44 years ago.....the black cloud was beginning to cover the sky, west to east. In a couple hours we couldn't see across the street to see the neighbors porch light, the ash was falling so thick.
By mid afternoon the temperature had risen over 20 degrees inside the house and it was pitch black outside and we had no way of knowing if or when it was going to stop.
I was 16 and it was very surreal, parents kept us calm and we went to bed to awake to what looked like a winter wonderland, but with 10 inches of ash, talcum like powder, covering everything.
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