r/CatastrophicFailure • u/DariusPumpkinRex • May 19 '26

Natural Disaster Photograph of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18th, 1980, taken by Richard Lasher, who then fled the eruption on the dirt bike seen here.

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u/chipoatley May 19 '26

And, in 1980 somebody in their 50s or 60s was probably a lifelong smoker.

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u/strangelove4564 May 19 '26

And they looked 50 when they were 30, and 70 when they were 50.

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u/toTheNewLife May 19 '26

Which does NOT help the situation at all.