Harbor when she went, we were camping and it was loud, went past the barricades later on and collected the ash, lost it later in life, no idea where.
Was weird seeing all the trees down, all the short trees, then realized they were very large trees buried in the mud, very deep and the toutle river was full of mud.
Found a pay phone and called home, when I got the phone bill I found out I had called from a place called Littlerock.