like tonight with steve olson with "eruption". in his book steve interweaves the history and science behind the eruption of mount saint helens in the account of what happened to those people who lived it and those who died. particular connection. we are so glad he can be here with us tonight. one of the great stories -- i am sarah, by the way. one of the great things is bringing authors who have a wonderful local connection. you can see that tonight. pleasetonight. please join me in welcoming steve olson to kramer books. [applause] >> thank you, guys. [applause] i have never given a talk in kramer books before. but really i can hardly even get to tell you how to lead land to finally be doing this. my wife and our young newlyweds this is what we came for date night. we introduced to a reference to each other right over there who are now married and live in oregon not too terribly far away from where we lived in seattle. and memory is where i want to start tonight because the eruption of mount saint helens on a sunday morning may 18