Nukes in Space
In discussing the Air Force’s plan to nuke the moon, I was pointed to another nuclear project with which I was unfamiliar — Starfish Prime and it’s Rainbow Bombs:
Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States of America on July 9, 1962, a joint effort of the Defense Atomic Support Agency and the Atomic Energy Commission… [T]he explosion took place 250 miles above Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean. It was part of Operation Dominic [and] was one of five tests conducted by the USA in outer space… It produced a yield of 1.4 megatons of TNT.
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[B]ecause there is almost no air at an altitude of 250 miles, no fireball formation occurred, although manifold other notable effects did occur. About 930 miles away in Hawaii, the electromagnetic pulse created by the explosion was felt as three hundred street lights failed, television sets and radios malfunctioned, burglar alarms went off and power lines fused… Also, the sky in the Pacific region was illuminated by an artificial aurora for more than seven minutes.
Man, we never do any of this old-timey spew-radiation-into-outer-space science anymore; all we do is boring, theoretical science. Pshaw.
Attending the Hawaii Democratic Caucus
A family member (who can claim credit for this if he/she would like) attended the Hawaii Democratic Caucus at my goading. Here is the email he/she sent back describing the experience: Read more »
Hawaiian Sovereignty
Who knew there was an active and vocal Hawaiian sovereignty movement? Not me. Here were some banners I saw at some sort of sovereignty picnic:
1942 Comics - Smilin’ Jack
This concludes the series of five comic strips from the December 8th, 1942 edition of the St. Louis Star-Times I purchased at Pearl Harbor. As a group, the comics were difficult to understand and not at all funny. I hope you enjoyed them.
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Hawaii Pictures
I’ve posted my pictures from Hawaii into two main albums: The Big Island and Maui. Here are a few of my favorites.
If you’re looking for more photographic goodness, you can see all my Hawaii pictures here.
1942 Comics - Smitty
This is the first of five comic strips from a December 8th, 1942 newspaper I recently purchased at Pearl Harbor. As a group, the comics are difficult to understand and not at all funny. Enjoy our first comic, Smitty:
Gone
I’ll be away from my computer for the next two or three weeks, so there will be very few updates on RumorsDaily. As I’m presently on an airplane, I’ve instructed the robots to give you one last video in celebration of my time away:
The robots might have another post or two in them, but not much. I’ll be back in early/mid January.