There is too much for you to understand – how tons of the mountain came down, enough material to give one ton to every person alive and have several million left over. He's excited and heated, talking with his hands too as he paces back and forth spouting statistics. For 45-75 minutes he runs through 80 slides, filling in every detail of the eruption of 1980 and the seven wonders that resulted. There is so much to learn. Ash from the explosion encircled the globe and returned. You begin to get the drift.        It's incredible at first, but as every rumbling stone, falling tree, speedy mudslide, giant water wave, atomic force explosion, quickly carved canyon and layer of strata add up, you do learn.        If this PowerPoint presentation is not enough, he can talk another two hours in your car to and from the mountain and blast zone. At times you think he's gone overboard. After all, you only wanted to see the mountain. Actually, it rained and you never even saw it. This man made you feel it though, understand it and tremble at the God who caused it. As you thank him you smell the fire and pray to God, the Creator, the All-worthy One. You've beheld " what desolations God has made in the earth" (Psalm 46:8) through these examples at Mount St. Helens.      You understand the Grand Canyon. Noah's Flood? Hmmm. Of course!