Comments on: Atomic Flashback: Nuclear Fourth of July, 1951 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Roy Trumbull http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826372 Roy Trumbull Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826372 There was a lot that went on that you won't find in history books. The above ground testing at the Nevada Test Site caused very high cancer rates in the towns in Utah to the immediate east. M.T. Silvia has just finished "Atomic Mom" which is about to be released. Her mother was scientist who worked on animal experiments in the blast zone. M.T. is one exceptional woman and I know the film will be fantastic. www.atomicmom.org There was a lot that went on that you won’t find in history books. The above ground testing at the Nevada Test Site caused very high cancer rates in the towns in Utah to the immediate east.
M.T. Silvia has just finished “Atomic Mom” which is about to be released. Her mother was scientist who worked on animal experiments in the blast zone. M.T. is one exceptional woman and I know the film will be fantastic. http://www.atomicmom.org

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826119 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826119 That's entertainment. That’s entertainment.

]]> By: millrick http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826122 millrick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826122 damn, but i really miss the good old days, when i would lay awake at night worrying about nuclear annihilation.... damn, but i really miss the good old days, when i would lay awake at night worrying about nuclear annihilation….

]]> By: WaylonWillie http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826144 WaylonWillie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826144 that was no entertainment. that's how we take care of finks down here in b'more. that was no entertainment. that’s how we take care of finks down here in b’more.

]]> By: yri http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826149 yri Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826149 Yeah, the constant fear of global nuclear war lent such a <i>frisson</i> to life back then. Yeah, the constant fear of global nuclear war lent such a frisson to life back then.

]]> By: mr.skeleton http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826152 mr.skeleton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826152 There was a recent story on NPR about a 1962 nuclear test in space! 'Atomic Rainbow Over Honolulu'! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128170775 There was a recent story on NPR about a 1962 nuclear test in space! ‘Atomic Rainbow Over Honolulu’!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128170775

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826168 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826168 Better dead than Red.... Better dead than Red….

]]> By: Haakon IV http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826187 Haakon IV Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826187 Also found this to be cool, creepy, and sobering: http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/ Over 2000 nuclear explosions. Also found this to be cool, creepy, and sobering:

http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/

Over 2000 nuclear explosions.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826463 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826463 ICD-9 309.81 with a code from E996, PTSD resulting from wartime use of nuclear weapons. You can get pretty specific with ICD codes. ICD-9 309.81 with a code from E996, PTSD resulting from wartime use of nuclear weapons. You can get pretty specific with ICD codes.

]]> By: Gerald Tarrant http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826465 Gerald Tarrant Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826465 ICD-9 309.81 with a code from E996, PTSD resulting from wartime use of nuclear weapons. You can get pretty specific with ICD codes. ICD-9 309.81 with a code from E996, PTSD resulting from wartime use of nuclear weapons. You can get pretty specific with ICD codes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826508 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826508 Buddy of mine worked on simulated nuke explosions. Want to test blast effects of a nuke, but pesky treaty in the way? Just fill a warehouse in the middle of the desert with a couple million pounds of conventional explosives, prop your stuff up around it, light the fuse and run. He said it tore up the desert pretty good. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Scale Buddy of mine worked on simulated nuke explosions. Want to test blast effects of a nuke, but pesky treaty in the way? Just fill a warehouse in the middle of the desert with a couple million pounds of conventional explosives, prop your stuff up around it, light the fuse and run.

He said it tore up the desert pretty good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Scale

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826273 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826273 I like the phrase "atomic flashback": it sounds like an actual blast effect, but there is no such physical thing. Perhaps it comes from the new field of nuclear psychiatry? I like the phrase “atomic flashback”: it sounds like an actual blast effect, but there is no such physical thing.
Perhaps it comes from the new field of nuclear psychiatry?

]]> By: alexx http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826302 alexx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826302 WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Rereading 1984 is coming in handy. WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

Rereading 1984 is coming in handy.

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/atomic-flashback-nuc.html#comment-826816 Nash Rambler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826816 WaylonWillie's right; whole neighborhoods look bombed, shelled, and burned out around B'more. Next week they're napalming Highlandtown. WaylonWillie’s right; whole neighborhoods look bombed, shelled, and burned out around B’more. Next week they’re napalming Highlandtown.

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