When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, future musician Chris Ballew was a 14-year-old, taking part in his Catholic Confirmation ceremony in Spokane.
– The Presidents of the United States of America, Caspar Babypants – was a 14-year-old, taking part in his Catholic Confirmation ceremony in Spokane.
On the way back home to Seattle in the family’s Ford Granada, Ballew – along with his younger brother Tim, their mom Barbara and family friend Jean Sifferman – the four ran headlong into the cloud of volcanic ash descending on Eastern Washington and bringing darkness at midday.
Along the way, history-minded Barbara Ballew hit “RECORD” on a portable boombox, capturing volcano news reports from Spokane, as well as some inadvertent family chatter. Chris Ballew stumbled across the forgotten audio decades later and originally shared it with the
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