Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20, 1980, and ending on the day of the eruption, May 18, 1980.
Movie tag line: "Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens."
Character: Harry Truman
Character: David Jackson
Character: Linda Steele
Character: Clyde Whittaker
Character: Otis Kaylor