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To: Neeka who wrote (110263)	5/2/2022 4:51:42 PM
From: kckip	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 124800

I was 650 miles east of you in central MT.....had just finished track practice when I noticed the red/orange cloud in the western sky in the afternoon.....didn't have a clue until the evening news, or even the following morning. Woke up the next morning with 1/4+-inch of ash all over everything. I do find these influential moments in life interesting....I remember that day with specific clarity, although I don't remember it having any real impact on my life at the time....or later for that matter - just remember thinking "that's weird". But, I ended up with a geology/hydrogeology degree/career, and I'm sure that moment was defining for me. One of my undergrad professors a year or so later had worked for the USGS and lost a colleague in the eruption. Just another miniscule layer of compacted sediment in the geologic rock record. I do promise to be much more aware when the Yellowstone caldera becomes dangerously active <g>