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To: energyplay who wrote (60817)	3/9/2005 11:53:07 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) of 74559

Mt. St. Helens -- The plume traveled to the NE. I live about 240 miles to the SE as the crow flies. So, all we get is what you get, i.e. the media report. In the aftermath of the eruption in 1980, I hired a pilot friend to take a few of us on a sight-seeing trip in a Cessna to the devastation zone. It was one of the most memorable things I've ever done. My friend was an ex-military pilot and had no fear. He happily violated the red zone flight restrictions and got us right on top of what was left of the summit. Air traffic control was contacting him within about 30 seconds of when he entered the restricted zone. After a brief "warning", we made our way out of the restricted zone by flying exactly the path that we'd originally intended. <wink> I sometimes reflect upon how rapid that FAA response was and how alert the Air Traffic Control personnel were that morning when I read about the purported failure of the FAA to properly respond on the morning of 9/11/01. I simply find the words written by the Kean-Zelikow 9/11 Commission Report to be utterly unbelievable. I've personally seen the FAA in action, and what Zelikow claims in his fairy tale simply could not have occurred.

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