Mount Saint Helens Eruption - Washington State Patrol Vehicles

These State Police cars look like something from the moon as they are equipped with homemade air breathing devices to prevent volcanic ash from entering the engines. The vent tubes run from the engine to the interior of the auto where the air is at least 60 percent cleaner than it is outside. Thereby causing as little damage to the engines as possible, they hope. The volcanic ash started falling when Mt. St. Helens had a gigantic eruption on May 18, 1980, spreading across the country.
These State Police cars look like something from the moon as they are equipped with homemade air breathing devices to prevent volcanic ash from entering the engines. The vent tubes run from the engine to the interior of the auto where the air is at least 60 percent cleaner than it is outside. Thereby causing as little damage to the engines as possible, they hope. The volcanic ash started falling when Mt. St. Helens had a gigantic eruption on May 18, 1980, spreading across the country.
Mount Saint Helens Eruption - Washington State Patrol Vehicles
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Bettmann / Contributor
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May 24, 1980
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