He Would Not Leave Mt. Saint Helens

Harry R. Truman was a caretaker of a recreational lodge on Spirit Lake about five miles north of Mt. Saint Helens.

For two months there had been a series of small earthquakes and steam venting episodes on the volcano located in Skamania County in Washington State. All the evidence predicted that the great mountain would erupt with a fury and leave the forests flattened.

The Rangers urged Harry to evacuate, but he wouldn't listen. Some of his neighbors begged him to join them in their exodus. His sister pleaded with him to be sensible. But Harry ignored every warning.

"Nobody knows more about this mountain than Harry and it don't dare blow up on ME!" Harry said.

One can only wonder in that millisecond after Mt. Saint Helen's mega-nuclear type explosion occurred on May 18, 1980, with its eruption column reaching 80,000 feet into the air, if Harry regretted his decision.

Harry, along with 56 other people like himself, was not only caught in the blast that leveled the glorious woodlands around him into toothpicks for hundreds of square miles but also created a Tsunami of mud and ash that buried him, his cabin, his cats, and his freshly mowed lawn.

It was the worst volcanic eruption in United States history.

Harry was warned over and over, but never listened and died a tragic death.

How many will be just like Harry Truman when Christ returns? There are warnings and signs everywhere, yet, millions refuse to listen, just like it was in the days of Noah.

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