Just one mountainside of trees
When the 600 mph winds and burning steam and rock flew from the blast across the mountains, it downed trees in a 280 sq.mile radius. Here is just one mountainside full of trees. The blast not only ripped the limbs off the trees but it also removed the bark!More than 1,000 workers were involved and more than 600 truckloads of salvaged logs were removed each day! Over 850 million board feet of timber was salvaged - enough lumber to build 85,000 three-bedroom homes.
