Kuphulika
Monga wachibadwidwe wa Washington, ndinali ndi mwayi wodabwitsa kuti ndikudzidzidzidzidzidwa ndi kuphulika kwa phiri la St. St. Helens ndi zotsatira zake zotsatira. Pamene ndinali kukula mumsinkhu wa Spokane, ndinkakhala mu magawo osiyanasiyana, kuchokera kumayambiriro oyamba omwe akuphulika mpaka kutentha, kwanyansi ndi masiku okhala m'dziko lapansi. Pambuyo pake, monga Weyerhaeuser summer intern, ndinakhala ndi mwayi wokayendera m'madera osungirako nkhalango m'madera ozungulira m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso magawo ena a nthaka yowonongeka yomwe ili poyera.Mount St.
Helens anakhudza moyo kumapeto kwa March 1980. Zivomezi ndi mpweya wa phulusa ndi phulusa nthawi zonse zimatiyika ife pampando pomwepo, koma tinkaona kuti chochitikacho ndichilendo, osati choopsa. Ndithudi ife tinali otetezeka ku Eastern Washington, mtunda wa makilomita 300 kuchokera ku mtedza umene unakana kuchoka m'phirimo ndi anthu ooneka bwino omwe ankakhamukira kuti akhale gawo la ngozi ndi chisangalalo. Nchiyani chimene ife tinayenera kuti tizidandaula nazo?
Komabe, tsiku ndi tsiku kukambitsirana kunayambira pa zomwe zakhala zikuchitika kumapiri, kuphatikizapo chilengedwe. Pomwe mbali ya phiri la St. Helens inakula, tinayang'ana ndikudikirira. Ngati komanso mapiriwa ataphulika, tonse tinali ndi masomphenya a mitsinje ya lava yomwe ikuwomba pansi, monga mapiri a Hawaii - zomwe ndinachita.
Pomaliza, pa 8: 8 Lamlungu Lamlungu, pa 18 May, phirilo linawomba. Tikudziwa tsopano zinthu zoopsya zomwe zinachitika tsiku lomwelo m'madera okwera - miyoyo yomwe idatayika, matope omwe amatayidwa, matope oyendayenda.
Koma pa Lamlungu mmawa, ku Spokane, izo sizinkawoneka ngati zenizeni, komabe sizikuwoneka ngati chirichonse chomwe chingakhudze miyoyo yathu. Kotero, kuchokera ku banja langa ndikupita kukachezera anzathu kumbali ina ya tauni. Panali nkhani zina za kuwonongeka, koma padali phulusa ku Western Washington kuchokera ku ziphuphu zazing'ono.
Aliyense anali atangozidula ndikupita ku bizinesi yawo, palibe zambiri. Titafika kunyumba kwa anzathu, tinasonkhana ndi wailesi yakanema kuti tione nkhani zatsopano. Panthawiyo, panalibe filimu yomwe ikuwonetsa phokoso lalikulu lomwe limatulutsa phulusa m'makilomita. Chenjezo lopambana kuti chinachake chachilendo chinali pafupi kuchitika chinachokera ku satellites kufufuza mtambo wa phulusa polowera kummawa, ndi malipoti onreal ochokera mumzinda kumene phulusa lidayamba kugwa.
Posakhalitsa, tinkawona mapeto a mtambo wa phulusa. Zinali ngati mthunzi wakuda wanyumba ukutengedwa kudutsa mlengalenga, kupukuta kuwala kwa dzuwa. Panthawiyi, kuphulika kwa phiri la St. Helens kunakhaladi weniweni. Banja lathu linalumphira m'galimoto ndipo tinapita kunyumba. Posakhalitsa kunakhala mdima ngati usiku, komabe kunali madzulo kwambiri. Phulusa inayamba kugwa pamene tinayandikira kunyumba. Tinapanga chipinda chimodzi, koma ngakhale pang'onopang'ono kuchoka pagalimoto kupita kunyumba, kutentha kwa phulusa kumatulutsa tsitsi, khungu, ndi zovala ndi tsitsi loyera.
Dzuwa lotsatira linapanga dziko lovundukuka, mlengalenga ndi mtambo wowala umene tingathe kufika nawo ndi kukhudza ndi manja athu. Kuwoneka kunali kochepa. Sukulu inaletsedwa, ndithudi.
Palibe yemwe ankadziwa choti achite ndi phulusa lonse. Kodi inali yogwira kapena yoopsa? Posakhalitsa tikuphunzira zidule zomwe zimafunikira kuti zizigwira ntchito mu dziko lopota phulusa, kukulunga pepala la chimbudzi pamadontho oyendetsa galimoto ndi mashivesi kapena masikiti a fumbi pamaso.
Ndinakhala m'chilimwe cha 1987 monga intern kwa The Weyerhaeuser Company. Lamlungu lina, ine ndi mnzanga tinaganiza zopita kumtunda ku nkhalango ya Gifford Pinchot, yomwe ili pafupi ndi chipilala cha phiri la St. Helens National Park ndi gawo lalikulu la mzindawo. Zaka zoposa zisanu ndi ziwiri chiyambireni mphukira, koma pakalipano panalibe kusintha kwakukulu kwa misewu yopita kumalo okwera, ndipo malo okhawo omwe anali alendo anali ku Silver Lake, kutali ndi phiri. Kunali kovuta, madzulo - tinatayira galimoto m'misewu yoperekera nkhalango. Ife tinatsirizika pa njira yosaloledwa, yodutsa njira imodzi yomwe inatifikitsa mpaka mu fuko lotentha.Popeza sitinali cholinga choyendetsa galimoto kumalo owonongeka, sitinali okonzekera zinthu zomwe zinatipatsa moni. Tinapeza mtunda wamakilomita ndi mailosi a mapiri ataliatali ataphimbidwa ndi matabwa akuda, amachotsedwa kapena kuchotsedwa, onse atagona mofanana. Mtambo wotsika umangowonjezera kuwonongeka kwa chiwonongeko. Tili ndi phiri lililonse lomwe tinapanga, zinali zofanana.
Tsiku lotsatira, tinabwerera ndikukwera ku Windy Ridge, yomwe ikuyang'ana Nyanja Yoyera kupita ku mapiri. Nyanjayo inali yodzaza ndi maekala a zipika zosungunuka, zopangidwa pamapeto. Dera loyandikana ndi mtunda, monga malo ambiri omwe tifufuzira mu Msonkhano Wachibvundi wa Zachilengedwe, unali utaikidwa m'manda ndi phulusa. Munkayenera kuyang'ana kovuta kuti muwone momwe mbeu zimakhalira.
Kenaka m'chilimwe chomwechi, Weyerhaeuser anatipatsa ife ntchito yopita kumunda kumapiri awo, mphero zamatabwa, ndi ntchito zina. Tinatengedwera kudera lina la malo ophulika omwe anali padera ndi kampani ya nkhalango, komwe kubwezeretsa kunayamba kale. Kusiyanitsa pakati pa dera lino, kumene nkhalango yapamwamba-yobiriwira imakhala yotsetsereka pamtunda, inali yovuta poyerekeza ndi malo amtundu wa anthu mumzinda wa kuphulika, zomwe zinasiyidwa kuti zidzipezere zokha.
Kuchokera m'chilimwe chimenecho, ndabwereranso kukaona Chikumbutso cha Phiri la Phiri la St. St. Helens ndi malo ochezera alendo. Nthawi iliyonse, ndimadabwa kwambiri ndi momwe zimakhalira ndikuthandizira zomera ndi zinyama, ndikusangalatsidwa ndi ziwonetsero ndi zopereka kwa alendo. Ngakhale kukula kwa zotsatira za mphukirabe kumakhalabe koonekera, umboni wa mphamvu ya moyo kuti udziwonetsere sungatheke.