Steve Olson knows a thing or two about volcanoes. He wrote Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens, the Washington State Book Award winner for Non-Fiction in 2017. On the 40th anniversary of the mountain’s eruption, Steve wrote an opinion piece for the Seattle Times, comparing government responses to warnings about Mount St. Helens to the current COVID-19 pandemic. steveolson.com
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