The worst natural disaster (well until Katrina) in US history. This was
worse than the quake of '06... but it's often forgotten...
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynew ... news3.html
I know it's late but... 42 years ago today
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I know it's late but... 42 years ago today
Whoever worked out "The shock was roughly equivalent to 100 million tons of TNT exploding -- or the force of about 63,000 atomic bombs the size of the one dropped on Hiroshima" exaggerated by an order of magnitude.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.