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People evacuating to avoid the dangers of the eruption.
“ We were just incredibly relieved that
most everybody was out of the way.”
33 Would Mount Pinatubo really explode? The next few days would tell.
34 Andy woke up to a blue-sky morning on June 12. It was after 6 a.m., and
the clouds had usually rolled in by then. But the sun shone brightly as he waited
for geologist Rick Hoblitt, who was going to give Andy a lift to the observatory.
35 “LET’S GO!” Rick hollered from upstairs. Geez, Andy thought. What’s up
with him?
36 Rick raced down the stairs, taking two at a time, just as Andy opened the
front door.
37 A huge black ash column pumped out of the volcano, filling the sky. The
column rose up higher and higher. Rick and Andy jumped into their truck and
raced off.
38 By the time they got to the observatory at the edge of the base, the ash
column had hit the stratosphere. The cloud mushroomed out, reaching the sky
right above them.
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