(I'm from Vegas) The mom of friends I grew up with used to watch those tests from the roof. She got breast cancer and the gov't payout $300K
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My father was a CoE Lieutenant, and stationed at Camp Desert Rock for the atomic tests. Remarkable experience and stories from him...
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Holy shite. That is ridiculous. What about the fall out?.
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Fallout typically drifted east and affected St George Utah area
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Killed John Wayne - the symbol of America. And most of his movie crew. Look it up.
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This was my suggestion for the new NHL team: "The Las Vegas Fallout". I don't think they liked it much.
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Dear friend of mine grew up in LV, her family went to watch bomb testings for fun outings- all 6 siblings died from bone or brain cancer.
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Announcement made in the casino: "Attention gamblers. If you want to see what a nuclear explosion looks like, go outside now." No one moves.
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Dean & Jerry in the Lounge tonight, and at 2pm, we've got a thermonuclear detonation.
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These days, that spot on Fremont street is also an excellent vantage point to watch the fallout from gentrification.
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Let's hope the LA Times doesn't get a hold of this.
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Yes there was a proposed link between winds blowing nuclear fallout and lower SAT scores. From the New Scientist in 1/11/1979:pic.twitter.com/AskRRjdWZi
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Thus began the Downwinders' medical odysseys. Throughout the desert southwest, northern Nevada hit hard.
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What I feel like after 3 days in Las Vegas.
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Unfortunately I remember seeing the Cloud more than once. You never forget the air raid sirens every Sat at noon either.
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So THAT'S why the neon signs are so bright there!
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