Is our next wave of creature movies going to center on 80 foot dust mites and gigantic allergens?
Plans for Massive Blast in Nev. Draw Fire
Plans to Detonate 700 Tons of Explosives in the Nevada Desert Draw Criticism
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
The Associated Press
Las Vegas-March 31, 2006–Plans for a Pentagon-led experiment that involves detonating 700 tons of explosives in the desert drew criticism from state leaders and a disarmament activist.
The explosion scheduled for June 2 at the Nevada Test Site is part of an effort to design a weapon that can penetrate solid rock formations in which a country might store nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.
“I am concerned that tests of this magnitude have been planned without providing Nevadans with any information about the possible impact on their health or safety,” said Demcratic Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid in a statement Thursday.
Nevada Test Site spokesman Darwin Morgan said the test will be conducted about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, near the center of the former nuclear testing site.
The test, named “Divine Strake,” will involve nearly 40 times the amount of commercial ammonium nitrate and fuel oil explosive set off in the largest open-air, non-nuclear blast at the site to date. In 2002, 18 tons of explosives were set off at the Nevada Test Site.
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A classic from SCTV
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I would imagine this is going to be a spectacular blast…
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…but I fear it will lead to an increase in numbers–if not size–of dust mites.
lakepowel.net
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sciencealert.com.au
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In the 1950s, testing meant the onset of incredible numbers of dangerous
mutations. No one was safe. Even the movie studios could fall victim to the
hazy definitions of time and space.
shillpages.com
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This Telly Savalas look-alike had the misfortune of being caught near
the tower for a plutonium bomb test.
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monstrula.de
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The Incredible Shrinking Man happened to pass through a mysterious cloud
while on a boat with his wife. She was below deck so the radioactive(?)
cloud had no effect on her–except for the inconvenience of having one’s
spouse disappear for hours at a time.
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There was a real anxiety in viewers of the 1950s’ Isotope Melodaramas. The
movie goers were never certain as to what perspective they
should take as their own.