Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20, 1980, and ending on the day of the eruption, May 18, 1980.

Harry Truman

David Jackson

Linda Steele

Clyde Whittaker

Otis Kaylor

Sheriff Wayne Temple

Kilpatrick

Hendricks

Mr. Ellison

Lloyd Wagner

Schmitty

Bedsoe
January 1, 1982

Harry Truman

David Jackson

Linda Steele

Clyde Whittaker

Otis Kaylor

Sheriff Wayne Temple

Kilpatrick

Hendricks

Mr. Ellison

Lloyd Wagner

Schmitty

Bedsoe
